The Social Sciences Area includes research where scientific objects and objectives are approached with epistemological approaches and characteristic methodologies of Social Sciences. These investigations are related to the disciplines of Sociology, Demography, Social Work and Social Services, Social Anthropology, Political Science and Administration, Public Policies, Journalism, Audiovisual Communication and Advertising, Library Science and Documentation, Human Geography, Regional Geographic Analysis and Feminist Studies , Women and Gender.

Subareas:

• COM / Communication
• CPO / Political Science
• FEM / Feminist, Women's and Gender Studies
• GEO / Geography
• SOC / Sociology and social anthropology

President:

Carlos Juan Closa Montero

Superior Council of Scientific Investigations

Panel Members:

Eva Mª Campos Domínguez

University of Valladolid

Juan Jesús Fernández González

University Carlos III of Madrid

Braulio Gómez Fortes

University of Deusto

Xosé López García

University of Santiago de Compostela

Raquel Martínez Buján

University of A Coruña

José Antonio Noguera Ferrer

Autonomous University of Barcelona

Pilar Paneque Salgado

University Pablo de Olavide

Simón Sánchez Moral

Complutense University of Madrid

Margarita Torre Fernández

University Carlos III of Madrid

The area of ​​Law includes all sectors of the legal system and its scientific disciplines, both those traditionally included under the headings Public Law and Private Law (administrative law, civil law, constitutional law, labor law and Social Security, ecclesiastical law of the State, financial and tax law, private international law, public international law and international relations, commercial law, criminal law, procedural law, Roman law, philosophy of law, history of law), such as those of more recent appearance, which They still show a strong connection with the previous ones (for example, environmental law, regional law, European Union law, international trade law, sports law, computer law, immigration law, military law, prison law, trade union law, etc.), in addition to related, complementary and auxiliary (as comparative law , legal medicine or sociology of law, among others) when the legal aspect is relevant. It also includes border, transversal and emerging disciplines when they pose interdisciplinary research or on the frontiers of knowledge related to Law. The studies that are assigned to the area of ​​Law can be local, regional, national, international or comparative, with a strictly legal approach (involving one or more legal disciplines) or interdisciplinary (crossing the traditional limits between disciplines of different areas, as with the economic analysis of law, the application of the gender perspective to law or bioethics, for example).

President:

Patricia Faraldo Cabana

University of A Coruña

Panel Members:

Silvia Barona Vilar

University of Valencia

Ana Carmona Contreras

University of Sevilla

Alberto Emparanza Sobejano

University of the Basque Country

María Luisa Esteve Pardo

University of Girona

Cristina Guilarte Martín-Calero

University of Valladolid

Lourdes López Cumbre

University of Cantabria

José María Sauca Cano

University Carlos III of Madrid

It covers different tools for the analysis of economics issues such as game theory, experimental economics, econometrics and computational economics (Subarea MAE). It also includes business strategy, accounting and finance, marketing, operations, human resources, innovation and entrepreneurship (Subarea EYF). Finally, it includes lines of research with content fundamentally applied in the area of economics: microeconomics, macroeconomics, as well as all other applied fields (labor economics, development economics, monetary economics, economic history, etc. (Subarea EYA).

Subareas:

• EYA / Economy and its applications
• EYF / Business and finance
• MAE / Methods of economic analysis

President:

Antonio Cabrales Goitia

University Carlos III of Madrid

Panel Members:

Aleix Calveras Maristany

University of the Balearic Islands

Mercedes Esteban Bravo

University Carlos III of Madrid

Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga

University Carlos III of Madrid

María Dolores Gadea Rivas

University of Zaragoza

Pedro Rey Biel

University Ramon Llull

Raul Santaeulalia Llopis

Autonomous University of Barcelona

Ana Sanz de Galdeano

University of Alicante

It encompasses research on languages ​​and language at its various levels and methodological and technical developments, from theoretical linguistics, linguistic variation and change, descriptive and quantitative studies on modern and ancient natural languages, computational and experimental linguistics, to applied linguistics, psycholinguistics and studies on language acquisition and production, language teaching, and digital humanities. It also includes translation and interpretation and linguistically oriented diachronic research and integrates digital humanities projects for the aforementioned fields. On the other, it encompasses research focused on ontological, epistemological and normative problems in the different areas of human thought and action, and in different spaces of society and culture, from the sciences to the arts, taking into account the variety of methodologies and theoretical proposals of the different traditions and philosophical schools. It deals with questions related to the ultimate structure of reality, knowledge in its different forms and applications, the value and meaning of human existence; and it is directed towards an understanding of cultural experience and practices from a reflective and critical perspective.

