Madrid

[Helge Keitel]

The situation in Spain is complex. Huge changes has to be made. Politiciens and bankers have caused the problem. The unemployment rate of young people is 50 %. That's not a great promise for the future. This morning I vitnessed a manifestation at Grand Via, close to our hotel.

[Helge Keitel]

And the creation of apps. The creation of Jobs in Spain.

Ocho de cada diez empresas españolas dedicadas al diseño y creación de apps, para smartphones y tabletas en nuestro país ha hecho nuevas contrataciones de personal en lo que llevamos de año, en concreto el 84% de ellas. La mayoría, el 86%, prevé además que también  generará empleo en España en 2013. Los datos demuestran cómo el sector de las apps ha logrado dar esquinazo a la crisis económica y mantiene su crecimiento y consolidación como nuevo sector tecnológico.

[Helge Keitel]

What do people here think and blog about?

About this blog and its author

A while ago I started to think about the idea of creating a blog to talk about different matters related to science that I think are important.

I would like to share with you the science done in the labs. In this way everybody will know how the money invested in research is spent. This is something that researchers owe to the society and is not getting enough attention.

On the other hand I would like to share in this blog the situation of research and science in general in Spain and Europe. The steps forward and the steps backward. The ones leading us to a knowledge based society and the ones moving us away from it.

I hope you can share your opinions on these matters and that this blog will be useful.

Ah! well, my name is Marisa Alonso Núñez and I'm a research scientist and science communicator.

You can find a bit more of information about me in my Linkedin profile.

I write a blog in Spanish as well "Caja de Ciencia"