Meeting of the jury for the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities

The Jury responsible for conferring the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities will meet this coming 5th and 6th May in Oviedo. This is the second of the eight international awards convened by the Princess of Asturias Foundation this year, now in their 46th year. A total of 48 candidatures encompassing 20 different nationalities are in the running for the Award. The meetings will be held at the Reconquista Hotel.

As stated in the Foundation’s Regulations, the Princess of Asturias Awards are aimed at rewarding “the scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanitarian work carried out at an international level by individuals, institutions or groups of individuals or institutions”. In keeping with these principles, the Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities is to be granted to “the work of fostering and advancing the sciences and disciplines considered humanistic activities or any activity related to social communication in any of its forms.”

Each Princess of Asturias Award comprises a Joan Miró sculpture representing and symbolising the Award, a diploma, an insignia and a cash prize of fifty thousand euros.

On the first day of the meeting at 11:00am on Tuesday 5th, there will be a family photo of the jury members in the hotel’s “Salón de Consejos”, followed by a meeting with the media, immediately prior to its formal constitution and the start of its deliberations, which will commence at 11:30am. Each jury shall have a chairperson and an acting secretary. Both shall be appointed by the Princess of Asturias Foundation and shall have voice and vote.

The Jury’s decision will be announced at 12:00 noon (GMT+2:00) on Wednesday 6th, in the “Salón Covadonga” of the same Hotel (Ground Floor), following which the members of the Jury will be available for interview.

Composition of the jury

The Jury will be made up of the following persons:

• Miguel Falomir Faus (chair)
• Óscar Loureda Lamas (acting secretary)
• Irene Cano Piquero
• Juan Fernández-Miranda Fernández-Miranda
• Álex Grijelmo García 
• Alma Guillermoprieto
• Isabel Izquierdo Peraile
• Miguel Ángel Liso Tejada
• Begoña Lolo Herranz
• Catalina Luca de Tena y García-Conde, marquesa del Valle de Tena
• Cristina de Middel Puch
• Miguel Ángel Oliver Fernández
• Enrique Pascual Pons
• Ana Santos Aramburo
• Diana Sorensen