Feature article
The University crisis fifty years ago: The urbanization of the Bellaterra Campus of the Autonomous University of Barcelona
Solans, Joan Antoni
Keywords: Autonomous University of Barcelona (Bellaterra) · model of campus · Vicenç Villar Palasí (1920–1974) · urban planning · “French May”
Distinguished lectures
The 2014 Ramon Margalef Prize to David Tilman: an innate curiosity about nature
Estrada i Miyares, Marta
Keywords: stochastic niche theory · sustainability · 2014 Ramon Margalef Prize
Biodiversity: From evolutionary origins to ecosystem functioning
Tilman, David
Keywords: biodiversity · species formation · coexistence of species · preservation · evolution and ecology
The BKH-AE Women's Week, 2006-2015
Guerrero i Moreno, Ricard
Keywords: International Women’s Day lectures · BKH-AE Women’s Week · Academia Europaea activities · higher education for women · gender equality
Arab Spring or long desolate Arab Winter?
El-Awady, Nadia
Keywords: Arab Spring · Mohamed Bouazizi (Tunis, 2010) · Egyptian revolution of 2011 · Khaled Saeed (Alexandria 2010) · Tahrir Square (Cairo)
The Mediterranean in the crossroad: Past, present and future. 2014 Lectures at the BKN-AE
Skinner, Nicole
Keywords: Barcelona Knowledge Hub of the Academia Europaea (BKH-AE) · Ramon Llull (1232–1316) · Messinian salinity crisis · Mediterranean deltas · global cities
The Demography of the first Mediterranean global network: The Roman Empire
Mayer i Olivé, Marc
Keywords: Roman Empire · Antiquity · demography · slavery · urban life
Alexandria: Lighthouse of science and humanities
Chica, Carmen
Keywords: Alexander the Great (356–323 BC) · Hypatia (ca. 355–415) · Constantine Cavafy (1863–1933) · Terenci Moix (1942–2003) · Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Research reviews
The Bones of our ancestors. The end of burials in churches in the late 18th century
Dexeus, Ana
Keywords: burials in churches · cemeteries · funeral services income · epidemics 18th century · public health
On Science and the construction of identities: Remembering Ibn al-Haytham (965-1039)
Rius Piniés, Mònica
Keywords: history of science · Arabic science · Islam · optics · International Year of Light (IYL 2015)
The Theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design. The Nobel Prize in Economics 2012 for Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley
Massó Carreras, Jordi
Keywords: game theory · market design · stable allocations · mathematical economics · kidney transplantation
Microbial fuel cells implemented in constructed wetlands: Fundamentals, current research and future perspectives
Corbella, Clara
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Puigagut, Jaume
Keywords: constructed wetlands · microbial fuel cells · treatment efficiency · clogging · biosensors
Historical corner
Pius Font i Quer (1888-1964), the greatest Catalan botanist
Puche i Moré, Carme
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Duro Pérez, Rubén
Keywords: Pius Font i Quer (1888–1964) · Catalan botany · Botanical Institute of Barcelona