Subareas:

• FIL / Philosophy
• LYL / Linguistics and languages

President:

Louise McNally Seifert

University Pompeu Fabra

Panel Members:

Aurora Bel Gaya

University Pompeu Fabra

Javier Pérez Guerra

University of Vigo

David Rodríguez-Arias Vailhen

University of Granada

Ana María Rojo López

University of Murcia

Cristina Sánchez López

Complutense University of Madrid

Agustín Vicente Benito

University of the Basque Country

It includes research on literatures, the theory of literature and comparative literature, the fine arts, the performing arts, architecture, visual studies, musicology and the history of art of all times, and their relationship with culture, the history and society in which they are registered; critical editions of texts and documents, their conservation, reconstruction and fixation; philological, palaeographical and interpretive works on classical and Mediterranean and Near Eastern languages and cultures; the conservation, dissemination and patrimonial management of artistic manifestations, their museums and museography, from all methodological perspectives. Collects studies of popular culture in its various aspects and artistic and literary manifestations. Integrate digital humanities projects for all the aforementioned areas.

Subareas:

• ART / Art, fine arts, museum
• LFL / Literature, philology, ancient languages and cultures, and cultural studies

President:

Rebeca Sanmartín Bastida

Complutense University of Madrid

Panel Members:

Montserrat Amores García

Autonomous University of Barcelona

Diana Berruezo Sánchez

University of Barcelona

Licia Buttà

University Rovira i Virgili

Eva Fernández del Campo Barbadillo

Complutense University of Madrid

Noelia García Pérez

University of Murcia

Benito Navarrete Prieto

University of Alcalá

Lucía Rodríguez-Noriega Guillén

University of Oviedo

Juan Antonio Suárez Sánchez

University of Murcia

Xavier Tubau Moreu

Complutense University of Madrid

Juan Miguel Valero Moreno

University of Salamanca

It covers the study of all the historical stages of humanity (prehistory, ancient history, medieval history, modern history, contemporary history) up to the current world, in all its methodological approaches and thematic diversity (politics, society, economy, culture , religion, etc.), including their cultural achievements and heritage. It also includes the analysis of all these periods through archeology, ethnoarchaeology, archeometry, geospatial and information technologies. It also encompasses the historiographic sciences and techniques, the history of gender, the history of America, studies about historical and postcolonial memory. Integrate digital humanities projects for the aforementioned areas.

Subareas:

• ARQ / Archeology
• HIS / History

President:

Ana Rodríguez López

Institute of History, Center for Human and Social Sciences-CSIC

Panel Members:

Jaime Alvar Ezquerra

University Carlos III of Madrid

Mónica Bolufer Peruga

University of Valencia

María Ángela Cenarro Lagunas

University of Zaragoza

Marta Díaz-Zorita Bonilla

University of Tübingen

Ignacio Grau Mira

University of Alicante

Iñaki Martín Viso

University of Salamanca

José Miguel Noguera Celdrán

University of Murcia

Xavier Terradas Batlle

Superior Council of Scientific Investigations

Mikel Urquijo Goitia

University of the Basque Country

The purpose of research in education is to generate new knowledge about educational systems and institutions, the teaching-learning processes and their organization and context. Among its objectives is the generation of knowledge based on the description, understanding and explanation of learning that takes place in different stages of life in both formal and non-formal contexts. Research in education can be theoretical and empirical and includes the development of strategies and methods that favor teaching and learning, specific didactics, teacher training, socio-political and technological contexts, institutional actions, orientations and practices. tutorial action.

President:

Marianna Bosch Casabò

University Ramon Llull

Panel Members:

José Antonio Caride Gómez

University of Santiago de Compostela

Melina Dooly Owenby

Autonomous University of Barcelona

José Gutiérrez Pérez

University of Granada

Alejandro Ibáñez Echeverría

University of the Basque Country

Anabel Moriña Díez

University of Sevilla

Manoli Pifarré Turmo

University of Lleida

It includes projects on the learning, cognitive, emotional, motivational, personality, interpersonal and social processes in the human being, as well as the methods for their measurement and intervention. The fundamental objective is to understand the role of these processes, and their biological and neural bases in both individual and collective behavior, and in their development from infancy to old age. It covers the study of psychological intervention strategies in different areas of human activity such as the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental disorders, health, family, work, education, environmental behavior, physical and sports activity, organizations, conflict situations and psychosocial risks, legal psychology or political psychology. The area encompasses research in basic and experimental psychology (learning, memory, perception, attention, language, thought, intelligence, motivation, emotion, social cognition); of the biological bases of behavior and the mind (psychobiology, neuropsychology, cognitive and affective neuroscience, physiological psychology, psychopharmacology and ethology); of personality psychology, clinical and health psychology, where psychopathological processes and mental and behavioral disorders are addressed, as well as the development of psychodiagnostic instruments and methods of psychotherapeutic intervention; of social psychology, which addresses the study of social interaction between individuals and between groups in various social contexts, encompassing the study of attitudes, norms, prejudices, conflict, discrimination and social influence, collective behavior, violence, pro-social behavior, as well as the context of work, organizational behavior, and human resource development; from evolutionary and developmental psychology, which address processes of behavioral and/or cognitive change throughout the life cycle, and research in the field of educational psychology; of the methodologies of the behavioral sciences and psychometrics, which is transversal to all these areas of psychology.

