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We are thrilled to announce that Lidia Ballesta, a distinguished member of the GLOBAL INTEL team, has published her latest article in the Spanish Journal of Legal Studies (SJLS). The publication,… Read more: New Publication by Lidia Ballesta in the Spanish Journal of Legal Studies

On December 9, 2024, an important forum organized by AECID and OXFAM took place in Madrid, bringing together international experts, key institutions, and cooperation actors to address and reposition the agenda… Read more: Dr Ayuso at the AECID-OXFAM Forum on Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Lidia Ballesta Martí, a distinguished member of GLOBAL INTEL and a Professor of Public International Law and International Relations, will be presenting at the… Read more: Dr Ballesta participating in a seminar on innovative teaching

After concluding the ITFLOWS​ project in September 2023, GLOBAL INTEL coordinator Cristina Blasi wrote the article “Developing AI predictive migration tools to enhance humanitarian support: The case of EUMigraTool”, which is… Read more: Article on AI in the field of migration out!

As part of the Horizon Project «Drafting a new EU social contract together», its Principal Researcher, Antoni Abat i Ninet (member of GLOBAL INTEL) will speak on the European Social Contract.… Read more: Discussion “An Express EU Social Contract”

On November 21, 2024, Dr. Anna Ayuso Pozo, member of GLOBAL INTEL and a distinguished researcher at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), presented before the Senate’s Commission on Ibero-American… Read more: Dr Anna Ayuso presents at the before the Senate’s Commission on Ibero-American Affairs.

The conference featured Cristina Blasi’s keynote, which delved into the swift evolution of artificial intelligence and its profound societal implications. The discourse highlighted the integration of AI across various professions, emphasizing… Read more: CERC 2023 Proceedings are out

On 13 November 2024, GLOBAL INTEL member Anna Ayuso presented in the latest issue of Política Exterior magazine, titled “Estrategias de triangulación” (Triangulation Strategies), held at Casa Asia. This insightful event… Read more: Dr Anna Ayuso presents at the Triangulation Strategies event

Today, we are thrilled to announce that GLOBAL INTEL has officially submitted the NOHATE proposal under the Horizon Europe topic HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01-05: Combating Hate Speech Online and Offline. As project coordinators, we… Read more: We have submitted NOHATE proposal (Horizon Europe)

May 14-15, Brussels, Belgium, EU EUDTP is a EU-wide inter-disciplinary conference focused on the discussion and dissemination of broad-impact digital technologies (automation, computing, data collection, processing and communication), their corresponding public… Read more: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND PARTICIPATION: The EU Digital Technologies and Policy (EUDTP) Conference

On November 11, 2024, CIDOB hosted a new edition of #DialogosPoliticaExterior, focusing on the outcomes of the United Nations’ “Summit of the Future” held on September 22-23, 2024. The summit aimed… Read more: We participate in the Conference “Cumbre del Futuro: Un Pacto Global para reconfigurar la Gobernabilidad del Futuro”

Dr. Lidia Ballesta and Dr. Cristina Blasi will be attending the conference “Abordatge institucional contra els delictes d’odi i discriminació” on November 15 at the Centre d’Estudis Jurídics i Formació Especialitzada… Read more: We attend a conference on Hate Crimes and Discrimination

GLOBAL INTEL organiza con su proyecto DITRIG la I Jornada sobre Dimensiones Transnacionales de la Igualdad y Derecho, organizada por la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona en colaboración con el Instituto de… Read more: I Jornada Dimensiones Transnacionales de la Igualdad y Derecho: Retos Globales para la Igualdad en las Dimensiones Internacionales, Socioculturales y Digitales

Dr. Sebastián Preller Bórquez, Associate Partner of Global Intel, participated in the international conference “The Law & the Amazon: Challenges for a Sustainable Future,” organized by Forum Latin America, part of… Read more: Participation in the conference “The Law & the Amazon: Challenges for a Sustainable Future”

The coordinator of GLOBAL INTEL is member of the Programme Committee of the EU Digital Technologies and Policies (EUDTP) conference. This conference will take place in Brussels in March or April… Read more: GLOBAL INTEL co-organises the EU Digital Technologies and Policies (EUDTP) conference

On Lisbon, 10 October 2024 – 11 October 2024 Dr Lidia Ballesta travelled to Lisbon to attend the ERA event “Current Reflections on EU Gender Equality Law”. This event presented current… Read more: Dr Ballesta attends seminar on Current Reflections on EU Gender Equality Law

