Once again this year the UIC Barcelona Doctoral School is organising an internal competition called "Describe your thesis in 4 minutes". This is a competition for doctoral students, who are challenged to explain their research in less than 4 minutes in simple and easily understandable language.

Would you like to attend? You can do so virtually on 7 May from 4-7 p.m. by clicking here.

At the end of the session, the three winners of the contest will be decided. The first two will be selected by a jury consisting of UIC Barcelona professors/lecturers, while the final prize will be chosen by the audience via an online vote.

Participants and thesis titles

• Edgardo Piedra - Características y causas de que los estudiantes costarricenses de último año de Secundaria elijan estudiar carreras universitarias STEM (Ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas)
• Natalia Amat - Improving the quality and user experience of Sharing Economy Services
• Carla Martos - Forgiveness assessment in communication between health professionals and patients
• Àurea Cartanyà - Ús de pantalles y la seva relació amb la salut de la població pediàtrica española
• Núria Masip – "CDK6 is activated by the atomic cyclone I to promote E2F-mediated gene expression and cancer cell proliferation. Complex atípic CDK6-ciclina I: noves peces del trencaclosques del càncer"
• Sandra Hernández - El papel del deseo en la filosofía moral del segundo MacIntyre
• Laura García - Efectos inmediatos de la Tecarterapia como coadyuvante al Masaje Funcional del gastrocnemio y recto femoral en pacientes con espasticidad post-ictus
   

More information about the competition

The Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (FCRi) has organised an interuniversity competition aimed at doctoral students from any discipline involving a challenge: to describe their research project in a maximum of 4 minutes in simple language that can easily be understood by members of the general public.

The competition will be held in two stages. During the first stage, each university will hold its own internal disqualifying round with the aim of selecting the candidate who will represent the university. During the second stage, the FCRi will organise the final public part of the competition between all the universities in Catalonia, which will take place in June.

Based on the terms and conditions of the competition organised by the FCRi, the UIC Barcelona Doctoral School announces a call for the following internal competition: Describe your thesis in 4 minutes:

Further information