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 27.09.2019

The Barcelona Science Park takes part in the European Researchers’ Night

More than 130 students from five educational institutions attended the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) today to take part in the Matí de la Recerca, an initiative developed as part of the European Researchers’ Night in Catalonia (EuNightCat). The latter has grown since the previous edition, running a series of activities on 27 and 28 September. The European Commission promotes the European Researchers’ Night project within the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, seeking to bring science and technology closer to the general public, break stereotypes about researchers and encourage young people to pursue a career in research. Around 300 European cities celebrate the European Researchers’ Night on the last Friday of September.

 

As part of the Research Morning 2019 — an initiative developed as part of the European Researchers’ Night in Catalonia (#EuNightCat) — more than 130 students from five educational institutions came to the Barcelona Science Park, which is one of Europe’s leading ecosystems for life sciences innovation, research and technology transfer and the workplace of 2,700 professionals from over 100 different institutions.

Besides receiving a guided tour in a pleasant and relaxed atmosphere, students and tutors also visited the “Women who changed the world” exhibition which shines a light on the careers of several famous female researchers who achieved great milestones in human history thanks to science and technology.

PCB’s Science Diffusion Area coordinates the Research Morning within the Research in Society programme: an initiative Barcelona Science Park launched in 2003 to bring science closer to the general public and to encourage young people to pursue a career in research. This initiative encompasses more than 100 activities, attracting around 5,000 participants each year.

The Barcelona Educational Coordination Council has awarded this programme the Educational Quality Label, the Barcelona Municipal Institute of Education (IMEB) has promoted the programme, and it receives support from the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and the Barcelona Institute of Culture (ICUB) of the Barcelona City Council.

European Researchers’ Night in Catalonia

The European Commission has organised the European Researchers’ Night since 2005 as part of the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, in collaboration with a wide range of public and private institutions. It is simultaneously held in 300 cities across 30 different European countries on the last Friday of every September. It seeks to bring research and innovation closer to all members of the general public, delivered by the scientists themselves in a pleasant and participatory manner.

The European Researchers’ Night in Catalonia (EuNightCat) seeks to bring the European Researchers’ Night to the regions of Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona and Lleida. The Universidad de Barcelona, the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, the Universidad Rovira i Virgili, the Universidad de Lleida and ISGlobal head this project. A series of fun scientific dissemination activities are held every year. This year, these will be held on Friday 27 September (from morning until midnight) and the morning of Saturday 28 September.