Many of the objects we throw away can have a second life. Unfortunately, the majority of these mattresses end up in landfills, creating a series of problems: they take up large volumes of space, they cause instability in the landfill and increase the risk of fires due to overheating of the iron material they contain […]
Last year in November, Sara García-Alonso was selected out of nearly 23,000 people to become a reserve astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps of the ESA (European Space Agency), becoming the first Spanish woman to ever do so. Now, her likeness will inspire the students at CEIP Cervantes de Gandia. The Universitat Politècnica de València […]
For the fifth year in a row and to celebrate February 11th, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Equality Committee of Campus Gandia of the Universitat Politècnica de València sponsors the initiative “Bring a Female Scientist to School”, taking place throughout the month of February in the context of the state […]
The Spanish National Council of Scientific Research (CSIC, for its Spanish initials) has published its first ranking of the 5,600 most outstanding Spanish and foreign female scientists who conduct research in Spanish organizations. In order to calculate this ranking, the CSIC used the public profile indicators in Google Scholar database. This search engine, specialized in […]
Jobs in the fields of science, art or technology are frequently conditioned by gender stereotypes or the lack of visibility of women. This has limited the presence of women throughout the history of science, where women who have chosen the scientific field have been made invisible by the media, literature and education. For this reason, […]
A study carried out by researchers from Campus Gandia of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) is analyzing the use of recurring images, such as comparison memes, to promote environmental activism on the social media platform Instagram. This study aims to interpret these images through the framework of […]
For the fourth year in a row and to celebrate February 11th, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Equality Committee of Campus Gandia of the Universitat Politècnica de València sponsored the initiative “Bring a Female Scientist to School”, celebrated between February 7th and 18th as part of the of the state […]
For yet another year, Campus Gandia of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) is collaborating in the IV edition of the Dones Sàvies (Wise Women) lecture series, organized by the EIC Alfons el Vell and the Gandia Library, with the support of the Department of Equality of the City Council of Gandia and CEFIRE-Gandia, and […]
In addition to the many problems that the fishing sector is facing, there is one that has barely been addressed, but which seriously threatens the continuity of small-scale fisheries: generational renewal. This challenge is the subject of the study entitled “Sustainability of the Fisheries Sector in the Valencian Community: the Challenge of Generational Renewal”, by […]
