The URJC launches 'Voices of the future'

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The URJC's expert guideVoices from the future'was born as a tool to fight misinformation. A valuable resource and a reliable source that helps journalists and communicators collect rigorous and quality scientific information.

Through a search engine, the platform allows easy and agile access to an extensive network of researchers, scientists and teachers at the URJC who work intensively on more than 200 lines of research, grouped into five fields of study: Medicine and Health, Environment and Ecology, Science and Technology, Food and Physical Well-being, and Social Sciences and Humanities.

The URJC currently has 145 research groups, made up of a large number of leading experts in diverse sectors that cover Artificial Intelligence, climate change, food security and viruses and pandemics, among others. “The URJC is committed to opening science to citizens as a means to improve the lives of our environment and society in general. As an institution belonging to the science, technology and innovation system, we have the obligation to create and transfer knowledge, but also to disseminate it with clear language adapted to different audiences. To achieve this, it is necessary to create channels and means of communication with the journalism industry through different cooperation formulas,” explained Fernando García Muiña, Vice-Rector for Research, Innovation and Transfer during the presentation of the expert guide, held this year. tomorrow at the Madrid-Manuel Becerra headquarters.

During the presentation of this platform, some studies being carried out at the URJC were shown, such as the development of a digital twin of the brain, the analysis of the presence of opium in foods through poppy seeds, the search of new solutions against drought and projects to improve relationships between humans and other animals.

'Voices of the future' has been promoted by the Vice-Rectorate for Research, Innovation and Transfer and the Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit (UCC+I) and will be constantly updated to provide journalists and communicators with a comprehensive guide to expert voices.