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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Unpublished images of León XIV’s visit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.”
Health begins with nutrition
In his recent interviews, Rafael Urrialde emphasizes the importance of diet for longevity and advocates for the 8S diet model (safe, healthy, sustainable, satisfying, sufficient, social, solidarity-based, and sovereign), which he has defined in several scientific works.
European Case law is cited in Valladolid
Francisco Fonseca is hosting the 11th Annual Meeting on European Jurisprudence organized by the Spanish section of the Institute of European Law
Albert Estrada joins the Royal Academy of Good Letters
Albert Estrada is inducted into the “Real Academia de Buenas Letras de Barcelona” as a full member, with the speech “La medalla corporativa de la Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona en el seu context”
Xavier Zubiri and the forging of contemporary Spanish philosophy
Francisco González de Posada dedicates the lectures “Xavier Zubiri (1898-1983): Developments in the Philosophy of Reality at the Santander International Summer University” and “Zubiri (1898-1983) and the Philosophy of Reality” to the renowned philosopher Xavier Zubiri.