President:

Carmelo Vázquez Valverde

Complutense University of Madrid

Panel Members:

César Carlos Ávila Rivera

University Jaume I

Esther Calvete Zumalde

University of Deusto

Pilar Carrera Levillain

Autonomous University of Madrid

Rosario del Rey Alamillo

University of Sevilla

Josep Marco Pallarés

University of Barcelona

Mireia Orgilés Amorós

University Miguel Hernández of Elche

Miguel Pérez García

University of Granada

Marta Rodríguez Arias

University of Valencia

David Soto Blanco

Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language

The area of Mathematics corresponds to the field of research that encompasses both the development of mathematics itself, as well as its application and transfer to the other areas. This area includes: algebra and number theory, mathematical analysis, statistics and operations research, geometry and topology, and applied mathematics.

President:

Francisco Martín Serrano

University of Granada

Panel Members:

Juan Carlos Cortés López

Polytechnic University of Valencia

Elisenda Feliu Trijueque

University of Copenhagen

Eduardo García Río

University of Santiago de Compostela

Rosa Elvira Lillo Rodríguez

University Carlos III of Madrid

Javier Parcet Hernández

Superior Council of Scientific Investigations

Víctor Manuel Pérez García

University of Castilla-La Mancha

Covers both fundamental and applied aspects of physics, addressing aspects of the structure of matter and its optical, mechanical, acoustic, electronic and transport properties; molecular and optical atomic physics; quantum physics, quantum information and computing; statistical physics, complex systems and non-linear phenomena; fluids; nanoscience and nanotechnology; optics and photonics; Medical physics; biophysics and physics of climate. Applied aspects of physics will be addressed, including those bordering on other disciplines. It also includes theoretical and experimental research on the fundamental particles of matter, subatomic and nuclear physics. It supports the scientific exploitation of experiments carried out in large international facilities and research in nuclear fusion (CERN, ApPEC and NuPECC). It includes space research and development of instrumentation for space missions, Global Satellite Navigation Systems and Earth observation satellites, experimentation on the International Space Station, stratospheric balloons and free-fall towers, among others. . It encompasses the studies of the celestial bodies and the Universe, as well as the precise technological developments for their observation. These investigations, whether theoretical or observational, can adopt a mechanical, physical, chemical, astrobiological or astrogeological point of view, and can be directed to the Sun, the Solar System, exoplanets, stars, interstellar matter, galaxies, the galaxy clusters and cosmology. All technologies involved in contemporary astronomical observation from Earth, space research and the development of instrumentation for space missions, as well as the development and application of computational techniques and modeling of astronomical data, experiments on the International Space Station, stratospheric balloons are considered. , among others. The study of the physical aspects of the climate system and their interactions is included.

Subareas:

• AYA / Astronomy and astrophysics
• ESP / Space research
• FPN / Particle and Nuclear Physics
• FYA / Physics and its applications

President:

Francisco José García Vidal

Autonomous University of Madrid

Panel Members:

Eva Acosta Plaza

University of Santiago de Compostela

Marina Díaz Michelena

National Institute of Aerospace Technology

María Inmaculada Domínguez Aguilera

University of Granada

Elena González Ferreiro

University of Santiago de Compostela

Mª Pilar Hernández Gamazo

University of Valencia

Fernando María Luis Vitalla

Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragon (INMA) - CSIC-UNIZAR

Susanna Manrubia Cuevas

National Center for Biotechnology (CNB) - CSIC

Celso Martínez Rivero

Institute of Physics of Cantabria (CSIC-UC)

Miguel Ortuño Ortín

University of Murcia

Isabel Pérez Grande

Polytechnic University of Madrid

Patricia Sánchez Blázquez

Complutense University of Madrid

Roberta Zambrini

Institute of Interdisciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC) - CSIC-UIB

It encompasses research lines, both fundamental and applied, in the field of industrial design and production and Mechanical, Naval and Aeronautical, Electrical, Electronic and Automatic engineering, including analytical, numerical and experimental methods. It also encompasses research in the field of Biomedical Engineering with regard to the application of the principles and methods of engineering for solving problems in biology and medicine, assessment methods, diagnosis and rehabilitation, sensor development, processing of images, telemedicine, robotics, among others.

The area also includes research in the field of Civil Engineering and Architecture, planning, design, construction, conservation and control of civil infrastructures, as well as that related to architectural constructions, urban planning and spatial planning.

