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BCNUEJ

A Barcelona-based research lab focused on urban environmental justice

 
 

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.

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

Projects

Recent Posts / View All Posts

Ella O’Neill: “Academia needs to spend more time breaking down the points of access into this space”

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Ella O'Neill is a doctoral researcher with BCNUEJ at ICTA-UAB, where she studies the impacts of urban greening initiatives particularly on mental health.  She explores the potential of resistance and agency for local…

Our documentary The Green Divide selected for Suncine Film Festival

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We are very excited to announce that our documentary film The Green Divide has been selected by the Suncine Environmental Film Festival in Barcelona, which will take place from Nov…

Our Top 10 Publications on Urban Justice This Year (in GIFs)

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As an urban scholar or PhD student, it's hard to keep track of all the scientific publications relating to our topic and making sure we know which are the most…

Isabelle Anguelovski, one of the authors selected for the first-ever US National Nature Assessment 

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We are proud to share that Isabelle Anguelovski is one of the authors selected for the U.S. Global Change Research Program's first-ever National Nature Assessment (NNA1), which aims to shed light…

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