publications
POLICY BRIEF FOR MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION: NATURE-BASED CLIMATE SHELTERS IN SCHOOLS
Authors: Eddy Grand-Meyer, Ivelina Ivanova, Agueda Gras-Velazquez
Download it here: https://zenodo.org/records/14966969
COOLSCHOOLS Policy recommendations on nature-based climate-adaptive schoolyards
Authors: Filka Sekulova, Raquel Colacios, Isabel Ruiz Mallén.
Download it here: https://zenodo.org/records/15011549
Nature-based climate school shelters and behavioural development
Authors: Hayat Bentouhami, Hanne Croons, Daphne Berden, Tim Nawrot, Lidia Casas.
Download it here: https://zenodo.org/records/15011574
Report on school and pupil participation in the health impact assessment
Authors: Hayat Bentouhami, Lidia Casas, Tim Nawrot.
Download it here: https://zenodo.org/records/13908425
COOLSCHOOLS Guidelines for schools with the core steps to start the process of becoming a climate shelter
Authors: Eddy Grand-Meyer, Ivelina Ivanova, Evita Tasiopoulou, Agueda Gras-Velazquez
Download it here: https://zenodo.org/records/14966951
Nature-based climate shelters in Schools: Empowering Teachers for Sustainable Education” MOOC (2024) Report
Authors: Nikolaos Tezas, Ivelina Ivanova, Agueda Gras-Velazquez.
Download it here: https://zenodo.org/records/14001772
Report on the analysis of children map-based survey responses
Authors: Elsa Gallez, Amy Phillips, Francesc Baró
Download it here: https://zenodo.org/records/14938078
Operational guide for educational initiatives related to biodiversity practices in nature-based schoolyards aimed at school staff: from research to the learning field
Authors: Nathalie Blanc, Céline Clauzel, Veronique Philippot (CNRS)
Download it here: https://zenodo.org/records/14966405
Paper published in Ecosystem Services
«A multi-indicator distributive justice approach to assess school-related green infrastructure benefits in Brussels»
Authors: Elsa Gallez, Frank Canters, Sylvie Gadeyne, Francesc Baró
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041624000846?via%3Dihub
Paper published in Ecological Indicators
«Nature-based school environments for all children? comparing exposure to school-related green and blue infrastructure in four European cities»
Authors: Elsa Gallez, Corina Patricia Fraile Mujica, Sylvie Gadeyne, Frank Canters, Francesc Baró
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X24008318
BOOK CHAPTER IN URBAN RESILIENCE TO THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-07301-4_6
Book Chapter: Nature-Based Climate Solutions in European Schools: A Pioneering Co-designed Strategy Towards Urban Resilience
Authors: Baró, F., Camacho, D.A., Perez del Pulgar, C., Ruiz-Mallén, I., García-Serrano, P.
Article in papers journal
Papers 65. Institut Metròpoli (2023)
Ciutats enfront l’emergència climàtica: Claus per una transició justa
Refugios climáticos escolares basados en la naturaleza: evaluación desde una perspectiva interdisciplinaria. Authors: Ruiz-Mallén, I. et al.
colloquium on the role of education spaces in urban biodiversity
BIODIVERSITY AND CONNECTIVITY IN THE SCHOOLS AND PARKS IN BARCELONA
A study on urban biodiversity in the transformed schoolyards that Dr. Jaume Marlès has done as part of the COOLSCHOOLS project. This is a monitoring of the species of vegetation and invertebrates (arthropods) in 5 primary schools that have transformed their playgrounds (Cervantes, Vila Olímpica, Font d’en Fargas, Jaume I and La Maquinista) and in the parks most near these schools.
final master thesis
Impacts and perceptions of schoolyard greening: a comparison across
various neighbourhoods of Barcelona
Author: Alexandra Mestre García
MSc Interdisciplinary Studies in Ecological, Economic and Social Sustainability;
Ecological Economics
Supervisors: Filka Sekulova (UOC), Isabel Ruiz-Mallén (UOC), Isabelle Anguelovski (ICTA_UAB)
https://zenodo.org/records/15188423
final maser thesis
The kids are alright: Creating and Managing Lasting Greenspace in Schools.
Author: Katherine Amber
Supervisors: Francesc Baró, Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, and Filka Sekulova
https://zenodo.org/records/13908269
final master thesis
Unveiling Urban Participation: Exploring the Intersection of Participation Process and Feminism in the city of Barcelona
Author: Stella Vakalopulou
Supervisor: Apen Ruiz
https://zenodo.org/records/13908281