National Third Sector Day is a call to collective action, a day to vindicate the work of the Third Sector, its entities and the people who make them up.In 2024, the… Read more: Dr Anna Ayuso participates in the roundtable for the National Third Sector Day

In an interconnected and constantly evolving world, the promotion and fulfilment of gender equality and women’s rights is not only a matter of social justice within nation-states, but also an essential… Read more: Dr Anna Ayuso participates in the EU-LAC feminist foreign policy

Retos globales para la Igualdad en las dimensiones Internacional, Sociocultural y Digital. La I Jornada Interuniversitaria Dimensiones Transnacionales de la Igualdad y Derecho forma parte del proyecto Dimensiones Transnacionales de la… Read more: Call for abstracts para I JORNADA  DIMENSIONES TRANSNACIONALES DE LA IGUALDAD Y DERECHO

At the VII International Conference of Development Studies, promoted by REEDES, the University Institute of Development and Cooperation and the Complutense Institute of International Studies, the round table entitled “Dialogue between… Read more: Dr Anna Ayuso participates in the VII International Conference of Development Studies

Within the framework of the Horizon Europe Project EXPRESS2, the faculty of law at the University of Belgrade and the Institute of European Studies (UAB) have organized a conference on September… Read more: Conference on EU Constitutional Identity Through an Explicit Social Contract

On September 25, 2024, a thought-provoking seminar was held at the Ateneu Barcelonès, titled “Stereotypes, Hate Speech, and Violence Against Women in Media and Social Networks.” This event brought attention to… Read more: SEMINAR: “Stereotypes, Hate Speech, and Violence Against Women in Media and Social Networks”

Call for Papers – Special Issue: Artificial Intelligence in the European Union: Ethics, Impact and Governance in the Digital Age Topic Description: Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming diverse sectors in… Read more: We are launching a Call for papers on AI at the QIEE Journal

Two members of GLOBAL INTEL, Dr Lidia Ballesta and Dr Cristina Blasi, will be part of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in European Global Policies (EUGLOB) team at the Autonomous… Read more: We are part of the new Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence EUGLOB

Yesterday 9 of July, the paper “Developing AI Predictive Migration Tools to Enhance Humanitarian Support: The Case of EUMigraTool“, authored by Dr Cristina Blasi and Georgios Stavropoulos, was presented at the… Read more: ITFLOWS paper presented in the Data for Policy Conference

Convocatoria: Call for Abstracts – I Congreso TechAndLaw 2024 El Congreso TechAndLaw tiene por objeto analizar el impacto y las implicaciones de las tecnologías y la Inteligencia Artificial en el ámbito… Read more: Call for abstracts para el Congreso TechAndLaw

Dr. Lidia Ballesta will participate on June 14, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the II Seminar for Researchers in Training on the Fundamental Rights of the European Union,… Read more: Dr Ballesta at a seminar on protection of LGTBIQ+ rights

The Area of ​​Public International Law and International Relations of the University of Cádiz has organized in Ceuta the Conference “Ceuta and Melilla, Democratic Cities of the EU in the Southern… Read more: Dr Montse Pi at a conference on migration and human rights in Ceuta & Melilla

Dr. Lídia Ballesta has been awarded the first prize Francisco Javier Landaburu Universities 2024 by EuroBasque | Basque Council of the European Movement for her research “The importance of women’s leadership… Read more: Dr Lidia Ballesta has been awarded the first prize EuroBasque FJL Universitias 2024

On 12 July 2024 at 10:00 CEST GLOBAL INTEL will offer a seminar of experts entitled “APUNTANDO HACIA LA SOSTENIBILIDAD Y LA RESILIENCIA CLIMÁTICA EN LA ADJUDICACIÓN INTERNACIONAL: ¿UNA QUIMERA?”. The… Read more: Seminar on sustainability and climate resilience

Today 21 of May 2024, Dr Cristina Blasi (coordinator of GLOBAL INTEL) has participated in the 2nd Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Political Sciences within the LREC COLING 2024 conference… Read more: Dr Blasi at the workshop on Natural Language Processing for Political Sciences

On 23 May 2024 at 12:30 we will host a seminar on “Digital Activism from exile: Addressing the situation of women in Iran”, given by Shaghayegh Norouzi, actress and feminist activist,… Read more: Seminar on Digital Activism from exile: Addressing the situation of women in Iran

