Fundació Ciència en Societat

Bringing science into education

Fundació Ciència en Societat is a Barcelona nonprofit founded in 2005 to promote and encourage science literacy. Its current focus is education as a driver of social and economic change.

Education and STEAMConf Barcelona

Its flagship initiative is STEAMConf Barcelona, an international conference launched in 2014. The foundation says the event has helped introduce changes in education and become part of everyday practice at many schools and institutes, as well as in public and private programs. The foundation aims to expand these results across the education system.

Leadership

• Paca Cíller, president: an advocate for science and technology culture. She formerly led communications and international relations and programs at Fundació "la Caixa" and CosmoCaixa, and served as executive director of the European Network of Science Centres and Museums (ECSITE).
• Coral Regí, secretary general: holds a biology degree from the University of Barcelona, led Escola Virolai for 25 years, and advises internationally on education transformation.
• Elisabet Cuspinera, treasurer: an art teacher with a master's degree in cultural management, art, and museology. She served as a cultural adviser at the Consulate of Spain in New York for 22 years.
• Maria Aloy, director: graduated from the University of Illinois and completed the Fab Academy at CBA-MIT. In 2015, she founded SokoTech, a digital social innovation lab at the intersection of art, science, and technology.

Contact

Barcelona, Catalonia. Phone: +34 650 41 27 26. Email: admin@soko.tech.