Through the Faculty of Education Sciences, UIC Barcelona is one of three European universities participating in the Green Dialogues teaching and research project. Its main objective is to promote international collaboration in children's environmental literature to improve educational quality. The project is funded by the NOTED Programme of the Norwegian Government's Directorate of Higher Education and Competition, and the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and the University of Padua are also participating. Representing UIC Barcelona will be Dr Maria Pujol Valls, leading the project with the help of lecturers Mariona Graell Martin and Carme Balaguer Fabregas, as well Modica Luque Xicota and Alba Valle Izquierdo, mobility coordinators of the International Relations Service. 

The first meeting took place between the three universities on 21 to 23 March. All three are currently developing subject proposals as a preliminary step towards facilitating mobility of students, teachers and administrative staff between Barcelona, Bergen and Padua. The aim is to generate a real exchange of thoughts and ideas to study how children's literature represents nature and deepen the connections between linguistic diversity and sustainability.
 
“The didactic methodology of the project is very innovative because it will be done through a dialogue laboratory, in which the students will be able to participate in debates and shape their own instruction by selecting the topic or the literature they will work on. The aim is to increase the discursive competence of the students through teamwork, critical thinking and open minds. This experience will be very valuable to them because they will be able to transfer these skills to their teaching work in schools later on,” explained Maria Pujol Valls.
 
The project began during this academic year and will continue for four years, during which time an estimated one hundred people are expected to participate in exchanges. The experience will also be disseminated in academic publications.