Subareas:

• ICA / Civil engineering and architecture
• IBI / Biomedical Engineering
• IEA / Electrical, Electronic and Automatic Engineering
• INA / Mechanical, naval and aeronautical engineering

President:

Miguel Ángel Salichs Sánchez-Caballero

University Carlos III of Madrid

Panel Members:

Elisabete Aramendi Ecenarro

University of the Basque Country

Pedro Arias Sánchez

University of Vigo

José Manuel Arroyo Sánchez

University of Castilla - La Mancha

Alfonso Baños Torrico

University of Murcia

Rocío Bolaños Jiménez

University of Jaén

Daniel Castro Fresno

University of Cantabria

Juan José del Coz Díaz

University of Oviedo

Pilar Chías Navarro

University of Alcalá

María Jesús de la Fuente Aparicio

University of Valladolid

José Manuel García Aznar

University of Zaragoza

Roberto Giral Castillón

University Rovira i Virgili

Estefanía Peña Baquedano

University of Zaragoza

María Esther Reina Romo

University of Sevilla

Encarnación Reyes Pozo

Polytechnic University of Madrid

Francisco Javier Saiz Rodríguez

Polytechnic University of Valencia

Fernando Torres Medina

University of Alicante

Carpóforo Vallellano Martín

University of Sevilla

The area covers technologies for the development of electronic and photonic devices and systems in a general way, which can be applied in multiple fields, but which are characterized by their technological development, as well as technologies oriented to the management and transfer of information typically using electromagnetic signals over cables and wireless media, and electronic and optical devices for their management, transmission, reception and routing. It includes micro and nanoelectronic processes and integration of new functional materials, technologies, simulation and modeling for electronic components, heterogeneous integration of microsystems, micro/nano sensors and actuators, lab-on-a-chip, power and photovoltaic devices, devices for high frequency (THz), printed and organic electronics, optical, photonic, plasmonic and fiber-based devices and sensors, 3D integration technologies, circuits and systems. The area also includes research on methods and procedures for signal processing (audio, video, biological, communications, ...) and the treatment of the information contained therein, physical layer technologies: transmission media, circuits analog and digital electronics for communications, radiant systems, radio frequency subsystems, optical communications technologies and network technologies: communications protocols, Internet architectures, traffic engineering, software definition of networks, security and network management.

The area also encompasses research related to the fundamentals of computing, including the design and analysis of sequential, parallel or distributed algorithms, the theory of computing, formal methods or programming languages. It also includes software and database engineering, including requirements engineering, software modeling and design, software testing, software systems architecture, or service-oriented systems. It also encompasses computer architecture, high-performance computing, distributed systems, computer networks, both local and non-local, and system security. It also includes intelligent systems, computational learning, shape recognition, and natural language processing. Finally, it also includes multimedia systems, computer graphics, computational geometry, virtual reality, augmented reality or Image processing.

Subareas:

• INF / Computer Science and Information Technology
• MNF / Microelectronics, Nanotechnology and Photonics
• TCO / Communications Technologies

President:

Fernando Orejas Valdés

Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Panel Members:

Lourdes Araujo Serna

National University of Distance Education (Madrid)

Jose Luis Bosque Orero

University of Cantabria

Jesús Carretero Pérez

University Carlos III of Madrid

Ángela María Coves Soler

University Miguel Hernández de Elche

Pedro Ángel Cuenca Castillo

University of Castilla-La Mancha

Blas Garrido Fernández

University of Barcelona

Esther Guerra Sánchez

Autonomous University of Madrid

José Jesús Guerrero Campo

University of Zaragoza

María Luisa López Vallejo

Polytechnic University of Madrid

Pedro Meseguer González

State Agency Superior Council for Scientific Research

Íñigo Molina Fernández

University of Málaga

María Arrate Muñoz Barrutia

University Carlos III of Madrid

Jorge Navarro Ortiz

University of Granada

Rafael Pérez Jiménez

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Petia Radeva

University of Barcelona

Nieves Rodríguez Brisaboa

University of A Coruña

Manuel Rosa Zurera

University of Alcalá

It encompasses the investigations that aim to generate the knowledge and technologies necessary to guarantee an efficient and environmentally friendly energy supply, as well as the generation of new knowledge that allows the development of innovative techniques for design and management of systems of transport, both public and private, urban and interurban, of passengers and goods, in any of its possible modes: automotive, rail, air and maritime.

It covers projects related to the development and implementation of renewable energies that include projects related to solar energy in any of its forms and wind energy, related both to the development of new components and to the development of storage technologies, management and integration in conventional networks. Likewise, it includes projects related to both marine energy and projects whose research is aimed at improving efficiency in the operation of the different transport systems, reducing their costs and the environmental and social impacts associated with their activity.

Cross-cutting projects are also included with other management areas such as chemical technologies, materials, engineering or architecture, among others, from approaches aimed at energy use and not just conceptual.

