Granada turns the Paseo del Salón into a great showcase for research and dissemination thanks to the European Researchers' Night
One more year, the Paseo del Salón in Granada hosts the European Researchers' Night, one of the main events for scientific dissemination in Europe, which will once again become a great showcase for research and innovation. This year's edition, which will be on the evening of next Fridays, 25 September, will bring together more than 700 researchers from different institutions, who will carry out 300 activities in Granada, Ceuta and Melilla.
The European Researchers' Night 2026 has the participation in Granada of the University of Granada, the CSIC and the Progreso y Salud Foundation, with the collaboration of the Parque de las Ciencias Consortium, thebiosanitary Research Institute of Granada, the Archaeological and Ethnological Museum of Granada, the PTS Foundation and the City of Granada, as well as other entities and collaborating bodies that join this scientific dissemination initiative to bring research and knowledge closer to the public.
In Granada, this year the event has 33 themed spacesdistributed along the Paseo del Salón, including 27 stands of scientific, university and educational institutions, five Kids Corner spaces dedicated to children and a Senior Corner. In these spaces, through workshops, experiments, demonstrations and participatory activities, science and knowledge will reach audiences of all ages.
During the ppresentation of the activity, Marga Sánchez Romero, Vice Chancellor of University Extension, Heritage and Institutional Relations and director of the Scientific Culture Unit of the UGR, highlighted the strong institutional support that the initiative receives, noting that "all research institutions, all institutions of a political nature, are all supporting thisa celebration of science. ”Likewise, the vice-rector has stressed the transformative value of the knowledge provided from all disciplines, stating that "science is the great way to solve the problems of the world"that we face today.
The Councilor for Culture of the City of Granada, Jorge Saavedra, has stressed that The European Night of theResearchers exemplarily represent the model of city that Granada wants to project in its candidacy for European Capital of Culture 2031. "Culture and knowledge are a combination that can only bring future and opportunities to Granada," he said. Saavedra has also highlighted the collaboration between administrations, universities, research centers and entities such as the CSIC, thethe Discover Foundation or the Health Technology Park to bring science closer to citizens in an open and European space. He also thanked the organizers for the constant growth of an initiative that is now in its fourteenth edition and invited Grenadians and visitors to participate in the activities scheduled on the Paseo del Salón.
For itsjulia Gutiérrez Pastor, head of the Scientific Dissemination Committee of the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain, said that the European Researchers' Night is an exceptional opportunity to share science in a close, participatory and creative way. According to him, the CSIC centers have prepared numerous proposals so that the public can experiencey descubrir distintas áreas del conocimiento, desde los terremotos y los glaciares hasta la genética, los eclipses o la reconstrucción de manuscritos. Gutiérrez ha destacado que las seis instituciones del CSIC participantes unen esfuerzos con el objetivo de acercar la investigación a la sociedad y reivindicó la responsabilidad de los centros públicos en la difusión del conocimiento. También ha agradecido la colaboración de todas las entidades implicadas en la organización del evento.%20
Como novedad, esta edición incorporará un Senior Corner, un espacio diseñado específicamente para acercar la investigación al público sénior. En él se abordarán cuestiones relacionadas con la inteligencia artificial, la salud, el envejecimiento activo, la tecnología, el deporte, lnutrition or memory, and will include some intergenerational proposals.
Activity promoters
The European Researchers' Night in Andalusia is an event associated with the European Union's MSCA and Citizens initiative funded within the framework of the Marie Skłodowska Curie actions of the Horizon Europe programme (Call: HORIZON-MSCA-2025-CITIZENS-01).%20
Está coordinado en Andalucía por la Fundación Descubre con financiación de la Consejería de Universidad, Industria, Energía e Innovación y fondos propios. Conforman el consorcio las Universidades de Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga, Pablo de Olavide y Sevilla, ocho centros del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), el IMGEMA-Real Jardín Botánico de Córdoba y la Fundación Pública Progreso y Salud a través del Biobanco del Sistema Sanitario e IAVANTE.%20
Paralelamente, Radio Televisión de Andalucía y el Instituto Andaluz de Investigación y Formación Agraria, Pesquera, Alimentaria y de la Producción Ecológica (IFAPA) son socios estratégicos del proyecto y colaboran estrechamente en su desarrollo.