COMPETITIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS

2021

  • Sexual and reproductive rights during the COVID-19 pandemic: motherhood and institutional violence. Funding entity: Spanish Ministry of Equality. Spanish State Pact against Gender-Based Violence. Start-end date: January-December 2021 Principal Investigator: Sandra Ezquerra

2020

  • Barcelona, City of Care: A Step Forward for the Feminist Economy? Funding entity: Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung e.V. Start-end date: 2020-2021 Principal Investigator: Sandra Ezquerra

2019

  • Social-ecological relations, climate change and gender equality: Dynamics and processes for transformational change across scales. Funding entity: Era-Net GENDER-Net Start-end date: 2019-2022 Principal Investigator: Grace Wong (consortium), Sandra Ezquerra/Marta G.Rivera Ferre (MINECO)

2017

  • Pastoral ACTORs, Ecosystem services and Society as key elements of agro-pastoral systems in the Mediterranean. Funding entity: ERA-NET (APCIN Project) Start-end date: 2017-2020 Principal Investigator: Elsa Varela (consortium), Marta Rivera-Ferre (MINECO)
  • Collective marketing strategies and new circular business models for valorizing local food, agro-waste and by-products: example of the olive oil chain. Funding entity: ERA-NET ARIMNet-2 (APCIN Project) Start-end date: 2017-2020 Principal Investigator: Metchild Donner (consortium), Feliu López-i-Gelats (MINECO)

2016

  • A multiscale study of the role of herbivores in Mediterranean island vegetation and their interaction with fire. Funding entity: MINECO Start-end date: 2016-2020 Principal Investigator: Jordi Bartolomé (MINECO)

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COMPETITIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS

2019

  • Awareness-raising, education and support in the field of gender-based violence. Actions and Services at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Welfare (FCSB) and the Faculty of Medicine (UMedicina) of UVic-UCC. State Pact against Gender-Based Violence. Start-end date: April-December 2019 Principal Investigator: Anna Pérez Quintana

2018

  • Extensive Livestock Farming and Climate Change: A Social Sciences Perspective. Funding entity: Biodiversity Foundation Start-end date: 2018-2019 Principal Investigator: Metchild Donner (consortium), Feliu López-i-Gelats (MINECO)

2017

  • The role of traditional agricultural and food knowledge in climate change adaptation. Funding entity: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness Start-end date: 2017-2019 Principal Investigator: Marta G. Rivera Ferre
  • Climate Change Risks and Transformational Adaptation in Marginal Mediterranean Agri-Food Systems: A Systemic and Intersectional Approach. Funding entity: AXA Foundation Start-end date: 2017-2019 Principal Investigator: Marta G. Rivera Ferre
  • Socio-ecological heritage-making of ICCAs in Spain and Morocco. Funding entity: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness Start-end date: 2017-2019 Principal Investigator: Montserrat Ventura Oller

2016

  • Crisis and alternatives from a women’s perspective: analysis of the impacts on and strategies of women in Catalonia in the field of the Social and Solidarity Economy. Funding entity: RecerCaixa Start-end date: 2016-2018 Principal Investigator: Sandra Ezquerra
  • Resource Efficient Food and Drink for the Entire Supply Chain (REFRESH). Funding entity: Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union Start-end date: 2016-2019 Principal Investigator: Toine Timmermans
  • CGL2015-70449-R. A multiscale study of the role of herbivores in Mediterranean island vegetation and their interaction with fire. Funding entity: MINECO Start-end date: 2016-2019 Principal Investigator: Jordi Bartolomé
  • USVREact Universities Supporting Victims of Sexual Violence. Funding entity: European Commission DG Justice. Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (DAPHNE) Start-end date: 2016-2017 Principal Investigator: Pam Alldred (and Anna Pérez Quintana PI of Work Package assigned to Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya)

2015

  • Impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Mediterranean beekeeping. Funding entity: Biodiversity Foundation Start-end date: 2015-2016 Principal Investigator: Marta G. Rivera Ferre
  • Assessment of ecosystem service flows across rural–urban gradients: applicability to the socio-ecological planning of territory. Funding entity: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness Start-end date: 2015-2017 Principal Investigator: Carlos Montes del Olmo & José Gonzalez

2014

  • The Agri/Cultures Project. Funding entity: Norwegian Research Council Start-end date: 2014-2018 Principal Investigator: Fern Wickson

2013

  • Influence of social determinants, lifestyles, emotional well-being and the use of complementary therapies on breast cancer outcomes in a cohort of women diagnosed in Barcelona. Funding entity: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness Start-end date: 2013-2015 Principal Investigator: Rosa Puigpinós i Riera
  • Global and Local Food Chain Assessment: A Multidimensional performance-based approach. Funding entity: EU (FP7) Start-end date: 2013-2016 Principal Investigator: Hans Wiskerke

2012

  • Active aging, citizenship and participation. Assessing the aspirations, needs and strategies related to autonomy and empowerment of old and new generations of elderly people in Spain. Funding entity: CSIC Foundation Start-end date: 2012-2015 Principal Investigator: Joan Subirats
  • Modelling European Agriculture with Climate Change for Food Security. Funding entity: EU (FP7: FACCE-Joint Programme Initiative) and INIA Start-end date: 2012-2016 Principal Investigator: Martin Koechy