Subareas:

• ENE / Energy
• TRA / Transportation

President:

Jesús María Arauzo Pérez

University of Zaragoza

Panel Members:

Hortensia Elena Amaría Duarte

University Carlos III of Madrid

Pablo García Fernández

University of Oviedo

Enrique Granada Álvarez

University of Vigo

Felipe Jiménez Alonso

Polytechnic University of Madrid

Alfonso Orro Arcay

University of A Coruña

Paula Sánchez Paredes

University of Castilla-La Mancha

The area covers fundamental or oriented research, from the molecular to the macroscopic level, aspects of the composition of the structure, preparation and properties of natural and synthetic substances or samples that contain them, the interactions and transformations they undergo, the mechanism of the same, the instrumentation for their analysis and the experimental and/or theoretical methodology required for their study.

It also includes research aimed at the description of the physical, chemical and biological phenomena involved in the production, manufacturing and separation processes, and the search for improvements in the conception or in the functioning of the physical, chemical or biochemical operations that make up industrial processes. It also includes research on new alternative processes and on environmental technologies and processes aimed at reducing pollution at source or alleviating its effects, including its study from the laboratory level to its scale-up at the pilot plant level, developing and sizing reactors and equipment for separation, applying simulation and optimization of processes, development of control systems.

Cross-cutting projects are also included with other management areas such as chemical technologies, materials, engineering or architecture, among others, from approaches aimed at energy use and not just conceptual.

Subareas:

• IQM / Chemical engineering
• QMC / Chemistry

President:

Miguel Ángel Miranda Alonso

Polytechnic University of Valencia

Panel Members:

Carlos Enrique Alemán Llansó

Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Pau Ballester Balaguer

Catalan Institute of Chemical Research

Francisco Corzana López

University of La Rioja

Alberto Escarpa Miguel

University of Alcalá de Henares

Rosario Fernández Fernández

University of Seville

Pilar Gayan Sanz

Superior Council of Scientific Investigations

Concepción Gimeno Floria

Superior Council of Scientific Investigations

Concepción González Bello

University of Santiago de Compostela

Juan Ramón González Velasco

University of the Basque Country

Fernando Langa de la Puente

University of Castilla-La Mancha

Salvador Ordóñez García

University of Oviedo

Silvia Ortega Gutiérrez

Complutense University of Madrid

Isabel Pastoriza Santos

University of Vigo

Eduardo Peris Fajarnés

University Jaume I

María José Ruedas Rama

University of Granada

Ana María Soto Campos

University of Santiago de Compostela

Ignacio Tuñon García de Vicuña

University of Valencia

The area comprises all the research related to the design, preparation, characterization and application of materials. Its central theme is the relationship between structure (at any length scale) and properties. Being a markedly interdisciplinary field, it usually involves in projects that address both theoretical and experimental elements of physics and chemistry, presenting on numerous occasions aspects related to biology and engineering. The objectives pursued are both fundamental, focused on the generation of new knowledge, and applied, aimed at obtaining new materials that can improve people's quality of life.

The subareas into which it is divided encompass, as a whole, practically all of the activity that takes place in our country in materials science and technology, considering that certain areas, such as materials for biomedicine or for energy and environment have common characteristics with the subareas dedicated to functional and structural materials. A large part of nanoscience and nanotechnology research is currently being carried out in the materials area.

Subareas:

• MBM / Materials for biomedicine
• MEN / Materials for energy and the environment
• MES / Structural materials
• MFU / Materials with Electrical, Magnetic, Optical or Thermal Functionality

President:

Hernán Ruy Miguez García

Superior Council of Scientific Investigations

Panel Members:

Francisco Javier Aizpurua Iriazabal

Materials Physics Center in San Sebastián (CSIC-UPV/EHU)

Mariano Campoy Quiles

Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC)

Victorino Franco García

University of Sevilla

Francisca García Caballero

National Center for Metallurgical Research (CENIM-CSIC)

Sixto Giménez Juliá

University Jaume I

María del Carmen Giménez López

University of Santiago de Compostela

José Luis Gómez Ribelles

Polytechnic University of Valencia

Rebeca Marcilla García

IMDEA Energy Institute

Elena Martínez Fraiz

University of Barcelona - IBEC

Jesús Martínez de la Fuente

Superior Council of Scientific Investigations

Mª Lluisa Maspoch Rulduà

Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Roberto Pacios Castro

CIC EnergiGUNE

Teresa Pérez Prado

Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies Foundation

Rocío Ponce Ortiz

Department of Physical Chemistry. University of Málaga

María Varela del Arco

Complutense University of Madrid

María Jesús Vicent Docón

Principe Felipe Research Center (CIPF)

The area encompasses research related to ecological and evolutionary processes that have generated the enormous wealth of biodiversity at all levels of organization, from genes, populations and species to communities and ecosystems and their interactions with human activity, as well as in the development of technologies oriented to the management, conservation and restoration of degraded habitats or species in danger of extinction, the valuation of ecosystem services and the capacity to adapt to global change.