Dr Lidia Ballesta presented a comunication on “Reforzando los valores de la UE a traves de la lucha contra la violencia contra las mujeres: La adhesión de la UE al Convenio de Estanbul”… Read more: Dr Ballesta presents findings on the fight against gender violence in the EU

Tomorrow Thursday 09 May 2024 at 10am. in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Law within the framework of the Transnational Dimensions of Equality and Law project (DITRIG), the seminar… Read more: Conference on equality and policy making

On 25 April 2024, the Barcelona Bar Association is organising a conference entitled “IA en el sector jurídico: innovación, soluciones empresariales y salvaguarda de activos inmateriales”, in light of the Intellectual… Read more: Conference on AI in the legal sector

On Monday 8 April, GLOBAL INTEL researchers Dr Anna Ayuso and Dr Cristina Blasi participated in the conference “Una Alianza para el Futuro entre la Unión Europea y América Latina y… Read more: Conference on Europe – Latin America cooperation

Last Friday 5 of April, we had the pleasure to host a conference on gender, LGTB rights and migration given by George Azzi, co-founder of Helem, a Lebanese non-profit organisation working… Read more: Seminar on gender and migration

The researcher Dr Antoni Abat will participate as a panelist in the “Latin American Workshop on Advisory Opinions on Climate Change”.The organization of this event is in charge of the Center… Read more: Dr Abat will participate in an event on climate change

Yesterday 20 March 2024, Dr. Susana Beltran, member of GLOBAL INTEL, participated as speaker in the event “¿De qué hablamos cuando hablamos de terrorismo?“. The event took place online and it… Read more: Dr Beltran participates in a conference on terrorism

Today 14 March from 15:00 to 17:00 Prof Ainius Lasas from Kausas University of Technology gave the seminar “Qualities of Democracy: From corruption to conspiracy theories” at Sala de Juntes of… Read more: Seminar on democracy and corruption

On 5 March 2024 we will hold a seminar on Constitutional Law in Indonesia and Spain. Lessons Learned from the Appointment of Constitutional Court Justices in Indonesia and European Countries. The… Read more: Seminar on Constitutional Law in Indonesia and Spain

On March 6 at 4:00 p.m., the member of the IEE, Dr. Toni Abat, will participate in a seminar organized by the Center for the Study of Contemporary Issues (CETC) together… Read more: Dr Abat at a seminar about human rights’ violation in the EU

Our researcher Dr Sebastian Preller will participate on 23 February 2024 at a event organised by the Law Faculty of the UAB entitled “Cómo integrar los ODS en la enseñanza y… Read more: Dr Sebastian Preller at a seminar on sustainability and law education

The use of large amounts of structured and unstructured text data in social and political sciences research has become increasingly prevalent. Consequently, there has been a significant growth in the development… Read more: Call for papers “Opportunities and Challenges of Generative AI and LLMs in Social and Political Sciences Research”

On 29 february 2024 researchers Susana Beltran and Anna Auso will participate as speakers at the conference Desafíos globales provocados por la invasión de Rusia a Ucrania. The event will be… Read more: Dr Beltran & Dr Ayuso at a conference on global challenges led by Russian invasion of Ukraine

On 26 Febrero 2024 from 15:00 to 16:30 the Institute of European Studies, GLOBAL INTEL Research Group and EUPOL JM Chair coorganise with the Faculty of Law and the Faculy of… Read more: Conference on “The political future of Russia: Regime Transformation and Change”

Dr Claudia Jiménez Cortés gave in Spanish a talk entitled “Poniendo límites a la codicia: cómo hacer efectiva la exigencia de responsabilidad penal al gobierno Bolsonaro por genocidio en el Amazonas.… Read more: Watch Dr Claudia Jiménez’s talk on how to achieve effective criminal liability of Bolsonaro’s govt because of the Amazon’s genocide

Tomorrow 29 January at 5 pm, GLOBAL INTEL Dr Claudia Jimenez will participate in a seminar on “Legalidad internacional y respuestas jurídicas en la guerra contra Gaza”. Dr Jimenez will we… Read more: Seminar by Claudia Jimenez on international legal response towards Gaza war

On 23 January 2024 a conference on the Chilean constituent process took place at the Casa de la Convalescencia of the UAB. Among the speakers, Dr Claudia Jimenez, researcher of GLOBAL… Read more: Researcher Claudia Jiménez participates in a conference on the Chilean constituent process