2011

  • Livestock farming and climate change (the role of small-scale livestock farming in climate change and food security). Funding entity: EU (EuropeAid), VSF-Europe Start-end date: 2011-2014 Principal Investigator: Marta G. Rivera-Ferre
  • Attendance at IPCC meetings. Funding entity: MICINN (CSO2011-13568-E) Start-end date: 2011-2013 Principal Investigator: Marta G. Rivera-Ferre
  • Local traditional knowledge, food security and climate change in the Indo Gaenian Region. Understanding the Role of Local and Traditional Agricultural Knowledge in a Changing world. Funding entity: CGIAR (Consultative Group on Intenational Agricultural Research) Start-end date: 2011-2012 Principal Investigator: Marta G. Rivera-Ferre
  • The role of small scale livestock farming in climate change and food security. Start-end date: 2011-2012 Principal Investigator: Feliu López Gelats; Marta Guadalupe Rivera Ferre
  • Peasant women and food sovereignty from our perspective in the Global North. Funding entity: Provincial Council of Biscay Start-end date: 2012 Principal Investigator: Marta G. Rivera-Ferre

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER PROJECTS

2019

  • Food Sovereignty, Phases 1 and 2. Funding entity: Navàs City Council. Start-end date: 2019 Principal Investigator: Rosa Binimelis Adell
  • Assessment of prostitution in Central Catalonia. Funding entity: Barcelona and Igualada City Councils Start-end date: 2019-2020 Principal Investigator: Sandra Ezquerra; Marta Venceslao; Sònia Fernández

2017

  • From civic-mindedness to the right to the city. Funding entity: Barcelona City Council. Start-end date: April-September 2017 Principal Investigator: Sandra Ezquerra
  • Democratising care at Barcelona City Council. Funding entity: Barcelona City Council. Start-end date: January-February 2017 Principal Investigator: Sandra Ezquerra

2016

  • Public space as a common good: civic-mindedness and citizen participation. Funding entity: Barcelona City Council. Start-end date: 2016-2017 Principal Investigator: Sandra Ezquerra
  • The Care Economy: voices of care users and caregivers and mainstreaming this approach in municipal action. Funding entity: Barcelona City Council. Start-end date: June-November 2016 Principal Investigator: Sandra Ezquerra
  • Cost analysis of agroecological businesses in Cardedeu. Funding entity: Cardedeu City Council. Start-end date: 2016 Principal Investigator: Marta Rivera Ferre
  • Development of impact indicators and evaluation of the Social and Solidarity Economy. Funding entity: Government of Catalonia & Manlleu City Council. Start-end date: September-December 2016 Principal Investigator: Anna Pérez-Quintana
  • Economic viability of agroecological production in the Cardedeu area. Funding entity: Cardedeu City Council. Start-end date: 2016-2017 Principal Investigator: Marta Rivera Ferre

2015

  • Municipal policies, community action and the care economy in the city of Barcelona. Funding entity: Barcelona City Council. Start-end date: 2015-2016 Principal Investigator: Sandra Ezquerra
  • Proposals to amend Barcelona’s legislative framework to promote locally produced food. Funding entity: Barcelona City Council. Start-end date: October 2015-January 2016 Principal Investigator: Marta Rivera Ferre
  • Economic costs of agroecological farms in Cardedeu. Funding entity: Cardedeu City Council. Start-end date: 2015-2016 Principal Investigator: Marta Rivera Ferre
  • Transhumances in the Mediterranean. Funding entity: European University Institute. Start-end date: 2015-2016 Principal Investigator: Michele Nori; Feliu López i Gelats
  • Building consensus to reduce food waste in the Barcelona metropolitan area. Funding entity: Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona Start-end date: 2015-2016 Principal Investigator: Raquel Díaz Ruiz; Montserrat Costa Font; Feliu López Gelats; José María Gil Roig
  • Capacity Building Workshop on Socio-Economic Considerations of Genetically. Funding entity: Global Environment Facility Start-end date: 2015 Principal Investigator: Armin Spök
  • Technical assistance and methodological support for communicating the implementation of the “Berga, an age-friendly city” project. Funding entity: Barcelona Provincial Council Start-end date: 2015-2016 Principal Investigator: Margarida Pla

2014

  • Development of a doctoral programme in environmental studies at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, Managua (UNAN-Managua). Funding entity: Fundació Autònoma Solidària. Start-end date: 2014-2017 Principal Investigator: Jordi Bartolomé Filella

2012

  • Evaluation of the EU legislation on organic farming. Funding entity: Thünen Institute of Farm Economics Start-end date: 2012-2013 Principal Investigator: Feliu López Gelats; Lluc Mercadé Romeu; José María Gil Roig
  • Knowledge-sharing on the implementation of irrigation projects in Mauritania. Funding entity: Intermon Oxfam Start-end date: 2012-2013 Principal Investigator: Feliu López Gelats; Marta Guadalupe Rivera Ferre; Mohamed El Moctar Isselmou; Rosa Binimelis

2011

  • Monitoring of the quality of organic fodder crops in Catalonia. Funding entity: Departament d’Agricultura, Alimentació i Acció Rural de la Government of Catalonia Start-end date: 2011-2012 Principal Investigator: Feliu López Gelats; Jordi Bartolomé Filella