Research aimed at the study and development of processes for the evaluation and treatment of air, water and soil pollutants and the evaluation of their impact on different ecosystems, as well as the treatment of waste, the use of natural resources and sustainable management of water resources.

It also covers the basic and technological aspects related to marine systems, both in their abiotic and biotic components and the interactions with the terrestrial and atmospheric systems, including the development of observation tools and platforms and ocean management instruments. and geological and geophysical research of the marine environment. Also of interest are research related to the study of anthropogenic pressures on the ocean and the associated impacts, including the effect of pollutants and processes that operate on a global scale, such as, for example, global warming, rising levels. from the sea, eutrophication or ocean acidification.

Knowledge of the sea requires different scales of observation, from the molecular level to the consideration of ocean basins, and involves numerous scientific disciplines through multi-disciplinary or interdisciplinary approaches. A significant fraction of projects focused on ocean research require the use of oceanographic vessels, which confers a degree of uniqueness to the MAR subarea. All marine research projects that require the use of these infrastructures are channeled through this subarea, with the exception of projects developed in polar areas.

Polar Research Subarea (CTM-PLR). Polar research is characterized by the geography where it takes place and because it is carried out under extreme conditions, which requires the contribution of complex, expensive and specific means (oceanographic vessels and polar bases). Scientific research in Antarctica is carried out under its own special and restrictive legislation, in relation to the protection of the environment. Polar research in general has a very marked international component, which is exacerbated in Arctic research by the absence of Spanish infrastructures in the area. Although research projects cannot include practically all scientific subjects, in general the disciplines included include: geodesy; geology; geodynamics; geophysics; astronomy and astrophysics; oceanography; glaciology and cryosphere; volcanology; geochemistry; atmosphere-ocean interaction; Earth observation space techniques; Modeling; Biology; Ecology; Limnology; microbiology; Faunal studies and natural products; biogeochemical cycles; speciation processes and mechanisms; biodiversity; edaphology; atmospheric physics and climate, human and social sciences includes aspects of humanities, such as polar law, anthropology of northern populations, sociology and psychology among others.

The Earth and Water Sciences subarea (CTM-CTA) integrates research on the various aspects of the earth system, including its history, its current state and its possible future evolution. It includes a wide range of established disciplines such as geochemistry, mineralogy, petrology, internal geodynamics, sedimentology, stratigraphy, paleontology, geophysics, geodesy, external geodynamics, geomorphology, climatology, physical geography, limnology, edaphology, hydrology and glaciology. From the CTA subarea, interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged that respond to scientific and technological challenges in current and future socioeconomic and environmental situations. These include those related to: (1) the observation and characterization of the earth system at all temporal and spatial scales, with emphasis on the processes associated with global change, (2) the evaluation and sustainable management of surface water resources and underground, including the characterization of ecological and hydrogeological processes and those that alter the quality of water and the good condition of aquatic ecosystems; as well as the actions / treatments for its recovery (3) the exploration and sustainable exploitation of aquatic, mineral and energy resources, and the use of geological formations as stores of resources, waste and CO2; (4) knowledge of climate change from the perspective of earth sciences, integrating the reconstruction of climate analogues in the past, the characterization of the environmental and hydrological response to climate forcing, the evaluation of the expected geoenvironmental impacts, and the design of mitigation and adaptation strategies; and (5) the evaluation and prevention of natural risks with geological implications in their origin, development or impact, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, mass movements, subsidence, floods, droughts or coastal alterations, as well as the evolution of these risks in the context of global change.

Subareas:

• BDV / Biodiversity
• CTA / Earth and water sciences
• CYA / Climate and atmosphere
• MAR / Marine science and technologies
• POL / Polar Research
• TMA / Environmental Technologies

President:

Pedro Jordano Barbudo

Superior Council of Scientific Investigations

Panel Members:

José Luis Acuña Fernández

University of Oviedo

José Antonio Álvarez Salgado

Marine Research Institute (IIM-CSIC)

Fernando Bohoyo Muñoz

Geological and Mining Institute of Spain (IGME-CSIC)

