Research Lunch Club in Barcelona
Barcelona has grown into a serious research city — strong universities, world-class institutes, and a Mediterranean attitude to lunch that makes meeting easy. Research Lunch Club matches you into a small group of Barcelona researchers for lunch, once a month. No congress, no networking — just three people who do the work, over a long midday meal, for the cost of a coffee a quarter.
📍 Real researchers, real lunch
Who's in the Barcelona group
Our Barcelona members include researchers from the University of Barcelona, UPF and UPC, and institutes like the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, IRB Barcelona and ICFO. Computer scientists, biologists, physicists, UX researchers — Barcelona's table is international, with the city's institutes drawing talent from across Europe.
Researchers from across Barcelona
A sense of where Barcelona members spend their days — the universities, institutes and companies they come from.
Where Barcelona members meet
Barcelona groups meet across the city: the Eixample and Raval for the University of Barcelona, Ciutadella / Vila Olímpica for UPF, the Diagonal and Pedralbes for UPC and the BSC, and the 22@ district in Poblenou for the tech and ICFO crowd. Your group picks a lunch spot — a menú del día is rarely far.
Third-wave coffee, Barcelona-style
Lunch has a way of running into coffee. A few independent, third-wave spots Barcelona researchers gravitate to — chains need not apply.
Nømad Coffee
El Born
Satan's Coffee Corner
the Gothic Quarter
Skye Coffee Roasters
Poblenou
🍝 Three researchers, one table
How Research Lunch Club works in Barcelona
You get matched
Every month we pair you with two other researchers in Barcelona — deliberately across disciplines and career stages, so the conversation goes somewhere new.
Your group picks a day & a spot
You sort the time and place together in the member app — a lunch that works for all three of you, somewhere easy in the city.
You meet for lunch
Show up, swap notes, and build the kind of relationship that outlasts a conference badge. Most Barcelona groups keep in touch long after.
Your first lunch is on us
Snap a photo at the table and tag us on LinkedIn or Instagram — we'll cover your first lunch. Our way of saying welcome.
Pricing & the 90-day guarantee
The cost of a coffee
£5 a quarter, and you can cancel anytime. The lunch itself you pay for at the table.
A fresh match monthly
Two new Barcelona researchers every month you're a member.
90-day guarantee
Not feeling the lunches in your first 90 days? We'll refund your membership.
First lunch on us
Tag us in a photo from your first lunch and we'll cover it.
☕ Lunch that ran into coffee
Barcelona researcher FAQ
Usually around the Eixample, the Ciutadella campus, the Diagonal or Poblenou — close to where members work and study. You sort the day and the spot in the member app.
Other Barcelona-based researchers across fields and seniority — UB, UPF and UPC academics alongside researchers at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, IRB and ICFO. We mix disciplines on purpose.
Each month we group Barcelona members into threes, mixing disciplines and career stages and avoiding repeat pairings. A fresh group every month you're a member.
Yes — Barcelona's growing tech sector means plenty of members are industry researchers, from UX to data science. If research is your work, you belong at the table.
The cost of a coffee a quarter — £5, cancel anytime. The lunch you pay for at the table, and your first one is on us.
More on meeting other researchers
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The cost of a coffee a quarter. Cancel anytime. Your first lunch is on us.