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XI National Prize for Sociology and Political Science from the Center for Sociological Research
Madrid, 17 March 2017
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Madrid, March 17, 2017. On Wednesday , March 22 , at 12:00 p.m. , at the Royal Palace of El Pardo, His Majesty the King will present the Professor of Sociology, Mr. Emilio Lamo de Espinosa y Michels de Champourcin, with the National Sociology Award and Political Science 2016 in recognition of a career of professional and academic excellence.
The event will be attended by the Vice President of the Government and Minister of the Presidency, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría and the President of the CIS, Cristóbal Torres Albero.
Emilio Lamo de Espinosa y Michels de Champourcin, has a doctorate in Law from the Complutense University, a doctorate in Sociology from the University of California-UCSB (1979) where he expanded his studies in the early 70s, and has been Visiting Professor. Since 1982 he has been Professor of Sociology at the Complutense University.
For almost ten years (1992-2002) he was director of the Ortega y Gasset University Institute, the largest postgraduate center in social sciences in Spain. From 2002 to 2005, he was in charge, as Director, of founding the Royal Elcano Institute of International and Strategic Studies, the first Spanish think tank in international studies. Between 2007 and 2010 he was President of the Spanish Federation of Sociology, of which he is an Honorary Member.
He is an Honorary Doctor from the University of Salamanca, Otto de Habsburg Prize 2014, Numerary Academician of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, a regular collaborator in the press and patron or advisor of numerous foundations: Spain-United States Council Foundation (of which he is currently vice president), Elcano Royal Institute Foundation, Ortega y Gasset-Marañón Foundation, Carolina Foundation, Spanish Political Transition Foundation, Fernando Pombo Foundation, Prince of Girona Foundation and Botín Foundation. He is also a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Transparency and Integrity.
He is currently President of the Elcano Royal Institute and patron or advisor of numerous foundations or associations (Botín Foundation, Princess of Girona Foundation, Pombo Foundation, Spain-United States Council Foundation, Spanish Political Transition Foundation, Círculo Cívico de Opinión).
He has published twenty-two books, more than a hundred scientific monographs, and almost 400 press or popular articles.
The jury that awarded this prize was chaired by the former president of the CIS, Félix Requena Santos, the former president of the institution Joaquín Arango Vila-Belda, and the professors of Sociology and Political Science: Josetxo Beriaín Razquin, Carmen González Enríquez, Teresa González de la Fe, Pablo Oñate Rubalcaba, and Cristóbal Torres Albero.
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