The ICREA Acadèmia award was launched in 2008 by the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) to distinguish scholars of the Catalan university system and in support of their expanding research programs. The support is for five years in which the awardee involves in research activities in an almost full-time basis. Since its establishment in 2008, 274 university scholars have received the award.
In this 2020 call, 30 research were distinguished, five of them from the University of Barcelona. This is the third time Prof. Carles Escera receives the award in the Social & Behavioral Sciences.
Further details:
New at University of Barcelona site
ICREA Academia site