Conference on "Knowledge Transfer in Social Science and the Humanities"

The Xarxa AccessCat, with the support of the Office of the Vice-Rector for Transfer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the UAB and AGAUR, through the Grants for R&D&I Networks (2021XARDI00007), and the collaboration of the UAB Parc de Recerca and the Directorate General of Knowledge Transfer of the Government of Catalonia, organises a conference to bring knowledge transfer to researchers and institutions in the fields of social sciences and humanities.

The event, aimed at teaching and research staff and technical and management staff of all Catalan universities, will emphasise two fundamental aspects: understanding the type of transfer that can be made from the fields of social sciences and humanities, and the mechanisms for evaluating its impact.

Prior registration is required to participate in the conference. Registration will close on 29 April or when the maximum capacity is reached.

PROGRAMME

9:30  -10:00 a.m. Registration as participants

10:00 - 10:15 a.m. Institutional welcome speech, by Laia Arnal, director general of Transfer and Society of Knowledge of the Government of Catalonia, and Javier Lafuente, rector of the UAB.

10:15 - 10:45 a.m. Valorització social de la recerca en Ciències Socials i Humanitats. Aprenent del sexenni de transferència, conference by Julia Olmos, professor in Business Organisation and member of INN4ALL, research group in Innovation, Science and Society (UV).

10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Round table led by Lídia Aguilera, director in Innovation (CaixaResearch Institute): De què parlem quan parlem de transferència de coneixement en Ciències Socials i Humanitats?

• Jordi Balló, director of the Department of Communication (UPF).
• Jordi Collet, professor in Sociology of Education (UVic-UCC).
• Anna Matamala, principal investigator at TransMedia Catalonia (UAB) and director of Xarxa AccessCat.
• Laura Sáez, member and co-CEO of CoRegistros, S.L.U. and lecturer at the UB and the IQS).

12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Round table led by Manel González-Piñero, director in Innovation (CREB UPC) and lecturer of the Faculty of Economics (UB) and of the ESMUC: Com avaluem la transferència de coneixement en Ciències Socials i Humanitats? Indicadors i impacte social. 

• Marcos Paz, technician in Knowledge Transfer (UOC) and member of the RedOTRI Work Group in Social Science and Humanities Transfer.
• Nadal Bayà, head of the Area of Knowledge Transfer (AGAUR).
• María José Herrero, member of the European project Revalorise and head of Connexió amb l’Ecosistema. Servei de Suport a l’Emprenedoria i la Innovació (UC3M). 
• Teresa Sordé Martí, professor of Sociology (UAB).

1:15 - 1:45 p.m. Conclusions with Anna Matamala, director of the Xarxa AccessCat, and institutional closing speech by Rosa María Sebastián Pérez, vice-rector for Innovation, Transfer and Entrepreneurship at the UAB.