The Princess of Asturias Foundation

25 nominations from 12 different countries are in the running for this award, the second of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Prince of Asturias Foundation, and which are now in their thirty-fourth year.

The jury meeting for the 2014 Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences ©FPA

The meetings of the jury responsible for awarding the 2014 Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences, the second of eight international awards that will be bestowed by the Prince of Asturias Foundation, will be held on May 13^th and 14^th. The awards will be bestowed this year for the thirty-fourth time in their history.

As stated in the Statutes of the Foundation, the Prince 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 Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences shall be conferred on those “whose creative work or research represents an outstanding contribution to the benefit of humanity in the fields of History, Law, Linguistics, Teaching, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Ethics, Philosophy, Geography, Economics, Demography or Anthropology, including the disciplines corresponding to each of these fields”.

Twenty-five candidatures, from Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, United Kingdom, United States and Spain, have been nominated for this award.

The Award comprises a Joan Miró sculpture representing and symbolising the accolade, a cash prize of €50,000, a diploma and an insignia.

The Jury, which is to meet at the Reconquista Hotel, will be made up of the following members:

Victoria Camps Cervera
Marta Elvira Rojo
Inés Fernández-Ordoñez Hernández
María Garaña Corces
Isabel Gómez-Acebo y Duque de Estrada
Mauro Guillén Rodríguez
María del Carmen Iglesias Cano
Adolfo Menéndez Menéndez
Aurelio Menéndez Menéndez, marqués de Ibias
José Manuel Otero Novas
Carmen Pérez Die
Rafael Puyol Antolín
Amelia Valcárcel y Bernaldo de Quirós
Juan Vázquez García (acting secretary)

Members of the juries will hold an initial meeting with the media at 12 noon (GMT + 2:00) on Tuesday 13^th in the "Salón de Consejos" of the hotel (on the first floor), immediately prior to being formally convened and starting their deliberations. The jury will then elect a president from amongst them. The jury secretary will be appointed by the Foundation.

Their decision will be made public at 12 noon on Wednesday 14^th in the Salón Covadonga of the hotel (on the ground floor), and jury members will then be available for interviews.

The reading of the jury’s decision will be broadcast live for more than 150 countries via the main national and international radio and television channels. The signal will be openly transmitted via Hispasat satellite (America and Europe). In addition, there will be a live Internet broadcast at the Foundation's website: www.fpa.es

TECHNICAL DATA

Europe

Satellite: Hispasat 1D
Orbital position: 30º West
Transponder: 87
Carrier: 7
RX Frequency: 11594.0 MHz
Band: Ku
Polarization: Horizontal
Symbol Rate: 4.444 MSymbols/second
F.E.C.: 3/4
Coding: QPSK MPEG 2 DVBS
Norma: PAL
Format: 16:9

America

Satellite: Hispasat 1E
Orbital position: 30º West
Transponder: 133
Channel: Feeds TSA
RX Frequency: 12052 MHz
Band: Ku
Polarization: Vertical
Symbol Rate: 27.500 MSymbosl/second
F.E.C.: 3/4
Codec: QPSK MPEG 2 DVBS
Norma: PAL
Formato: 16:9

Phone: + 34 91 512 9450 / 9498

E-mail: booking.tbs@telefonica.com

INFORMATION OF INTEREST

Twitter

The Foundation’s official account: @fpa_info
Prince of Asturias Awards official hashtag: #PrinceAsturiasAwards

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