Science communication & outreach
I am committed to communicating marine science beyond academia and engaging with diverse audiences through public talks, outreach activities, documentaries and initiatives promoting a more inclusive scientific community.
Talks, seminars & public engagement
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Speaker at Biodibersity Day, IBE-CSIC, as an invited contributor. May 2026.
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Invited speaker at the roundtable during Jornada Mujer y Ciencia Polar “Pepita Castellví” – Conexión PolarCSIC, GEO3BCN-CSIC, Barcelona, November 2025.
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Ant-ICON SCAR workshop – Talk for policy makers, tourism operators and other stakeholders on the Southern Ocean Acidification Hub. Académie du Climat, Paris, July 2025.
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Invited talk in the webinar "Introducción y guía sobre las becas SCAR/ COMNAP/ IAATO 2025". PolarCSIC, APECS. July 2025.
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Women in scientific diving – Invited roundtable, ICM-CSIC, February 2025.
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Speaker at Converses amb Dones de Mar inspiradores, invited by Associació Posidona and Associació Catalana de Dones de la Mar. February 2025.
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Presentation at the PAGES Early-Career Network Webinar. June 2024. |
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Invited talk in a roundtable at the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC). May 2023.
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Speaker at the webinar “Antártida: Investigando en condiciones extremas” as an invited contributor. December 2020.
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Live videoconference from the Gabriel de Castilla Antarctic Station, organized as an invited public-engagement activity. Connexió per videoconferència amb la base antàrtica Gabriel de Castella. February 2017.
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Seminar at the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC), Madrid, as an invited speaker. April 2014.
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Live videoconference from the Gabriel de Castilla Antarctic Station, organized as an invited public-engagement activity. Conexión Antártida: videoconferencia entre la UB y la base antártica Gabriel de Castilla. Avila C, Figuerola B, Vázquez J, Angulo C, Moles J, Núñez-Pons L, Cristobo J, Ontiveros A. February 2012.
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Media & documentaries
Diversity, equity & inclusion in science
- 2023-current: Member of the Diversity and Inclusion Comission of SIBECOL.
- 2023: Co-organizer of the career month at ICM-CSIC.
- Related research & contributions:
Figuerola B, Valiente N, Barbosa A, Brasier MJ, Colominas-Ciuró R, Convey P, Liggett D, Fernández-Martínez MA, González S, Griffiths H, Jawak SD, Merican F, Noll D, Prudencio J, Qualio J, Pertiera LR. 2021. Shifting perspectives in polar research: global lessons on the barriers and drivers for securing careers in natural science. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 777009.
Brasier MJ, McCormack S, Bax N, Caccavo JA, Cavan E, Ericson JA, Figuerola B, et al. 2020. Overcoming the obstacles faced by early career researchers in marine science: lessons from the Marine Ecosystem Assessment of the Southern Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science 7:692.
- Author of an article for Women in the Arctic and Antarctic. Figuerola B. 2019.
Outreach & science education
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A workshop on the Holochange project at the Congrés de Petits Oceanògrafs at the ICM. 2025.
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Teacher of the School of sea and the course on Introduction to marine life and snorkelling organised by Plàncton. 2014-2017.
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Instructor at the Bioblitz event in Cala Cranc: Counting species through citizen science. 2017
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Teacher and coordinator of the first Summer house of marine scientists Casal d'Estiu "Científics Marins at Ametlla de Mar (Tarragona) organised by Plàncton. 2015.
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Teacher of the School of Naturalists Gaig Blau at Cambrils (Tarragona) organised by GEPEC. 2013.
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Coordinator of the first field activities of the School of Naturalists of GEPEC. 2007.
