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“Spain is different” (still today)
During his induction into the Royal Academy of Journalism (RAED), Juan Francisco Rivero reflects on the fundamental role that communication professionals, in their various capacities, play in tourism promotion and dissemination, as well as the new communication channels and formats needed to reach the target audience.
The King recognises Montserrat Guillén
Montserrat Guillén receives the Pascual Madoz National Research Prize in the Law and Economic and Social Sciences category from King Felipe VI
From institutional chaos to poetic justice
Current Spanish and international politics, in the latest articles by Teresa Freixes
What was lost in Cuba (and the Philippines)
In his latest articles, Francisco López Muñoz addresses the anniversary of the war between the United States and Spain at the end of the 19th century, the Disaster of ’98, and its consequences for contemporary geopolitical relations
Taxation, housing and productivity: pillars of Sánchez Llibre’s new term
Josep Sánchez Llibre, president of Fomento del Trabajo Nacional, will continue to lead Catalonia’s main employers’ association for his third term, after his was the only candidacy in the elections held on May 18
Astatine, a new element of technological importance
August Corominas addresses the importance of astatine, a chemical element considered the rarest and most radioactive on Earth, in his article “Astatine, a new element of technological importance.”
The new medicine of complex systems
Joaquim Gironella proposes a profound change in the way we conceive of medical practice: adopting a complex systems perspective, where health and disease are understood as emergent, dynamic, and multicausal phenomena.
The dangerous drift of biotechnology
Lluís Giner addresses the emergence of biotechnology and its implications for human enhancement and transhumanism in his presentation “Educación transformadora. Apuntes para una reevaluación del diálogo entre humanismo y tecnología” (Transformative Education: Notes for a Re-evaluation of the Dialogue between Humanism and Technology.)
The Royal Academy will have a new headquarters in Portugal
Alfredo Rocafort presents the history and activity of the RAED in the magazine “Diplomacy”, published by the Academy of Diplomacy of the Kingdom of Spain, of which he is a full member.
New series of Academy debates
The new geopolitical landscape and the impact of new technologies on it, as well as Europe’s need to reinvent itself as a model of democracy, coexistence, and a dynamic new economy, are the topics of the first of the “RAED Discussions,” inaugurated with the session “Europe Facing Power: Sovereignty, Innovation, and International Position.”
And now, Hantavirus
Maria Àngels Calvo reflects on the danger of the latest hantavirus outbreak that affected a cruise ship, as well as the risk of new zoonoses, in a comprehensive scientific article and in various appearances on public media, such as on TV3’s “Tot es mou” and the 3CAT platform.
The quantum revolution, atom by atom
Sònia Fernández-Vidal presents the exhibition “Quantum Revolution,” a show that invites visitors to explore what is considered the most astonishing and productive scientific theory of the last one hundred years.
