Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit
Bridge between science and society
Committed to the research
The Unit of Scientific Culture and Innovation (UCC+i) of the University of Navarra wants to promote the actions related to the knowledge dissemination and science communication, the advice and training of staff researcher in science and technology diffusion, and the research in science communication.
We are committed to promote the scientific, technological and innovation culture both inside and outside the academic institution. We are intermediaries between the university and society. Our goal is to promote social interest in science through the dissemination of scientific knowledge and the results of research and development+i generated by our researchers, through all Schools and research centers of the University: from the biomedical, environmental, cultural, social and humanistic fields, we promote the transmission of scientific knowledge .
Communication of the research
We give visibility to the research activity carried out at the University of Navarra, highlighting relevant discoveries, technological advances and significant contributions to the scientific knowledge and its social transfer.
Scientific dissemination
We disseminate scientific knowledge in an accessible and understandable way to the general public. The goal is promote a scientific culture through activities of knowledge dissemination, Education and awareness.
training in communication, knowledge dissemination and transfer of knowledge
We promote counseling initiatives and training of staff researcher of the University in skills and tools for the dissemination and communication of science, in all fields of knowledge.
Training material for researchers
research in science communication
The UCC+i promotes the research in science communication through a group of research multidisciplinary focused on analyzing how science is communicated to society in general. This team is composed of researchers from different areas and collaborate with researchers from other universities in Spain and abroad.
The UCC+i of the University of Navarra was created in 2019 and is registered as such with the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and is part of the network UUC+i. In addition, it is also part of the network Divulga, group of work focused on knowledge dissemination and Scientific Culture within CRUE Spanish Universities.
The UCC+i of the University of Navarra works in coordination with the vice-rectorships of Communication and development and research and Sustainability. In addition, some of its activities are carried out in coordination with the Science Museum of the University of Navarra.
Who we are
Ignacio López-Goñi
Director of the UCC+i and of the Science Museum of the University of Navarra.
Welcome Leon
research in science communication and processes of social diffusion of science.
Miriam Salcedo
Scientific communication (Communication Service)
Marta Revuelta
Activities of knowledge dissemination and scientific culture (Science Museum)