As a complement to my research and teaching activities, I’m committed to spreading science and making it reachable, available, and hopefully useful through different cultural and social backgrounds. To mitigate the global change we are facing, all the inhabitants of the Earth deserve clear and transparent information as well as the opportunity to connect to science. Science belongs to all of us so is also our responsibility to take some time to explain it in plain words.
RADIO/PODCASTS
El dia abans del col·lapse
July 2024. Episode 2: Biodiversity Loss. A conversation about the importance of forests in the planetary equilibrium, soil contamination, planet and human health.
That’s what I call science
May 2024. Episode 236 of the Tasmanian podcast TWICS. The hot, dry Mediterranean, the depths of the tropics and the computer screen, Dr Helena Vallicrosa works in a range of environments to understand how chemical elements, the building blocks of the earth, cycle through ecosystems. The ‘annoying kid’ who always asked questions, a lack of representation in science meant that Helena didn’t always think a career in science was available to her. Now Helena uses ‘big data’ to find patterns and answer big questions about where plants can live and why in the complex landscape of a changing climate. Listen to hear Helena break-down her research, motivations as a scientist, and a career in science (academia vs industry) into their core elements.
La tarda és a 3 bandes
May, 2022. Collaboration (Catalan). About women in science.
La tarda és a 3 bandes (0:07:20 - 0:15:16)
April, 2022. Collaboration (Catalan). From local to global, how the earth is connected.
La tarda és a 3 bandes (0:06:35 - 0:13:50)
March, 2022. Collaboration (Catalan). About the creation of knowledge, from science to society
La tarda és a 3 bandes (0:06:30 - 0:13:00)
February, 2022. Collaboration (Catalan). About the Gulf Stream and how this affects climate.
La tarda és a 3 bandes (0:00:00 - 0:27:44)
December 2021. Interview: What is my thesis about? (Catalan). Explaining the basis and implications of my research in a Catalan radio.
VIDEO
Introduction to R and Geographical Information Systyems
Fall, 2023. MIT openCourseWare course. View the complete course here
The goal of these videos is to provide students with tools and concepts to work with R*. The students will learn the basics of R, how to navigate R interface and deal with different data formats, how to run and interpret linear models with R and how to use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in R. These practical sessions were developed as part of the course 1.845 Terrestrial Carbon Cycle and Ecosystem Ecology but will be useful for anyone looking to learn about R and GIS.
Ni hi ha ciència sense diversitat
No science without diversity (Catalan, Spanish, subtitles in English). Claim for a more diverse science to make it representative of all races, genders,
cultural backgrounds, and physical capabilities.
PRESS
Postdoc spotlight pride month - MIT CEE
June, 2023. Reflection on being part of the LGBTQIA+ community
TALKS
Vedruna - Tordera
March, 2022. To 10-year-old students. About the matter cycle and its implications for climate change.
WORKSHOPS
Climate Action Through Education (CATE)
Fall, 2022. An exciting synergy of high school teachers and MIT scientists to implement climate change curricula in Massachusetts high schools. The project’s pilot implementation starts in the fall of 2022.
Escolab
I was approaching environmental sciences and climate change to 12-14-year-old students. We performed 4h workshops about how environmental scientists take samples
in order to answer ecological questions.