Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit
At the Scientific Culture and Innovation Unit of the University of Murcia, we work for society as a whole to understand and actively participate in science. By means of scientific dissemination, we aim to highlight the role that science and technology play in social welfare, to communicate researchers’ findings, to promote scientific vocations and innovative talent, to foster research among new generations, to train and guide new communicators and, in brief, to present science as a natural part of culture.
The Scientific Culture Unit (UCC) of the University of Murcia was set up in 2006 in order to institutionally promote the scientific culture, this being one of the main strategies of our institution.
In 2010, it became part of the Scientific Culture Unit Network of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO). From then on, the intense activity carried out to communicate the research activity and to organise multiple activities aiming at research promotion makes us stand as a reference in terms of scientific dissemination both at regional and national level.
In 2017, with the UMU Biochemistry lecturer and well-known communicator José Manuel López Nicolás (creator of the blog SCIENTIA) as director, the UCC starts to consider expanding its service, fostering training and guidance in terms of scientific dissemination and research about scientific culture and social perception of science.
UNIDAD DE CULTURA CIENTÍFICA UNIVERSIDAD DE MURCIA
Campus de Espinardo
Ed. Servicios Integrados de la Universidad de Murcia (ESIUM)
Facultad de Medicina 3ª planta
30100 - Murcia
Teléfono +34 868 88 1939 / 1929
Mail: ucc@um.es
University of Murcia
Avda. Teniente Flomesta, 5 · 30003 · Murcia
Telephone: +34 868 88 3000 (Main telephone) / +34 868 88 8888 (Information)
