Research projects

On-going projects

SEQUAL “Social-ecological relations and gender equality” coordinated by Marta Rivera Ferré; Participants: Federica Ravera, María Borras. GENDER-ERANET 2019-2021

COLIVECollective marketing strategies and new circular business models for valorising local food, agro-waste and by-products: example of the olive oil chain ” Coordinator workpackage: Feliu López-Gelat; Participants: Marta Rivera Ferre; Judit Manuel ERANET2018-2021.

ADAPTAL “The role of local traditional agriucultural knowlege in adaptation to climate change” coordinat per Marta Rivera Ferre  Participants: Federica Ravera; Elisa Oteros-Rozas; Marina Di Masso, Rosa Binimelis MINECO 2017-2020

PACTORESEcosystem services and Society as key elements of agro-pastoral systems in the Mediterranean.” Coordinació workpackage: Marta Rivera Ferre; Participants: Feliu López-Gelat, Federica Ravera, Graeme Dean, Erik Hobbelink ERANET2017-2020.

ÀGATAClimate change risks and transformational adaptation in marginal Mediterranean agri-food systems: a systemic and intersectional approach” coordinated by Federica Ravera; Participants: Marta Rivera Ferre AXA Research Fund. 2017-2020

Last five years

“Estrategias de Adaptación al Cambio Climático de la Ganadería Extensiva: Una perspectiva social”; coordinated by Marta Rivera Ferre. Participants: Feliu López-Gelat, Elisa Oteros. Fundación Biodiversidad.

“Crisis y alternativas en femenino: análisis de los impactos y estrategias de las mujeres en Cataluña en el ámbito de la economía social y solidaria” Coordinat per Sandra Ezquerra; Participants: Marta Rivera – Ferré, Marina di Masso RECERCAIXA 2016-2019

“Impacts and adaptation of Mediterranean apiculture to climate change”; coordinated by Marta Rivera Ferre, participants: Rosa Binimelis i López-i-Gelats, Fundación Biodiversidad. 2018-2019

“Resource Efficient Food and Drink for the Entire Supply Chain (REFRESH)” Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union. Coordinated by Toine Timmermans 2016-2019

“The Agri/Cultures Project: Operationalising Norway’s Gene Technology Act and its

Requirement for Social and Ethical Justifiability”, coordinated by Fern Wickson. Participants: Rosa Binimelis. Norwegian Research Council, 2014-2018.

“Developing the first PhD program on Environmental Science in UNAN-Managua”, coordinated by Jordi Bartolomé, Fundació Autònoma Solidaria. 2016.

“Global and Local food chain Assessment: a MUltimensional performance-based approach (GLAMUR)” (FP7-KBBE), coordinated by Rudolf Van Broekhuizen. Participants: Marina Di-Masso and Marta Rivera-Ferre. 2013-2016.

“Third report on Climate Change in Catalonia’. Chapter 21: Mountain systems”, coordinated by Javier Martín-Vide. Participants: Feliu López-i-Gelats. Grup d’Experts en Canvi Climàtic de Catalunya, 2015-2016.

“Transhumances in the Mediterranean”. Coordinated by Michele Nori. Participants: Feliu López-i-Gelats. Fundació Autònoma Solidaria, European University Institute, 2015-2016.

“Modelling European Agriculture with Climate Change for Food Security”, coordinated by Martin Koechy. Participants: Marta Rivera-Ferre. FP7: FACCE-Joint Programme Initiative) and INIA, 2012-2016.

“Propostes de canvis en el marc legislatiu de Barcelona per promoure el producte d’alimentació de proximitat”. Participants: Rosa Binimelis, Marina Di Masso and Marta Rivera-Ferre. Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2015.

“Impacts of climate change on European agriculture”. Feliu López-i-Gelats. FACCE-JPI, 2012-2015.

“Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for the 5th Assessment Report”. Chapter 9. Rural Areas. Coordinated by Purnamita Dasgupta and John Morton. Participants: Feliu López-i-Gelats, IPPC, 2012-2014.

“The role of small scale livestock farming in climate change and food security”, coordinated by Marta Rivera-Ferre and Feliu López-i-Gelats. UE-VSF Europe, 2011-2012.

“Local traditional knowledge, food security and climate change in the Indo Gangetic Region: Understanding the Role of Local and Traditional Agricultural Knowledge in a Changing world”, coordinated by Marta Rivera-Ferre. Participants: Feliu López-i-Gelats, and Marina Di Masso. Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS-CGIAR), 2011-2012.

“Social Capacity Building for Natural Hazards: Towards More Resilient Societies (CapHaz-Net)” (FP7-ENVIRONMENT), coordinated by Christian Kuhlicke. Participants: Marina Di-Masso. 2009-2013.

“Evaluation of the EU legislation on organic farming”, AGRI-2012-EVAL-02, Tender of the DG Agriculture and Rural Development, coordinated by Juern Sanders. Participants: Feliu López-i-Gelats. Thünen-Institut Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries Institute of Farm Economics, 2013.

“Systematization on the irritation component from the MdV programme of Intermón Oxfam in Mauritania”, coordinated by Feliu López-i-Gelats. Participants: Rosa Binimelis and Marta Rivera-Ferre. Intermón Oxfam, 2012.

“Mujeres campesinas y Soberanía Alimentaria desde nuestro “Norte””, coordinated by Marta Rivera-Ferre. Participants: Rosa Binimelis. Funded by Diputación Foral de Bizkaia in collaboration with Fundación Mundubat and CREDA, 2012.

“Towards the Spanish Forum of Food Sovereignty”, coordinated by Entrepobles, Xarxa de Consum Solidari, VSF and Plataforma Rural the participation of 70 CSOs. Participants: Rosa Binimelis. Funded by the Catalan Agency for Cooperation and Development, 2009-2011.

“The quality of organic fodder crops in Catalonia”, coordinated by Jordi Bartolomé and Feliu López-i-Gelats. Departament d’Agricultura, Alimentació i Acció Rural of the Catalan Government, 2011.

“Participatory Indicators of Food Sovereignty in Catalonia”. EntrePobles and Ecological Economics and Political Ecology Institute, coordinated by Rosa Binimelis. Funded by the Catalan Agency for Cooperation and Development, 2008-2011.