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The Blanquerna Observatory on Media, Religion and Culture is participating as a co-organizer of the 4th International Conference on Aporophobia, which will be held on October 22 and 23 at IQS-URL, in Barcelona. The event will bring together researchers, practitioners, public officials, and social organizations from different countries to address aporophobia from perspectives including philosophy, […]

The Director of the Observatory, in an article published in the newspaper El Punt Avui, writes that the problem of secularism, regardless even of the philosophical universalism linked to the claim for rights (property, freedom, and equality before the law), is a specifically French problem. In secular thought, religious convictions are tolerated on an individual […]

The Heritage and Futures project, coordinated by Dr. Lana Kazkaz through the Blanquerna Observatory on Media, Religion and Culture, has been awarded a grant by the Barcelona City Council to develop a new edition throughout 2026. The project will feature a series of intergenerational conversations held between April and December at various venues across Barcelona. […]

Dr. Lana Kazkaz, professor and researcher at the Blanquerna Observatory on Media, Religion and Culture, has completed a research stay as a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Vienna. The stay forms part of her research in the field of Digital Religion Studies and has enabled her to deepen […]

The PhD candidate Chiara Fagone participated in the Ninth Edition of the Mediating Italy in Global Culture Summer School at the University of Bologna from May 26 to 29, 2026.

Anna Mateo, PhD candidate at the Blanquerna-URL School of Communication and International Relations, participated as a speaker at the 4th World Conference for Religious Dialogue and Cooperation, held from 22 to 26 June 2026 in Skopje (North Macedonia). Her presentation took place online as part of the conference’s scientific programme, organised by the Faculty of […]

Blanquerna hosted the presentation of the eighth report of the Advisory Council for Religious Diversity (Department of Justice and Democratic Quality of the Government of Catalonia), entitled “The Transmission of Spiritual and Religious Wisdom Today.” The event, held at the Library of the Blanquerna School of Communication and International Relations, was chaired by the Minister […]