RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIPS AND INNOVATION
Palau Macaya
The challenges of society, dialogue and reflection
The Palau Macaya in Barcelona is the venue created by ”la Caixa” Foundation to promote knowledge and the transformation of society. It aims to analyse and understand the current challenges faced by our society. To this end, it identifies new trends and presents concrete proposals that can result in a real impact and visible improvement for people and their environment.
It acts as a knowledge broker, an intermediary (and enabler) of knowledge between different agents and social experts.
It is also the site of the Sustainable Development Goals Observatory, the European School of Humanities and the Club of Rome.
The following people came to the centre in 2019: Esther Barbé, Danilo Martuccelli, Victòria Camps, Pedro Olalla, Máriam Martínez-Bascuñán, Víctor Sampedro, Adrian Parr, Eva Fabry, Rafael Argullol, Rebecca Richmonds, Branko Milanovic, Susanna Heim and Robert Fishman, among others.
This annual report explains the link between the programmes of ”la Caixa” Foundation and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
ACTIONS CARRIED OUT
Highlights
Achievements in 2019
The Gardens of Cap Roig. The first festival in the world to obtain the Biosphere label, the Cap Roig Festival offset its greenhouse gas emissions for the second year running. Many stars performed on its stage in 2019, including Maluma, Sting and Liam Gallagher. Ainhoa Arteta completed the event with a fund-raising recital for the AcompanyArt association, under the baton of Andrés Salado.
In first person
Christopher Clark
Professor of History at Cambridge University.
“End-time scenarios are in vogue. From the end of the Left to the end of the Right, the end of politics, of liberal democracy or of liberalism itself.”
In first person
Eva Fabry
Director of the European Centre for Women and Technology (ECWT).
“Although we think it is a closed world, technology is based on humanity.”
In first person
Enzo Traverso
Professor at Cornell University.
“Is Europe returning to the interwar years? Is Europe returning to fascism? These are pertinent questions.”
AT A GLANCE
2019, in figures
850
ACTIVITIES
PER YEAR
67,200+
PARTICIPANTS
PER YEAR
8 years
OF EXPERIENCE AS A LEADING CENTRE IN GENERATING KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIAL PROGRESS
