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Miguel Beltrán receives the National Prize for Sociology and Political Science 2020 The Professor of Sociology at the Autonomous University of Madrid has focused his studies on problems related to the sociology of knowledge and science, and the sociological study of Public Administration Madrid, November 3, 2020 . The Professor of Sociology at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Miguel Beltrán, has received the 2020 National Prize for Sociology and Political Science after a professional career of more than 40 years. Beltrán has focused part of his studies on problems related to the sociology of knowledge and science. In empirical research he has worked on different aspects of public administrations , as well as on some dimensions that have to do with inequality and social structure. He has been director of the Department of Sociology and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Miguel Beltrán was an Extraordinary Prize winner in his Bachelor's and Doctorate degrees , and a Master of Arts in Sociology from Yale University. He has also been a contract professor at the Universities of Florence and Catania, associate professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, visiting researcher at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and visiting professor at different Universities such as Germany, Mexico, Colombia , Peru, Brazil and Chile. He is currently a member of the Editorial Board of the Spanish Journal of Sociology . He has been part of the Editorial Boards of the Spanish Journal of Sociological Research and the International Journal of Sociology. Miguel Beltrán has also been a Civil Administration Technician, in 1974 he was General Secretary of the Institute of Public Opinion (predecessor of the CIS) and in 1981, Technical General Secretary of the Presidency of the Government . As public recognition of his academic contribution, he received the Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise in 2003 . He is the author of books such as: The Spanish bureaucratic elite (1977), Ideologies and public spending in Spain , 1814-1860 (1977), Science and sociology (1979), Officials before the reform of the Administration (1985), The productivity of Spanish Administration: a comparative analysis (1991), Social reality (1991), Society and language. A sociological reading of Saussure and Chomsky (1991), Public action in the democratic regime (2000), Social perspectives and knowledge (2000), The social structure (2004), and Bourgeoisie and liberalism in 19th century Spain: sociology of a class domination (2010). The jury for this award was made up of the president of the CIS, the Professor of Sociology José Félix Tezanos, the Professor of Sociology at the Rey Juan Carlos University, Alfonso de Esteban Alonso, the Dean of the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology of the Complutense University of Madrid and Professor of Political Science, Esther del Campo García, the Professor of Political Science of the National University of Distance Education and General Director of Universities and Higher Artistic Education of the Community of Madrid, Irene Delgado Sotillos, the Professor of Sociology at the National University of Distance Education, María Rosario H. Sánchez Morales, the Professor of Sociology at the Carlos III University of Madrid, Constanza Tobío, the Full Professor of Sociology at the Complutense University, María José Mateo Rivas, the Professor of Sociology and National Sociology Prize 2018, María Ángeles Durán Heras and the Professor of Sociology at the Complutense University of Madrid and National Sociology Prize 2019, Inés Alberdi.

Madrid, October 14, 2020. On October 15 , at 12:30 p.m. , the barometer for the month of October will be available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es). For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, October 6, 2020. On October 7 , at 12:30 p.m. , the post-electoral surveys of Galicia and the Basque Country will be available to all media on the website of the Center for Sociological Research (www.cis.es). For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, October 5, 2020. Today, October 5 , at 12:30 p.m. , the CCI (Consumer Confidence Index) will be available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es) . The ICC collects monthly the assessment of the recent evolution and expectations of Spanish consumers related to their family economy, employment and their savings and consumption possibilities. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, September 16, 2020. Today, September 16 at 1:00 p.m. , the second macro-survey on violence against women and the fifth on gender violence, with one of the largest samples carried out so far, and which will be available to everyone users on the website of the Center for Sociological Research. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, September 16, 2020. Tomorrow, September 17 , at 12:30 p.m. , the special barometer for the month of September, on the coronavirus, will be available to all media on the website of the Center for Sociological Research (www. cis.es). For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, September 4, 2020. On September 7 , at 12:30 p.m. , the CCI (Consumer Confidence Index) will be available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es) . The ICC collects monthly the assessment of the recent evolution and expectations of Spanish consumers related to their family economy, employment and their savings and consumption possibilities. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, August 4, 2020. On August 5 , at 12:30 p.m. , the CCI (Consumer Confidence Index) will be available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es) . The ICC collects monthly the assessment of the recent evolution and expectations of Spanish consumers related to their family economy, employment and their savings and consumption possibilities. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, July 24, 2020. On July 27 , at 12:30 p.m. , the study of public opinion and fiscal policy (with voting intention) will be available to all media on the website of the Center for Sociological Research ( www.cis.es). For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

The Court of Auditors files the complaint filed against the president of the CIS for a contract made to a company According to the Court, there is no irregularity in the orders that CIS has made to a private company during the state of alarm It states that "the existence of an effective and concrete scope or impairment of public funds has not been verified" Madrid, July 24, 2020 . The Court of Accounts has archived, without even opening information proceedings, the complaint that a private lawyer had filed against the president of the Sociological Research Center, José Félix Tezanos, for a contract made to a private company during the state of alarm. The Court maintains that "the existence of an effective and concrete impact or impairment of public funds has not been verified", noting that "there has been no specific damage to the public funds of the CIS capable of generating accounting liability due to scope". Assessments in which the reports presented by the State Attorney's Office and the Prosecutor's Office also agree. Furthermore, the Court highlights that the statements made by the complainant in relation to the alleged irregularity in the contracting carried out by the CIS " are generic and imprecise and represent, ultimately, mere suspicions of the existence of illicit acts that, however, do not receive confirmation, given that the only documentation provided is photocopies of different press articles. The position of the Prosecutor's Office and the State Attorney's Office is consistent with the arguments contained in the ruling of the Court of Accounts order . In this way, both institutions also consider that "the existence of any impairment in the CIS funds as a consequence of the award and execution of the alleged contract denounced has not been proven." The Directorate of the Sociological Research Center requested four offers and budgets from the following demographic companies: INTERCAMPO, IMOP, GESOP and CIMOP. Projects and budgets that were delivered to the CIS, dated, sealed and authenticated . The fact that emergency contracts do not require this formality and can be carried out even verbally does not imply that the CIS did not follow the usual procedure, also on an urgent basis, to guarantee maximum objectivity, effectiveness and transparency in its operation. . For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.