BCNUEJ Turns 10!

We're celebrating a decade of advancing urban environmental justice through research, action, and partnerships.

 

BCNUEJ

A Barcelona-based research lab focused on urban environmental justice

 
 

The Good Food Project

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

 
 

The Green Divide

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

 
 

Al Jazeera feature

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

 
 

Article in Nature

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

 
 

StoryMaps of Urban Justice Struggles

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

 
 

Toolkit for Urban Green Justice

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

 

To Green Or Not To Green

A short documentary on four struggles of urban injustice in Barcelona

 
 

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.

Environmental Health and Equity

Assessing the impacts of local 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

Projects

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Justícia ambiental urbana sota l’ombra d’una alzina bicentenària a Gràcia

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per Amalia Calderón-Argelich, Austin Matheney, Paula de Prado-Bert i Carola Domènech-Panicello Una tarda de juny al Jardí de l’Alzina Una tarda assolellada de juny, investigadores del BCNUEJ vam visitar el…

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…

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