Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (ICTA) Areas of research: Environmental Sciences. Location: Barcelona. Website: www.uab.cat/icta; Contact: pr.mdm.icta@uab.cat
The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) was established as a research institute of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in 2003. Research at ICTA addresses major environmental and sustainability challenges related to anthropogenic global change. With climate change, increased global temperatures, alteration of precipitation patterns, extreme weather events, rapid ocean warming, and rising sea levels are expected to intensify the challenges of global instability, hunger, poverty and conflicts. There is thus an urgent need to act and stimulate the necessary societal transformations to adapt and protect human populations and natural resources essential for human life. Research also addresses other aspects of global change that accompany and interact with climate change, such as social and technological change in fisheries, societal metabolism, and the evolution of urban environments. ICTA researchers take an inter-disciplinary approach that includes Natural Sciences, Engineering and Social Sciences. ICTA stands out among the environmental science institutes in Spain and Europe in its even balance of Natural, Social and Engineering Sciences as applied to the various dimensions of climate change, global change and climate policy. ICTA promotes academic research and postgraduate education in the Environmental Sciences, offering two masters programmes (Joint European Master in Environmental Sciences (JEMES) and Master in Interdisciplinary Studies in Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability), and one doctoral (PhD) programme within the postgraduate education system of the UAB (www.uab.es/ postgraduate). These reflect an interdisciplinary and international approach, within which students can choose the learning trajectory that best fits their interests and capabilities. ICTA is a friendly, mid-sized institute with more than 60 professors and researchers, approximately 75 PhD students, 20 research and laboratory assistants and an administrative team of 13.
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