Peace, university and development

November 23rd
Universitat de Barcelona

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Speakers

José Alonso Simón

Humanitarian Aid and Development Expert.

An expert at the Nadir consulting firm, he has been project manager in the Sahrawi and South Sudan refugee camps. Art Historian from the University of León and Postgraduate in Logical Framework Approach in international cooperation projects from the UOC. I currently work as a project technician for the Solidaritat Foundation of the University of Barcelona. Likewise, he has evaluated and carried out diagnoses both as an external evaluator and as a member of the Livelihood Center of the International Federation of the Red Cross.

Angeles Schjaer

Pedagogical coordinator of the Open Arms education department.

Marylen Serna

Social leader in the department of Cauca

Social leader in the department of Cauca, in Colombia, with 30 years of commitment to the fight for life, Human Rights, Peace and against violence. It is part of the general coordination of the Women’s Movement for Life of Cauca. He is the national spokesperson for the People’s Congress and the National Council for Peace, Reconciliation and Coexistence, representing social movements

Ricard Conesa

PhD in Contemporary History and Master in Historical Culture and Communication from the University of Barcelona. He has been a project technician at the European Observatory of Memories (EUROM) of the UB Solidarity Foundation since 2015. He was a project technician at the Memorial Democràtic (2009-2014) and is currently also a collaborating lecturer on the UOC’s Master’s Degree in Contemporary History and the Modern World.

Moderator:
Antonia Torrens

Coordinator of WASH (Water Hygiene and Sanitation) and Nature Based Solutions (NBS) for sustainable development programs at the Solidarity Foundation of the University of Barcelona (FSUB), member of HIDROSEC (Sanitary, Cooperation and Economic Hydrology) research group of the University of Barcelona (UB) and associated professor at the Biology, Healthcare and Environment department, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences (UB). She has a bachelor’s in pharmacy and a PhD in Environmental Science and Technology for the UB (in collaboration with INRAE-France).