The European Union is facing unprecedented social, economic, and environmental challenges in the 21st century. How can we foster a sense of belonging and solidarity among the diverse peoples of Europe?… Read more: Conference on “Towards a New European Social Contract – Exploring the Dimensions of Sustainability, Citizenship, and Development”

GLOBAL INTEL Dr Lidia Ballesta will lead DITRIG project in 2024. It is a cycle of multidisciplinary seminars that end with a day of reflections and conclusions. The seminars and the… Read more: Researcher Lidia Ballesta leads a cycle of gender seminars, funded by the Spanish govt

On January 19, 2024 at 12:00 a seminar on The Implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan in Spain took place in the Degree Room of the UAB Faculty of Law,… Read more: Seminar on the Recovery and Resilience Plan in Spain

The European Union is facing unprecedented social, economic, and environmental challenges in the 21st century. How can we foster a sense of belonging and solidarity among the diverse peoples of Europe?… Read more: Call for Abstracts: Towards a New European Social Contract – Exploring the Dimensions of Sustainability, Citizenship, and Development

The Catalan Executive Council has appointed this Tuesday, at the proposal of the Minister of Climate Action, David Mascort, five new members of the Advisory Council for the Sustainable Development of… Read more: Anna Ayuso appointed as Advisor on Sustainability for Catalan Govt

On Friday 1 December 2023 we had the last team meeting of the year, with the participation of all the GLOBAL INTEL members. It was in a hybrid format (at the… Read more: GLOBAL INTEL Team meeting in December 2023. Projects for 2024 discussed.

Tomorrow, 6 December 2023, GLOBAL-INTEL researcher Dr Anna Ayuso will participate in the event “RENEWING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: TOWARDS A JOINT AGENDA… Read more: Researcher Anna Ayuso participates in an event about EU-Latin America relations

The conference took place on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2023 from 09:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Barcelona Center for International Affairs (CIDOB), specifically in the Sala Maragall, CIDOB, Carrer Elisabets… Read more: Participation of researcher Anna Ayuso in a conference on food security

On 1 December 2023 at 16:00 CET Prof. Antonios Abou Kasm will give a seminar on “Israel-Hamas war implications for Lebanon: A legal and political overview“. The seminar is free and… Read more: Seminar on Israel-Hamas war implications for Lebanon: A legal and political overview

On the 29th November, the Faculty of Law will give a round table entitled “The multilevel system as guarantee for enforcement of fundamental rights”, coinciding with the commemoration of the 75th… Read more: Dr Claudia Jimenez will participate in a roundtable about fundamental rights

On 16 November 2023, GLOBAL INTEL lead, Dr. Cristina Blasi, participated in the event organised by the European Parliament in Brussels “AIVOLUTION: Transforming the European Union’s Economy and Society”. The event… Read more: Dr Cristina Blasi participates in a conference on Artificial Intelligence

Mark your Calendar on November 24, 16:00! Explore the controversial topic of Hungary’s rule of law in our upcoming EU TALK event, featuring Balazs Rottek, a Senior Parliamentary Assistant at the European… Read more: EU TALK Hungary’s Rule of Law, November 24

Coming Soon on November 3, at 16:00 ! Be sure not to miss the upcoming EU TALK at UAB featuring Juan Antonion Mayoral, who will delve into the importance of the Spanish… Read more: EU TALK – Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU, November 3rd

Researcher of GLOBAL INTEL Toni Abat will coordinate the research project “EXPRESS2 – Specify and Protect the EU Social Contract”. The project, with a cost of 3 million euros, will begin… Read more: New EU project proposes more inclusive, democratic and sustainable European social contract

On 19 September 2023, all members of the research group met at the Law faculty of UAB to discuss the publications, projects and events that will be covered during the course… Read more: Team meeting September 2023

The Third -and Final- Annual Meeting of ITFLOWS Project, led by the researcher Cristina Blasi, took place in Brussels on 13 September 2023 and it was organised in a hybrid scheme… Read more: ITFLOWS Consortium meeting

On 12th September 2023, the researcher Cristina Blasi organised the last dissemination event under the ITFLOWS project, a Policy Workshop, which took place at the Alliance4universities, in Brussels (Rue du Trône… Read more: POLICY WORKSHOP: CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FIELD OF EU MIGRATION