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The third City and Science Biennial is here

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The City and Science Biennial is set to turn the city into a space for debate and reflection from 21 to 26 February, with a programme based around living: on the planet, in the city, human life in general and the scientific community in particular. You’ll find all the activities to be enjoyed on the website biennalciutaticiencia.barcelona.

Round tables, debates, lectures, theatre, art installations and more make up the programme for this edition, which is grouped into four topic areas:

  • Living in the city: at a time when over half the global population lives in urban environments.
  • Living in equity: with options for moving forward in equal rights and opportunities in all spheres.
  • Living with science: to explore and understand the daily work of scientists.
  • Living creativity: the points where art and science meet open up new doors for us to find solutions for today’s needs.

Activities for the biennalciutaticiencia.barcelona are being held around ten spaces close to each other in the Raval neighbourhood in Ciutat Vella. In addition, and as with previous editions, the event is complemented by the activities in the +Biennal, organised by local municipal facilities, cultural centres and other organisations and institutions promoting scientific knowledge and reflection among the general public.

The Biennial of Thought becomes firmly established as a major forum for public reflection and debate

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The Biennial of Thought closed out this first joint edition with Palma and Valencia having been very well received by the public, with well-attended sessions and a rich exchange of ideas in public space: the official programme included 67 activities and attracted over 20,000 people, with more than 200 speakers taking part.

The organisers for this third edition of this grand public forum were supported by an advisory committee made up of the writer and Hellenist Raül Garrigassait, the political scientist Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca, the sociologist Liliana Arroyo, the architects Núria Moliner and Josep Ferrando and the journalist Ángela Precht.

On the website biennaldepensament.barcelona, which has so far received over 100,000 visits, you can see most of the sessions recorded from the programme and addressing topics such as the threats, limits and challenges for democracy, digital rights and the transformation of cities.

The Biennial started life in 2018, and although the second edition was held during the pandemic, it has made a firm place for itself on the city’s cultural agenda. In contrast to the 2020 edition, with advance bookings and online sessions, this year’s activities were open to all except for the Peripatetic Walks, where all available places were taken.