On the 30th and 31st of January, two of the researchers that were selected in the open call Open Doors, launched within the framework of the European project Using science for/in diplomacy for addressing global challenges (S4D4C) travelled to London toghether with representatives of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology to continue their training in science diplomacy.
The main goal of the conference, that will be opened by Pedro Duque (Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities), will be to discss how science diplomacy can contribute to national, regional and international challenges. Also, the future of European Union science diplomacy and how to coordinate it with different member state approaches will be brought to the table.
The founder of modern neuroscience was also an exceptional artist. The MIT Museum hosts, until December 31, the exhibition "The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal". About 80 drawings of Cajal are shown, many of them never seen outside of Spain.
The European project S4D4C: Using science for/in diplomacy for addressing global challenges, in which FECYT, aims at supporting current and future EU science diplomacy for the benefit of the Union’s strategic capacities, foreign policy goals and the development of solutions for societal challenges.
La Coordinadora Científica y representante de FECYT en la Embajada de España en Estados Unidos, Ana Elorza, participó como ponente y representante de España en un curso de Diplomacia Científica celebrado en Trieste (Italia) del 111 al 16 de julio.