UPF will be awarding its highest distinction to Shiva, a physicist and a doctor of Philosophy from the University of Western Ontario, in recognition of her academic contribution to fields such as intellectual property rights, biodiversity, biotechnology, bioethics and genetic engineering. The event will be held on the Ciutadella campus and the laudatory speech for the ecofeminist activist will be given by the full professor of Ethics and Political Economy of Communication of the Department of Communication, Núria Almiron.

The principal investigators from UPF linked to the grant-winning doctoral network projects hail from four different departments: Ricard Zapata-Barrero (Political and Social Sciences), Jérôme Noailly (Information and Communications Technologies), Emma Rodero (Communication) and Gema Revuelta (Medicine and Life Sciences). The four projects will focus on migrations in the Mediterranean, the challenges of ageing, human and artificial voices and innovative cancer treatment systems