Scientific project

The institutions promoting the Antic Mercat del Peix –UPF, PRBB and CSIC – have joined forces to promote multidisciplinary research and innovation, reinforcing the Citadel of Knowledge initiative. In the three buildings dedicated to precision medicine, biodiversity and societal wellbeing, they seek to address the important and urgent goals facing society and the planet, such as high-impact diseases, climate emergency, the loss of biodiversity, and the increase in social inequalities.

With a planned investment of almost €166 millions, this new knowledge hub will host 1,400 researchers and will be operational in 2028. In addition, the initiative will multiply the potential of the existing cutting-edge biomedical research hub on the waterfront, which will become one of the most important in southern Europe.

The PRBB Citadel will be a model of collaboration with a specific focus on “Precision Medicine”, with research groups from five research centres. Continue reading

The IBE will house its research staff at the new headquarters of the Mercat del Peix, where it will consolidate and expand its research project on evolution and biodiversity. Continue reading

UPF will establish the new Barcelona Agora for Societal Wellbeing at the Antic Mercat del Peix, where both internal and external researchers will develop transdisciplinary collaborative projects, especially in the fields of youth, social justice, and societal resilience, with a special focus on information technologies. The initiative will engage citizens in the projects and collaborate with the knowledge institutions present in the surrounding area. Continue reading 

You will find here the presentation about the Antic Mercat del Peix project.