La Nau hosts the presentation of the book that stands for the value of a ‘biological economy’
The Cultural Centre La Nau will host on Friday, 26 May, the presentation of the book ‘La crisis de la sociedad actual y los riesgos de involución' (Catarata, 2016) by Emilio Muñoz, emeritus research profesor of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). The event will start at 19:00h and will be hosted by the dean of the Universitat de València, Esteban Morcillo.
25 de may de 2017
In the presentation of the book will participate the followings: Antonio Ariño, Vice- Dean for Culture and Equality of the Universitat de València; Soledad Rubio, director of the Scientific and Culture Innovation. Unit Chair for Scientific Dissemination of the Universitat de València; Carolina Moreno, full university professor of Journalism of the Universitat de València and the book author.
Emilio Muñoz, who has managed the Spanish contemporary scientific politics from several positions, criticizes the antiscientific and ideological version of the current economy. Furthermore, he emphasizes the development of a ‘biological economy’ model that addresses the relationship between issues such as the evolution, knowledge, politics and money.
Is it possible that the human species steps backwards despite the rapid evolution of its technological products? Could the human social life be unaware of the Darwin’s Theory of Evolution? How the current deregulation of the European economic system and the austerity policies can affect the society and our biology? The book considers these questions and propose the answers to that crossroads.
About Emilio Muñoz Ruiz
He is professor and has a PhD in Pharmacy. He worked as a scientific in his first stage of his professional career. During the 80's he held the top positions of responsibility in Spanish science policy, and in the last two years he has combined the management of the scientific politics with some works at the CTS. He defines himself as a humanist scientific.
Nowadays, he is the consultant at the Research Unit of Cultura Científica del Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT); adhonorem research professor at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), in the Institute of Philosophy; president of the Scientific Council of ASEBIO, scientific director of the Unit for Social Venture, Ethics and Values in the Engineering of the Higher Technical School of Mining and Energy Engineering of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Among other positions, he has been the president of CSIC, Secretary General of the National Plan for Scientific Research and Technological Development, president of the European Interuniversity Association for Society, Science and Technology (ESST).He is author of numerous articles about biochemistry, biotechnology and their social and economic issues, and also scientific and technological politics. Furthermore, he co-authored twenty books, such as “La economía reclama (inter)disciplina”. “La biología al rescate” and “Culturas científicas e Innovadoras. Progreso social” (coedited with Belén Laspra).