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BCNUEJ

A Barcelona-based research lab focused on urban environmental justice

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The Good Food Project

Researcher Isabela Bonnevera explores sustainable food systems through the perspectives of immigrant women

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The Green Divide

Would you like to host a screening of our new documentary on green gentrification? Contact us!

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Al Jazeera feature

Our director Isabelle Anguelovski interviewed for Al Jazeera's report on climate justice in megacities

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Article in Nature

Read our open access article on Green gentrification in European and North American cities

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StoryMaps of Urban Justice Struggles

Visit our ArcGis StoryMaps, a critical mapping tool document environmental justice struggles in Barcelona

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Toolkit for Urban Green Justice

Our new report provides planners and policymakers with 50 tools that fight displacement and green gentrification

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To Green Or Not To Green

A short documentary on four struggles of urban injustice in Barcelona

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10 Drivers of Urban Injustice

A series of videos outlining the top 10 drivers of urban injustice with our partner project UrbanA

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We develop novel research on environmental and climate justice that builds on urban planning, policy and studies in social inequality, uneven development and public health.

 

Research Lines

Environmental Gentrification

Examining gentrification, displacement, and exclusion in climate-responsive and green infrastructure projects.

Urban Health & Equity

Assessing the impacts of urban environments and interventions on the health of historically marginalized groups

Social Struggles

Exploring how communities challenge contentious infrastructure projects and neoliberal urbanism to create more  just urban futures

Housing Inequalities

Analyzing the socio-spatial dynamics of housing precariousness in the context of the climate crisis.

Featured Videos

Short videos about our work

Our Latest Publications / See all

  • The activism responsibility of climate scientists and the value of science-based activism

  • Gentrificació Climàtica a Barcelona

  • Safeguarding nature and cities in a burning country

  • From heat racism and heat gentrification to urban heat justice in the USA and Europe

  • Shifting perceptions of green and blue spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic in gentrifying neighbourhoods

    Experiences of inclusion and exclusion by women and non-binary residents

  • Industrial Obelisks: Working-class memory and Barcelona’s chimney-monuments

  • Child-friendly urban practices as emergent place-based neoliberal subjectivation?

  • Illuminating radical spatial imaginaries:

    Counter-mapping urban environmental justice struggles for the city yet to come

  • Exploring ownership of change and health equity implications in neighborhood change processes:

    A community-led approach to enhancing just climate resilience in Everett, MA

  • Nature-based climate shelters?

    Exploring urban green spaces as cooling solutions for older adults in a warming city

  • Decoding the 15-Minute City Debate:

    Conspiracies, Backlash, and Dissent in Planning for Proximity

  • The Multi-Scalar Inequities of Climate Adaptation Finance: A Critical Review

Projects

  • VIABLE UNKNOWNS

  • IMBRACE

  • ReHousIn

  • GreenME

  • Raval Resilient

  • ClimateJusticeReady

  • AmbientaMENT

  • GROUT

  • Climate Refuges

  • FEMPUBLICBCN

  • Dones Jardins

  • WEGO-ITN

    WEGO-ITN

  • UrbanA

    UrbanA

  • TESS

    TESS

  • GreenLULUs

    GreenLULUs

  • Naturvation

    Naturvation

  • Enable

    Enable

  • Rooftop Gardens

Recent Posts / View All Posts

Isabelle Anguelovski advises European Parliament on the housing crisis

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BCNUEJ director Isabelle Anguelovski was invited to advise the European Parliament’s Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the EU, bringing her expertise on green gentrification and affordable housing to…

BCNUEJ researchers serve as jury members of Premis Ciutat de Barcelona 2024

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This year’s Ciutat de Barcelona Awards in Environmental and Earth Sciences featured strong representation from BCNUEJ with researchers Isabelle Anguelovski and Panagiota Kotsila, and ICTA-UAB colleague Andre Colonese, invited to serve on…

New Vignettes Highlight BCNUEJ’s Ethics of Care Values

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At BCNUEJ, we believe that research thrives when researchers are supported not just professionally, but personally. In 2021, we created our Ethics of Care framework—a living document of principles and…

The Green Divide at Portland State University

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On April 10th, over 25 students and faculty in Public Health, Urban Studies & Planning, Geography, and other programs on campus interested in environmental justice got together to watch a…

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