About the Chair of Science and Society

Presentation

The Chair in Science and Society is in line with the Rafael del Pino Foundation's vocation to contribute to the training of Spanish leaders and entrepreneurs and to promote freedoms and knowledge, but it is also the necessary fruit of a historic moment. In addition to the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution and global crises such as the Covid 19 pandemic, climate change and the rise of populism, there is a complex geopolitical context, marked by increased defence spending and tariff disputes.

The irruption of generative artificial intelligence is also transforming the way in which we do science, relate to each other and develop our professional activity. A totally disruptive framework that forces public and private political, social and economic agents to redefine the ultimate meaning of progress and the way of approaching a future in which science must necessarily play a central role.

In short, the Chair in Science and Society is conceived as a forum for thinking, discussing and disseminating the main ideas on the impact of new technologies on our society. All this through tools that combine knowledge and dissemination.

Every year, thanks to the collaboration of the Chair's panel of experts, a report is published on the new emerging technologies that will have a decisive influence on Spain's development and competitiveness. This initiative takes advantage of the Chair holder's experience in the Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum and in other areas of knowledge on emerging technologies.