Renaissance in Spain

Posted: June 30th, 2005 | No Comments »

According to Nature Jobs, Spain aims at premier league. After decades of brain drain like in many other european countries, science and research have finally climbed up ithe political agenda the last couple of years. In Renaissance in Spain it is mentioned that the trend is most notable in Catalonia, where a science-friendly regional government wants to turn Barcelona into a Mediterranean science showcase. However with a system still very hard to penetrate the two biggest obstacles in building up its scientific workforce: accommodating scientists from abroad, and offering fellows the hope of future employment. It seems to be very much a latin problem.