Antoni M. Badia i Margarit Awards Ceremony
On 19 March at 5.00 p.m., the Aula Magna of the Historic Building of the University of Barcelona will host the third edition of the Antoni M. Badia i Margarit Awards for the best doctoral thesis written in Catalan. The event will be presided over by the Rector, Joan Guàrdia, who will also present the awards, named in homage and memory of Antoni M. Badia Margarit, former rector of the UB and a distinguished linguist. The session can be followed live online.
On 19 March at 5.00 p.m., the Aula Magna of the Historic Building of the University of Barcelona will host the third edition of the Antoni M. Badia i Margarit Awards for the best doctoral thesis written in Catalan. The event will be presided over by the Rector, Joan Guàrdia, who will also present the awards, named in homage and memory of Antoni M. Badia Margarit, former rector of the UB and a distinguished linguist. The session can be followed live online.
The event will begin with a dialogue between science historian Josep M. Camarasa and biologist and scientific communicator Ramon Folch, moderated by Joan Santanach, on "The Prada Manifesto (1973) and the vindication of Catalan as a scientific language". Despite the fact that there were many obstacles to the use of Catalan in universities, the Prada Manifesto declared, fifty years ago, the right to use Catalan in the scientific field and the moral responsibility of the Catalan scientific community to use its own language.
The Antoni M. Badia i Margarit Awards aim to promote the writing of theses in Catalan, while recognising research that considers sustainability, the gender perspective and the dissemination of knowledge. This year, the winners have been, in their different modalities:
Best thesis in Catalan in the humanities and social sciences, for «Ideologies lingüístiques en gramàtiques i diccionaris catalans del segle XIX», by Eloi Bellés, and “Ideologies lingüístiques en gramàtiques i diccionaris catalans del segle XIX”, by Valeria Gaillard.
Best thesis in Catalan in the field of experimental sciences and health sciences for “Anàlisi de les funcions de la proteïna NCAM2 en el desenvolupament i la plasticitat neuronal”, by Alba Ortega.
Best thesis in Catalan on gender equality and other sustainable development goals (SDGs) for “L’homonacionalisme a Europa: una mirada quantitativa des dels valors”, by Leon Freude.
Best action in Catalan for the dissemination of the doctoral thesis for “Envelliment i VIH: Creació i avaluació d'un sistema de comunicació digital (App) per a millorar la qualitat de les cures de salut en persones majors de 60 anys infectades pel VIH”, by Jordi Puig.
The jury also agreed to award diplomas of recognition to the candidates for the finalist theses: Jaume Marcé, runner-up for the prize in the humanities and social sciences category, for “Pro succurrendo necessitatibus dicti hospitalis. Els orígens del patrimoni i els mecanismes de finançament de l'hospital de la Santa Creu de Barcelona (s. XV)”; Alejandro Lillo, runner-up prize in the category in the field of experimental sciences and health sciences, for “Potencial dels heteròmers de receptors d'adenosina i cannabinoides com a dianes terapèutiques en malalties neurodegeneratives i obesitat”; Aleix Soler, runner-up prize in the field of experimental sciences and health sciences, for “Utilitat del QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus en el diagnòstic de la infecció tuberculosa latent i la malaltia tuberculosa en població pediàtrica”.