The network of CaixaForum centres and the CosmoCaixa Science Museum will host the following exhibitions until July 2025 under the slogan We grow in culture.

The 21st century has been called the century of loneliness. Social changes have weakened community networks which promote collective well-being, in favour of a growing individualism. Factors such as industrialisation, the movement of rural ...

In the Peruvian Amazon, the banana value chain is one of the most significant. Annual production is estimated at between 30 and 40 million tonnes, 30% of which is classified as third-grade, making it unsellable. Until recently, these bananas were ...

Diego was 12 when he helped his father build a fibreglass canoe and they paddled together through the Galician landscapes. Years later he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. It was precisely in the physiotherapy clinic that he saw an ...

The early stage of life is crucial for childhood development. Hence the importance of projects like Family Spaces 0-3, a pioneering initiative supporting early childhood for families in situations of social vulnerability, promoted by the ...

The "la Caixa" Foundation has selected 29 new biomedical research projects of excellence with a high social impact as part of the CaixaResearch Health Call 2024, endowed with 25.7 million euros, so that they can be conducted in research centres, ...

Since 2018, the School for Carers of the "la Caixa" Foundation’s Comprehensive care for people with advanced diseases programme has organised over 2,000 workshops in which nearly 8,000 people have taken part. María Isabel Ortego is one of them. ...

“Those who do not develop computational thinking are going to be illiterate," warns María Teresa Cornejo, a teacher in the ProFuturo programme in Arequipa, Peru. This project of the Telefónica Foundation and the "la Caixa" Foundation puts technology ...

The Worlds of Alice. Dreaming of Wonderland proposes a dreamlike journey to the origins, adaptations and artistic reinventions of Alice in Wonderland through time and various disciplines up to the present day.

A victim of gender-based violence, when she was 30 years old Ana found herself living in a shack in a park. She managed to get by, but a new partner also abused her; she had to leave her daughter with social services and ended up homeless once more. ...

The "la Caixa" Foundation has concluded the 2024 call for the CaixaImpulse Innovation programme, through which it supports 29 new biomedical projects from research centres, hospitals and universities in Spain and Portugal. In total, the Foundation ...

Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent tumours in the world. One in eight women will experience breast cancer in her lifetime. Biological understanding of the breast tumour provides insights into how it will behave in the future, depending on ...

Between 5% and 10% of the adult population suffers from diabetes, a chronic disease that, in the long term, can lead to complications that significantly reduce the quality of life of those affected. The "la Caixa" Foundation, aware of the importance ...

Gloria, Rosa, Joaquina, Mirentxu and Mertxe are between 75 and 90 years old and live in Pamplona. They all have something in common: for one reason or another, they felt lonely. Thanks to the Always Supported programme of the "la Caixa" Foundation, ...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and CriteriaCaixa, holding company of “la Caixa" Foundation managing its business assets, have signed a €80 million loan to finance the construction and launch of the CaixaResearch Institute in Barcelona – Spain’s ...

Dr Valentí Fuster (Barcelona, 1943) is one of the most renowned Spanish cardiologists and researchers in the world. His work has significantly improved the treatment of patients with heart diseases. In addition, his social commitment has led him to ...

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are raising expectations about its potential, but also debates about its risks. Júlia Pareto, who holds a PhD in Philosophy, is one of the thinkers exploring the challenges of this technology from an ...

In its two decades of existence under the name CosmoCaixa, the "la Caixa" Foundation’s centre dedicated to scientific outreach and the promotion of scientific vocations has hosted 52 exhibitions and over 4,200 different activities for all audiences. ...

Honorary Professor of Psychiatry at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, director of the SJD MIND Schools programme at the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and president of the Sant Pau Research Foundation (FISP), Miquel Casas studies the relationship ...

During this 2024-2025 season, CaixaForum Madrid will host exhibitions dedicated to the cultural impact of the world of Alice in Wonderland, in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the tumultuous years and cultural explosion ...