The University of La Laguna and the Tenerife Island Council will hold two new activities in October and November as part of the Conecta Cienci@ULL Lab, a science outreach program designed to bring the knowledge and research conducted at the university closer to the public. The initiative is promoted by the University of La Laguna's Vice-Rectorate for Research and Transfer, through its Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit (Cienci@ULL), in collaboration with the Tenerife Island Council, which hosts these events at the Tenerife Island Council Bookstore in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.<\/p>\n
The program aims to foster a scientific culture on the island through open and participatory meetings with teaching and research staff from the University of La Laguna. Using an approachable and accessible format, these activities seek to facilitate understanding of issues of social interest, promote dialogue between the scientific community and the public, and demonstrate how university research can contribute to addressing some of today's major challenges.<\/p>\n
On October 19th, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm, a roundtable discussion entitled \u201cMental Health and Well-being\u201d will take place. The discussion will address topics such as the importance of prevention and self-care, emotional well-being in education, mental health in adolescence, the specific differences or problems that can affect women, the role of the social and educational environment, and the evolution of stigmas and taboos associated with mental health. It will also explore tools and strategies that can be developed through education, social intervention, and prevention to promote the well-being of the population.<\/p>\n
The round table will include the following participants: Paulo Adrian Rodriguez Ramos<\/a>, assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Social Work at the ULL, whose research focuses on gender violence, well-being and professional self-care, and Francisco Javier Batista Espinosa<\/a>, The session will be moderated by Sabrina D\u00edaz Arrocha, an assistant professor in the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, specializing in educational and sports psychology, emotional education, and well-being. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, specializing in educational and sports psychology, emotional education, and well-being. The session will be moderated by D\u00edaz Arrocha, an educator and coordinator of the Faro Project, a mental health prevention and promotion initiative supported by the General Foundation of the University of La Laguna and the Tenerife Island Council.<\/p>\n The second activity will take place on November 19th, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm, with the scientific workshop \u201cClimate Change, Risks, and Sustainability.\u201d This session will explore the main consequences of climate change in the Canary Islands and analyze how phenomena such as heat waves, water scarcity, floods, forest fires, and coastal hazards affect the territory, the population, and ecosystems.<\/p>\n The workshop will be taught by Abel L\u00f3pez D\u00edez<\/a> y Nerea Mart\u00edn Raya<\/a>, Researchers from the Department of Geography and History at the University of La Laguna and members of the Chair of Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilient Cities at the academic institution. Both have research experience in the analysis of natural hazards, adaptation to climate change, and territorial planning, areas especially relevant for the prevention and management of emergencies in island territories.<\/p>\n With these two initiatives, the Conecta Cienci@ULL Laboratory aims to create spaces for dialogue between university research and society, bringing scientific knowledge closer to issues that directly affect quality of life, well-being, and the future of the region. The activities are geared toward the general public and will be presented in an accessible format designed to encourage participation and knowledge exchange.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The University of La Laguna and the Tenerife Island Council will hold two new activities of the Laboratory in October and November\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,6,59,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ciencia-ull","category-destacado","category-institucion","category-portada-ull"],"acf":[],"primary_category":null,"featured_image_thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/portal\/noticias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/CARTEL-HORIZONTAL-1-300x169.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/portal\/noticias\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/portal\/noticias\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/portal\/noticias\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/portal\/noticias\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/portal\/noticias\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/portal\/noticias\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/portal\/noticias\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/portal\/noticias\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/portal\/noticias\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/portal\/noticias\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}