Merit, under discussion at Fundación Espacio Publico

Newspaper general and the Public Space Corporation They organize on Tuesday 27th this day The meritocracy: conservative or progressive principle?where different experts will be able to address and question how the concept and practice of meritocracy affects the unequal structures of our society.

The appointment will start on 7:00 p.m. in the Ecooo room, at No. 11 Calle Escuadra in Madrid. Admission is free and it will be necessary to book a place in advance via Eventbrite.com. The discussion will be organized into several blocks where each speaker will present his insights on the definition of merit, its limits or its relationship to social mobility, among others.

He will be the person in charge of facilitating the discussion Pedro Gonzalez de MolinaProfessor of geography and history and member of the Fundación Espacio Publico. The four participants are Xavier Martinez CelorioProfessor of Sociology at the University of Barcelona. Vivian Hugo CorbyResearcher in relations between the European Union, Africa and the Sahel region, Carlos Martin OrizaDirector of the Economic Cabinet CCOO and Ana Pardo de Verajournalist and director of corporate and institutional relations general. To close the law, he will take the floor Virginia Perez Alonsoboss general, by closing.

With this discussion, the written debate initiated by the Fundación Espacio Público began with Presentation by Carlos GilHe received his PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute (Italy), with his thesis on merit awarded by the European Confederation for Sociology Research (ECSR).

So far they have already participated in this discussion More than 20 authors and authors From the academic, journalistic, educational, sociological and political science fields, with articles of great depth and quality.