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Strategic Environmental and Water Management
Josep Maria Franquet publishes in the “OBE Notebooks,” edited by the BioEbro Observatory of the Foros de la Concordia Foundation, the studies “Bioareas and Nodes in the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Region” and “On the Care and Efficient Use of Water,” collected in the second and seventh installments, respectively, of this specialized publication.
The Significance of Gaudí’s Life and Work
Ignacio Buqueras discusses the heritage importance of the work of the renowned Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and the recent events held to recognize his international stature.
A New Governance Model for a New World
In this presentation, Alfredo Rocafort argues that Europe is not a geographical entity, but rather a consciousness, and calls for the construction of a future founded on the democratic values that have shaped the continent.
A False Sense of Security
Jesús Alberto García Riesco analyzes the current line of thought that challenges modernity and its institutions and devolves into what he considers a dangerous, destructive cynicism, in his presentation “Postmodernism and European Security.”
Africa, a good partner
Jaume Llopis urges entrepreneurs and investors to explore the business opportunities that Africa offers from a perspective of cooperation and trust in local entrepreneurs, in order to create reliable alliances and successful models, in the article “Africa, the continent of infinite opportunities”
Benchmarks of democracy in Spain and Europe
Teresa Freixes leads the new Catalan Civil Society project “Dialogues with Teresa Freixes,” whose first series is being held under the title “Rule of Law, Democracy, and Institutional Regeneration” and brings together renowned figures from Spanish civil society.
The time for legal and forensic psychology
Bernat-Noël Tiffon and Rocío Naveja have been featured in a series of publications in recent days that reflect their recent admission as academics of the RAED
We will keep eating meat (if we want to)
Pere Costa Batllori reflects on his extensive academic, teaching, and professional career and outlines the challenges facing the primary sector in an interview with the Catalan Institution of Agrarian Studies.
From Tortosa to Girona, tradition and roots
Carlos Cortina addresses, in the article “Església de Santa Maria de l’Assumpció 250 years of the beginning of the construction”, the anniversary that the city of Amposta is celebrating these days on the occasion of the beginning of works on what is its main temple, closely linked to the Order of Malta
A history of cultural fusion and of going there and back again
Mexican historian Enrique Sada analyzes, using scientific evidence, the role of Hernán Cortés 500 years after his incursion into present-day Mexico and the cultural diversity he encountered in a region dominated by the Mexica.
From the traditional will to the living will
Óscar López analyzes the evolution of inheritance law and the growing importance of planning not only the distribution of assets after death, but also life decisions in situations of incapacity, during the 10th International Academic Meeting of the RAED (Royal Academy of Defence).
Can AI be held responsible for a crime?
Jaume Antich calls for an update to international criminal law in light of the rise of AI in his presentation “Generative Artificial Intelligence: Machines That Decide,” during the 10th International Academic Meeting of the RAED (Royal Academy of Law).
