85th ICREA Colloquium – Beyond musicology
Speaker: ICREA Research Professor Tess Knighton, from CSIC-IMF, and Patricia Caicedo, director of the Barcelona Festival of Song When: 26th of February 2019, 18:00h Where: ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 6th floor Abstract: Musicology is a relatively young discipline, which gained recognition only towards the end of the nineteenth century and a debate over its focus […]
Lectures on debt crisis in Europe
Peter Wagner, ICREA at UB, is organising a series of lectures entitled ‘Debt: New and Old European Ties’ at CCCB. Here is the information for the series and for the first lecture. These public lectures are followed by seminars with the speaker on the day after (Friday, 1st, 8th and 22nd of February, 10.30h – […]
Presentation of the Catalan Agreement on the Knowledge Society
On the 31st of January at 11h the presentation of the Pacte Nacional per a la Societat del Coneixement will be held at the CCCB. Chaired by consellera Maria Àngels Chacon, this initiative is an expression of commitment to knowledge, research and their value for society. It seeks to create long term welfare through […]
«2001: A Space Odyssey» from the Standpoint of Present-Day Science
Coinciding with the exhibition “Kubrick”, which is now showing at the CCCB, this year’s programming of Science at Christmas will include analysis of the big questions raised by the classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey from the standpoint of present-day science. The event, co-organised by Ricard Solé (ICREA Research Professor at UPF) among others, […]
Albert Costa
The ICREA community is devastated by the sudden decease of our dear friend and colleague Albert Costa, ICREA Research Professor at UPF. Prof. Costa was a highly respected scholar with a huge influence in the neuroscience of language, and above all, an extremely lovable and loyal person who will be very sorely missed. We also […]
84th ICREA Colloquium – Carbon pricing and energy use pathways for staying within 2°C climate change
Speakers: ICREA Research Professors Jeroen van den Bergh and Giorgos Kallis, both from ICTA-UAB When: 4th of December 2018, 18:00h Where: ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 6th floor The ICREA colloquia are a great way to learn about remote fields of research from our best experts. We usually have two speakers, who offer their opinions […]
10 ICREAs among the 1% most cited researchers of 2018
This year, 10 ICREA Research Professors have been among the top 1% most cited researchers by Clarivate Analytics. An impressive performance by any stardards. Josep Dalmau (IDIBAPS), Manel Esteller (IDIBELL), Toni Gabaldón (CRG),Frank Koppens (ICFO), Maciej Lewenstein (ICFO), Josep Llovet (IDIBAPS), Maurizio Mencuccini (CREAF), Sergei Odintsov (CSIC-ICE), Mira Petrovic (ICRA), and Romain Quidant (ICFO […]
83rd ICREA Colloquium – Ageing as a treatable condition
Speakers: ICREA Research Professors Pura Muñoz (UPF) and Prof. Manuel Serrano (IRB Barcelona) When: 9th of October 2018, 18:00h Where: ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 6th floor Abstracts: Pura Muñoz New approaches to bring back youthfulness to aged stem cells Aging is a nearly universal process affecting all tissues. Despite its constancy in our lives, […]
The 26th International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP2018)
A bunch of extremely bright ICREAs (all of them are extremely bright, really) have organised an extraordinary event: the 26th International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP2018) held in Barcelona from the 16th to the 20th of July. It will count with several Nobel Prize Awardees as participants. You may find all the information about […]
Jam Session
The ICREA Jam Session comes back! We have changed the venue after discovering a little cafe in La Rambla del Raval: Café de les Delícies. They have a decent piano, a cosy room, a well stocked bar, and food if you feel like snacking something. We’ll meet at 19h, and we have the place […]
