On September 17, 2014, in the Assembly Hall (B7/1056) of the Faculty of Humanities at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and as part of the Doctoral Program in Geography, Brais Estévez Villarino’s dissertation titled The Controversy of Plaça de Lesseps (Barcelona): An Opportunity to Rethink the Condition of Urban Public Spaces, directed by Maria Dolors Garcia Ramon, was presented.