Some of the most avant-garde scientific centers in Spain are governed by a paradoxically very old system. The same man in charge for decades: the'monarchy' of elite science centers.

“The worst effect of these eternal mandates is that there are no women directors. In the XXI century. It's incredible,” laments the chemist, winner of the National Research Award in 2020. The Minister of Research and Universities of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Joaquim Nadal, dismissed Rovira on February 15.