2023/2024

  • Paula Borges (María de Maeztu postdoctoral fellow, UPF)
    In 2024, Borges collaborated with IE University’s Centre for the Governance of Change (CGC) on research exploring the role of artificial intelligence in strengthening democracy and empowering citizens. The CGC actively examines this topic through initiatives such as AI4Democracy and Democracy Reloaded, which analyze both the opportunities and risks of integrating AI into democratic processes. In May 2024, Borges produced a Policy Brief on Global AI Governance (LINK). 

  • Iñigo González (BIAP faculty member, UB)
    González served as an advisor to the drafting group of the Maastricht Principles on the Human Rights of Future Generations, developed by FIAN International. These principles provide a framework for applying human rights obligations to ensure intergenerational justice. They were formally adopted in Maastricht on 3 February 2023. LINK.

  • Teresa Marques (BIAP faculty member, UB)
    On 16 April 2023, Marques delivered a seminar (in Portuguese) titled “O direito ao conhecimento: desafios digitais” (“The Right to Know: Digital Challenges”) for the FEMNET Project of the Portuguese Network Youth for Equality (Rede de Jovens para a Igualdade), an NGO that is part of the Portuguese Platform for the Defense of Women’s Rights (PPDM).

  • José Luís Martí (BIAP faculty member, UPF)
    Martí is the Principal Investigator at Law-UPF for the Horizon Europe iDEM project (2021–2027), funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101132431. The iDEM consortium brings together research institutions, experts in text simplification, user organizations, citizens’ representatives, non-profit organizations, and software developers. Under the coordination of Pompeu Fabra University, iDEM leverages its intersectional and international expertise to develop innovative democratic spaces.
    Additionally, Martí coordinates the course “Participación Deliberativa y Nuevas Tecnologías” (“Deliberative Democracy and New Technologies”) for the non-profit association of Catalan political scientists and sociologists, the Col·legi de Politòlegs i Sociòlegs de Catalunya (COLPIS). Since its launch in 2023, the course has been offered in three editions.

  • Manolo Martínez (BIAP faculty member, UB)
    In 2023, Martínez published an academic software in his field of expertise under a free software license. The software is available at https://evoke.readthedocs.io.

  • Pensar i Viure
    Annual Seminar of the Analytic Philosophy Section of the Catalan Society of Philosophy.
    Institut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC), Barcelona.