On November 28, Ministers from EU Member States and Southern Mediterranean partner countries gathered in Barcelona to jointly launch the Pact for the Mediterranean: an historic moment for the EU’s deeper cooperation with Mediterranean countries. The launch took place on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Barcelona Process, a partnership that promotes cooperation and stability between […]
President Costa visits Barcelona May 5 and 6
The President of the European Council, António Costa, is in Barcelona (Spain) on 5-6 May 2025 to meet with regional leaders and visit key industrial and research infrastructures in the fields of the automotive sector, artificial intelligence (AI) and innovation. The visit highlights the important role of European regions such as Catalonia in further advancing […]
Rewriting Europe’s migration stories
The EU-funded BRIDGES project explored how highly charged narratives around migration shape public perceptions and policy, and set out to replace divisive messaging with narratives based on empathy and evidence. Migration is a deeply politicised issue across the EU. Fears about the erosion of national identity and a perceived loss of control over migration have […]
Post-doc position Statistics and Data Science in Barcelona
Postdoc position in Statistics at the Data Science Center of the Barcelona School of Economics, starting around Sep 2024 (there is some flexibility in the start date). The research themes are fairly flexible, and include developing joint models for high-dimensional data integration, latent variable models, computational methods, asymptotic analysis, and applications to relevant problems in […]
Two projects in Madrid and Barcelona, finalists for the Mies Van Der Rohe Contemporary Architecture Award
The European Commission and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation will announce the seven finalists who will compete for the 2024 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Awards. There will be five in the architecture category and two in the emerging category. After shortlisting 40 works, the international jury of […]
New world-class European supercomputer opens in Spain
MareNostrum 5, the latest world-class European supercomputer was inaugurated in Barcelona, Spain. Currently ranked as one of the 10 most powerful supercomputers in the world, it is hosted at the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre and will be accessible to a wide range of European scientific and industry users from March 2024. MareNostrum 5 has a peak performance of 314 […]
EU awards tender for new supercomputer in Barcelona
The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking has announced that Bull SAS (Atos) has been awarded the contract to commission MareNostrum 5, the new European supercomputer that will be among the world’s elite. MareNostrum 5 will be located at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and will be available to European researchers and industry in 2023. […]