The objectives of GEHUCT are as follows:

Philosophical reflection on science, technology and society from the interdisciplinary perspective of ethics and epistemology.


The internationalization of the group and its research through the publication in international indexed journals and publishers, the participation of its members in workshops, congresses and international research projects, the recruitment of national and international pre-doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, and the host of international workshops and congresses in Barcelona with the participation of the world’s leading specialists in topics of interest for the group.

The consolidation of an interdisciplinary research group on ethics and epistemology in the Catalan system of research through the different calls for Support to Grups de Recerca (SGR) recognized by the Generalitat de Catalunya.

The current GEHUCT research lines are as follows:

  1. Philosophical reflection on public health and epidemiology.
  2. The idea of ​​solidarity in moral and political philosophy.
  3. Creativity, revolution and innovation in the processes of scientific change.

2023-2025. Red Temática “ESPACYOS. Ética de la salud pública”. RED2022-134551-T. Coordinador: Angel Puyol. Dotación: 18.000 euros

2022-2024. Grupo de investigación reconocido y financiado por la Generalitat de Catalunya. Categoría: Grupo de investigación consolidado (GRC). Ref. 2021SGR517. Nombre del grupo: “Grup d’Estudis Humanístics sobre la ciència i la tecnologia (GEHUCT)”. Coordinador: Angel Puyol (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). Dotación: 40.000 euros.

2023-2026. Laboratorio Iberoamericano de ética y salud pública (LIBERESP). P622RT0063. CYTED: Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo. Dotación: 60.000 euros.

2020-2022. Project funded by “Ayudas Fundación BBVA a Equipos de Investigación Científica SARS-CoV-2 y COVID-19”, in the field of Humanities. Títle: Detection and elimination of bias in triage and localization algorithms for COVID-19. Principal Investigator: Angel Puyol (Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona). Award: 72.098 euros.

2020-2023. Research project funded by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Ref.: PID2019-105422GB-100. Title: La solidaridad en bioética. Principal Investigator: Angel Puyol. Award: 38.000 euros.

2018-2023. ERC-Starting Grant n. 758145: PROTEUS “Paradoxes and Metaphors of Time in Early Universe(s)”. Principal Investigator: Silvia de Bianchi. Financial Award: 1.500.000 euros. Project website: http://www.proteus-pmte.eu/

2017-2022. RYC-2015-17289: “From the origin of Earth to ethics: Kant and the sciences of his time”. Investigator Ramon y Cajal: Silvia de Bianchi.

2017-2021. Research group recognized and funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya. Category: Consolidated research group (GRC). Ref. 2017SGR568. Group Name: “Grup d’Estudis Humanístics sobre la Ciència i la Tecnologia (GEHUCT)” [Group of Humanistic Studies on Science and Technology (GEHUCT)]. Coordinator: Angel Puyol (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). Financial Award: 38.264 euros.

2016-2019. Research project of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Ref.: FFI2015-64858-P. Group Name: “Justicia y democracia: hacia un nuevo modelo de solidaridad” [Justice and democracy: towards a new model of solidarity]. Principal Investigator: Angel Puyol. Financial Award: 38.000 euros.

2014-2016. Research Group recognized and funded by the Generalitat of Catalonia. Category: Consolidated Search Group (GRC). Ref. 2014SGR412. Group Name: “Grup d’Estudis Humanístics sobre la Ciència i la Tecnologia (GEHUCT)” [Group of Humanistic Studies on Science and Technology (GEHUCT)]. Coordinator: Angel Puyol (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). Financial Award: 30.000 euros.