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Can Design Change People’s Habits and Behaviour?
Sustainable development Physics, Chemistry, Engineering and Mathematics Postgraduate
Behavioural change design is able to teach us how to develop more sustainable habits or even to prevent certain population groups from becoming radicalised. ”La Caixa” Foundation fellow Hugo Félix García gave use some examples of the impact that a good design could have on our society.
Highlights from the ”la Caixa” Foundation Fellows’ 2023 Annual Gathering training sessions
International INPhINIT Junior Leader Post-Doc
Over the past few months, we’ve had the privilege of meeting four cohorts of ”la Caixa” Foundation Fellows face-to-face to equip them with skills and knowledge to enhance their personal and leadership abilities, foster new connections with other fellows and increase the social impact of their research. 
Neuroscience against Fake News
NOTICIA_DESTACADA Research Life and Health Sciences INPhINIT
We look at the stories of the fellows Anabel Sáez Mas and Nacho Roura Blanco, who pour all of their efforts into research and outreach in the field of neuroscience, debunking fake news and deciphering the secret world of neurodegenerative diseases and mental health.
The (future) to come: 105 fellows join the community
NOTICIA_DESTACADA International INPhINIT Junior Leader Post-Doc
Today we celebrated at the Science Museum Cosmocaixa the ceremony for the awarding of doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships of the 2022 call. 105 excellent researchers join the fellowship community to develop their projects in universities and research centres in Spain and Portugal.  
‘One health’: a Lost Opportunity?
NOTICIA_DESTACADA Research Life and Health Sciences Female talent
Maria Puig Ribas and Laura Carrera Faja are working in the field of wildlife diseases and the connections between human health, animal health and the ecosystem that we all live in, our shared home. The space in which these three fields overlap is the basis of the ‘one health’ approach.
Jedi Mice and PADME Techniques for Tackling Cancer
International Research Life and Health Sciences
In the real world, the Force also inspires the world of Pilar Baldominos when it comes to understanding cancer. Pilar is doing her PhD at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard University, where Jedi Knights, Sith Lords and Queen Padmé Amidala also play a role.
The Trends that Will Leave their Mark on 2023
Social Sciences Research Sustainable development
Five fellows explain the cutting-edge trends for 2023 in their fields of expertise. Research, training, tech, society, and the environment.
A Year of Meet-Ups
International Research
With 2023 just around the corner, we’ve made a capsule of the memories of five members of this community. What was their experience like?
Are the Years of Plenty Over?
International Sustainable development Fellowship meetings
On the 21st of November, we brought together an interdisciplinary group of ”la Caixa” Foundation fellows to speak about energy. These experts stated their conviction that this crisis is a watershed moment for our relationship with energy resources. However, they also highlighted the fact that we should see these moments of tension as an opportunity. 

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