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Madrid, January 3, 2017. On January 4 , at 12:30 p.m. , the barometer for the month of December will be available to all media on the website of the Center for Sociological Research (www.cis.es). This study contains the usual fixed questions of the monthly barometers about the political and economic situation and citizen perception of their problems. Additionally, this month includes a variable part on languages . For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, January 2, 2017. On January 3 , at 9:00 a.m. , the CCI (Consumer Confidence Indicator) 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, December 2, 2016. On December 5 , at 9:00 a.m. , the CCI (Consumer Confidence Indicator) 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, December 2, 2016. On December 5 , at 12:30 p.m. , the barometer for the month of November will be available to all media on the website of the Center for Sociological Research (www.cis.es). This study contains the usual fixed questions of the monthly barometers about the political and economic situation and citizen perception of their problems. In addition, this month includes a variable part on biodiversity . For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, November 11.- The Center for Sociological Research (CIS) has made nearly 60 publications from its catalog available to users of the electronic library of the Cervantes Institute. These are ebooks, in pdf format, that can be downloaded from different devices - tablets, smartphones, computers or electronic book readers - and from anywhere in the world, if you have an Internet connection, an active card from the library and an e-book reading application. This project was launched on July 28 after the signing, by both institutions, of the protocol of adhesion to the Agreement signed between the Ministry of the Presidency and the Cervantes Institute for the free dissemination of electronic publications through the Library digital of said Agency, following the recommendations on institutional distribution of the General Publications Plan of the General Administration of the State for the year 2013. The CIS titles available in the electronic library of the Cervantes Institute can be consulted at: http://libroselectronicos.cervantes.es/opac/#indice .

Friday, November 11, 2016 . This year's National Prize for Sociology and Political Science has been awarded to Emilio Lamo de Espinosa. This Award is a recognition of contribution and scientific work in the field of Sociology or Political Science and is awarded for a professional career or a singular work. Emilio Lamo de Espinosa (Madrid, 1946) is Professor of Sociology at the Complutense University of Madrid, Doctor in Law from the Complutense University and Doctor in Sociology from the University of California-Santa Bárbara. He is an Honoris Causa Doctor from the University of Salamanca (2012). Appointed Director General of Universities (1982) and later the first Secretary General of the Council of Universities, assuming responsibility for the preparation of the University Reform Law (1983). Within the framework of the EXPO (1992), he began research on the image of Spain abroad under the label “The Look of the Other”, a task that has continued since then in numerous countries (Italy, Germany, France, England, USA , Japan and others). Director of the Ortega y Gasset University Institute (1992-2001) and founder and first director of the Elcano Royal Institute (2001-2005). He has also been President of the Spanish Federation of Sociology (2007-2009), of which he is currently an Honorary Member, and a member of the Research Committee of the European University Institute (European University of Florence). He won the Jovellanos International Essay Prize in 1996 for his book Societies of Culture and Societies of Science (Nobel Editions, 1996), and is editor (along with S. Giner and C. Torres) of the most used Dictionary of Sociology in the Spanish language ( Editorial Alliance, Madrid). His last book, as coordinator, is Europe after Europe (Madrid, 2010). He has published twenty-two books, more than a hundred scientific monographs, and almost 400 press or popular articles. The winner has been recognized for his contribution to the development of sociological theory and the sociology of knowledge, his analyzes for understanding changes in a globalized world and his important work in the institutionalization of the social sciences. The jury was made up of the president of the CIS Félix Requena, the professor of sociology at the Complutense University of Madrid Joaquín Arango Vila-Belda, the professor of sociology at the Public University of Navarra Josetxo Beriaín Razquin, the professor of sociology at the University of the Laguna Teresa González de la Fe, the professor of political science at the National University of Distance Education Carmen González Enríquez, the professor of political science and administration at the University of Valencia Pablo Oñate Rubalcaba, and the professor of sociology of the Autonomous University of Madrid Cristóbal Torres Albero.

Madrid, November 4, 2016. On November 7 , at 12:30 p.m. , the barometer for the month of October and the post-electoral survey for the 2016 general elections will be available to all media on the website of the Center for Sociological Research ( www.cis.es). The barometer contains the usual fixed questions about the political and economic situation and citizen perception of its problems. In addition, this month includes a variable part that collects the voting intention and evaluation of political leaders. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, November 2, 2016. On November 3 , at 9:00 a.m. , the CCI (Consumer Confidence Indicator) 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, October 4, 2016. On October 5 , at 12:30 p.m. , the barometer for the month of September will be available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es). This study contains the usual fixed questions of the monthly barometers about the political and economic situation and citizen perception of their problems. Additionally, this month includes a variable part on reading habits . For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, September 30, 2016. On October 3 , at 9:00 a.m. , the CCI (Consumer Confidence Indicator) 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.