Núria Bonada Caparrós

University of Barcelona

José Antonio Casas de Pedro

Autonomous University of Madrid

Marta Coll Montón

Superior Council of Scientific Investigations

Jesús Damián de la Rosa Díaz

University of Huelva

María de los Ángeles Fernández González

University of Oviedo

Emilio Manuel Fernández Suárez

University of Vigo

José Abel Flores Villarejo

University of Salamanca

Lorena Gómez Aparicio

Superior Council of Scientific Investigations

Estefanía Llave Barranco

Geological and Mining Institute of Spain

Gonzalo Miguez Macho

University of Santiago de Compostela

Borja Milá Valcárcel

National Museum of Natural Sciences - CSIC

Isabel Miralles Mellado

University of Almería

Sara Palacio Blasco

Pyrenean Institute of Ecology-CSIC

Marta Mª Pazos Currás

University of Vigo

Javier Pérez Tris

Complutense University of Madrid

Francisco Javier Rodríguez Tovar

University of Granada

Cristina Sáez Jimenez

University of Castilla-La Mancha

Isabel Sanmartín Bastida

Superior Council of Scientific Investigations

Aurora Santos López

Complutense University of Madrid

Ana María Sastre Requena

Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Antonio Tovar Sánchez

Superior Council of Scientific Investigations

Miguel Verdú del Campo

Superior Council of Scientific Investigations

María Gloria Víllora Cano

University of Murcia

Different international organizations indicate that around 50% of the Earth's surface is dedicated to agriculture, 37% corresponds to forest masses, 12% are marginal lands and 1% represent urban areas. With the growth of the world population, the challenge of humanity is to guarantee a healthy and safe diet through innovative and competitive agriculture and animal production, within a changing global and climate scenario. Research in agricultural and agri-food sciences seeks to contribute to the sustainability and circular economy of agricultural and natural systems, addressing fundamental and directed research. The "Agriculture and Forestry" subarea includes studies of horticultural, herbaceous and woody crops and forest production systems. Includes studies on the management and interactions between soil-water-plant-atmosphere systems in relation to crop production and quality, effects of biotic and abiotic stresses on crops, biological control against pests and diseases, genetic improvement of plants and conservation of plant genetic resources, physiology, nutrition and plant biochemistry, plant biotechnology, molecular biology of plants of interest in agriculture, agroforestry systems, and agrarian economy. The "Livestock and Aquaculture" subarea covers aspects of fundamental and applied research in domestic animal species and those of productive utility, but also, in certain cases, in wild fauna. The methodological approach is multidisciplinary, with a strong role in animal experimentation. It covers research related to the health, production, nutrition, reproduction and genetics of animal species of interest to livestock, aquaculture and wildlife, although pharmacological, toxicological, internal medicine and surgery studies and other related topics are also contemplated. The products of the two previous subareas give rise to a wide variety of foods, being the subarea of ​​"Food Science and Technology" the one that deals with research related to obtaining and preserving food, as well as physical and chemical evaluation and functional thereof and / or their components. The quality, traceability and authenticity of food, as well as food safety are globally addressed. This subarea also includes research related to nutrition, metabolism and functionality of food components, and more specifically, their effects on human health.

Subareas:

• ALI / Food Science and Technology
• AYF / Agriculture and forestry
• GYA / Livestock and aquaculture

President:

Francisco Tomás Barberán

CEBAS-CSIC

Panel Members:

Jorge Álvaro Fuentes

Superior Council of Scientific Investigations

Cristina Andrés Lacueva

University of Barcelona

Virginia Aragón Fernández

Agrifood Research and Technology Institute (IRTA)

María Dolores Carro Travieso

Polytechnic University of Madrid

María Teresa Cervera Goy

INIA-CIFOR

Andrea Chini

National Center for Biotechnology (CNB) - CSIC

María Teresa Escribano Bailón

University of Salamanca

Enric Gisbert Casas

Institut De Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA) Tarragona

Aurelio Gómez Cadenas

University Jaume I

José Alfonso Gómez Calero

Institute of Sustainable Agriculture (IAS) - CSIC

Francisco Javier Hidalgo García

Fat Institute - CSIC

Ángeles Mencía Jos Gallego

University of Sevilla

Emilia López Solanilla

Polytechnic University of Madrid

Pedro Martínez Gómez

CEBAS-CSIC de Murcia

Maria José Motilva Casado

Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences (ICVV) - CSIC-UR

Isidra Recio Sánchez

Food Science Research Institute (CIAL) - CSIC-UAM

Dolores Rodríguez Aguirre

Superior Council of Scientific Investigations

Patricia Ruas Madiedo

Superior Council of Scientific Investigations

Luis Gonzaga Santesteban García

Public University of Navarra

Yolanda Sanz Herranz

Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA) - CSIC

Ana Josefa Soler Valls

University of Castilla-La Mancha

Carolina Tafalla Piñeiro

Animal Health Research Center (CISA-INIA)

Research on the molecular and structural bases of biological functions and their interrelationships, from the molecular level to that of the organism in any living being. The area includes basic studies of molecular and cellular biology, genetics, biochemistry, microbiology, virology, physiology, neurobiology and development, immunology and computational, structural and systems biology, with the exception of those whose main objective is directly related to pathologies and / or aims to improve human health or agri-food. It also includes research aimed at the development of biotechnological products, which may have fields of origin or application also in other areas (for example, those related to biosensors, biomarkers, biocomputing, nanobiotechnology, biotransformations, proteins of industrial interest or vaccines). This area includes both basic research in the field and those that pursue transfer actions. Interdisciplinary and / or border projects are also valued.

