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Vital Challenges 2026: expert reflection that invites us to think
RAED and its Foundation’s project, “Vital Challenges for a New Era 2026: Geopolitics of Change. Power, Technology, and Society,” is featured on the program “JAL’s Lab” broadcast by Radio Nacional de España.
Silmar certifies the resilience and fragility of the marine environment
Miquel Ventura, director of Silmar, presents the latest activity report of the Sa Caleta marine monitoring station, on the coast of Palamós, whose results for this period allow us to determine that this point of the coast maintains an ecological quality considered to be good to very good despite the considerable human pressure and the incessant warming of the Mediterranean
The importance of the microbiota
Manel Esteller highlights the importance of bacterial diversity in the gut as one of the cornerstones of modern health, on the occasion of World Gut Microbiota Day.
Fighting tooth and nail for historic theatres
Javier López-Galiacho, the driving force behind the new Friends of Historic Theatres of Spain Foundation, which carries on the legacy of the association of the same name, aims to protect performance venues facing demolition and promote their historical and cultural heritage, as well as contribute to their programming.
The challenge of investing in the agri-food sector
Jaume Llopis shares the article “Why Investment Funds Fail in the Agri-food Sector” and delivers the lecture “Seven Goals for Hyperconnected and Post-Pandemic Managers,” in which he emphasizes the importance of companies having a purpose that goes beyond financial results.
Being intelligent with artificial intelligence
Antoni Garrell presents the conclusions of his latest work, “The second digital revolution: a new era for humanity”, during a new session of the Peña Cataluña Debates, an event presented and moderated by Jaume Llopis
The most intimate Rodoreda, through the eyes of Mariàngela Vilallonga
Mariàngela Vilallonga focuses on the figure of the beloved Mercè Rodoreda, to whom she has dedicated a significant portion of her research, becoming one of the leading experts on her life and literary work, in the article “The Romanyà of Mercè Rodoreda.”
Unpublished images of León XIV’s visit
Guillermo Simón Castellví shares the photo galleries he published in the digital newspaper El Debate on May 4th and July 5th, both set in the Sagrada Familia of Barcelona, a temple to which the amateur photographer has dedicated special attention.
A soft diplomacy open to civil society
The RAED holds a joint ceremony with the Diplomatic Academy of the Kingdom of Spain and the Consular Corps of Barcelona, the induction of Mr. Santiago Velo de Antelo into the RAED, and the traditional Summer Dinner
The role of Catalan exile in the shaping of Europeanism
During his induction into the RAED, Jordi Xuclà addresses the Catalan presence in the origins of the European movement, both in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and, above all, from the Second World War onward
The Alliance between Zara and Bad Bunny opens a new era
David López examines the relationship between the Spanish retailer Zara and Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny following his appearance at the popular halftime show of the last Super Bowl wearing a Zara outfit, in the article “What Zara and Bad Bunny Teach Us About the New Economics of Cultural Relevance.”
The defence of democracy in the face of political crises
Javier Junceda, a renowned jurist, reflects on the common sense of the legislator, the fragility of democracy, and the need for the State to uphold democracy in the face of populism of various kinds in the articles “Endless Laws” and “Mobilizations.”
