title: Mind the gap: bringing scientists and society together.
abstract: By consolidating scientific societies into a confederation, Spanish scientists have developed a powerful platform from which to promote the importance of scientific research and science education to both the general public and government.
authors.affiliation: Confederation of Spanish Scientific Societies, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. guinovart@irbbarcelona.org
authors.forename: Joan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Guinovart
mesh_terms: D006076:Government; D012586:Science / Q000193:education; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013030:Spain