Subareas:

• BIF / Integrative Biology and Physiology
• BMC / Molecular and Cell Biology
• BTC / Biotechnology

President:

Isabel Fariñas Gómez

University of Valencia

Panel Members:

Clara Alvarez Villamarín

University of Santiago de Compostela

Inés María Antón Gutiérrez

National Center for Biotechnology (CNB) - CSIC

Julie Ann Chowen King

Niño Jesús University Children's Hospital

Eduardo Díaz Fernández

Superior Council of Scientific Investigations (CIB)

Cristina Fillat Fonts

IDIBAPS, Barcelona

Juncal Garmendia García

Institute of Agrobiotechnology (IdAB) - CSIC

Teresa Giraldez

University of La Laguna

Aitor Hierro Ayuela

Basque Foundation for Science Ikerbasque - CIC bioGUNE

José Antonio Jarillo Quiroga

National Institute of Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA)

Guillermina López Bendito

University Miguel Hernandez

Oscar Lorenzo Sánchez

University of Salamanca

Miguel Manzanares Fourcade

Molecular Biology Center Severo Ochoa CSIC-UAM

Juan Méndez Zunzunegui

National Center for Oncological Research (CNIO)

Vicente Moliner Ibáñez

Jaume I University

Álvaro Rada Iglesias

Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of Cantabria (IBBTEC) - CSIC

José Antonio del Río Fernández

Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia IBEC-University of Barcelona

Manuel Rodríguez Concepción

Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants (IBMCP)

Juan Antonio Rosado Dionisio

University of Extremadura

Jesús M. Sanz Morales

State Agency Superior Council Scientific Research

This is a transversal research program in the health area. It encompasses the study of the etiopathogenic mechanisms of most of the relevant pathologies in society, including diseases of the nervous system, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, metabolic, tumor, inflammatory and infectious. The program places special emphasis on the characterization of the cellular, molecular, and genetic bases involved in the genesis and development of different diseases, as well as diagnostic and pharmacological advances, and new therapies. Unlike other clinical research programs in the health area, which do not necessarily seek a better understanding of the mechanisms that cause disease, the program has a clear molecular, cellular and pathophysiological axis, with the search and identification of molecular mechanisms that underlie disease. The transversal nature lies in its multidisciplinary approach, which includes the development of a variety of technologies, such as "omics", and their application to the study of pathology.

Subareas:

• CAN / Cancer
• ESN / Diseases of the nervous system
• DPT / Diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic tools
• FOS / Physiopathology of organs and systems
• IIT / Immunity, infection and immunotherapy

President:

David Sancho Madrid

Carlos III National Center for Cardiovascular Research

Panel Members:

Francisco Abad Santos

Autonomous University of Madrid

Enrique de Álava Casado

University of Sevilla

Sebastián Alberti Serrano

University of las Islas Baleares

Julián Aragonés López

Autonomous University of Madrid

María Angeles Balboa García

Institute of Biology and Molecular Genetics - CSIC

Esther Berrocoso Domínguez

University of Cádiz

María José Buzón Gómez

Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)

Ricardo Caballero Collado

Complutense University of Madrid

María del Carmen Caelles Franch

University of Barcelona

Arkaitz Carracedo Perez

CIC bioGUNE

Irene Cózar Castellano

University of Valladolid

Pablo Engel Rocamora

University of Barcelona

Roger Gomis Cabré

Private Foundation Biomedical Research Institute

Rosa María Hernández Martín

University of the Basque Country

Pablo Huertas Sánchez

Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine

María Dolores Ledesma Muñoz

Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center

Miguel Antonio López Pérez

University of Santiago de Compostela

Cristina López Rodríguez

University Pompeu Fabra

María Isabel Loza García

University of Santiago de Compostela

Helena Mira Aparicio

Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center (IBV). CSIC

Gema Moreno Bueno

Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) / MD Anderson International Spain Foundation (FMDA)

Mª del Mar Orzáez Calatayud

Principe Felipe Research Center (CIPF)

Mercé Pallás Lliberia

University of Barcelona

Estela Paz Artal

University Hospital 12 de Octubre

José María Pérez Pomares

University of Málaga

Diego Rodríguez Puyol

University of Alcalá

Miriam Royo Expósito

Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC). CSIC

Carlos Alberto Saura Antolín

Autonomous University of Barcelona

Xose Antón Suárez Puente

University of Oviedo

Olga Valverde Granados

University Pompeu Fabra

Gemma Vilahur García

Santa Cruz and San Pablo Hospital Research Institute

Ana María Zubiaga Elordieta

University of the Basque Country