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Madrid, Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Tomorrow, Thursday, May 5 , at 12:30 p.m. , the pre-election surveys will be available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es). The CIS has carried out 13 pre-election surveys in the Autonomous Communities that hold elections on May 22, as well as in the Autonomous Cities of Ceuta and Melilla. Studies were also carried out in the municipalities of Barcelona, Madrid, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Valencia, Vitoria and Zaragoza. For the municipal pre-elections, the capitals of the autonomies that do not hold elections on this date and/or cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants have been selected. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 7625.

Madrid, Thursday, April 28, 2011. Tomorrow, Friday, April 29 , at 12:30 p.m. , the barometer for the month of April will be available to all media on the website of the Center for Sociological Research (www.cis.es). This study contains the usual questions of the so-called political barometers: evaluation of leaders, voting intention, etc. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 7625.

VIII National Prize for Sociology and Political Science from the Center for Sociological Research Infanta Doña Cristina presents the award to Carlos Moya Madrid, April 25, 2011. Tomorrow afternoon, Professor Carlos Moya will receive, from the hands of Infanta Doña Cristina, the National Prize for Sociology and Political Science 2010 for a professional career of academic excellence. Together with both, the Minister of the Presidency, Ramón Jáuregui, the President of the CIS, Ramón Ramos and the President of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans and 2006 National Prize Winner, Salvador Giner, will participate in the event. Carlos Moya, professor emeritus at UNED, is recognized by all as an intellectual committed to the times in which he lived, a wise man and a teacher, whose crucial role in the institutionalization of sociology in Spain and is valued by the academic community. , especially, his innovative and original contributions in the field of sociological theory and socio-political philosophy. We attach a biographical note. The Jury that awarded this VIII national prize was made up of the President of the CIS, Ramón Ramos, the former presidents of the institution, Pilar del Castillo and Fernando Vallespín, the President of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans Salvador Giner and the professors Emilio Lamo of Espinosa, Teresa González de la Fe and Juan Luis Paniagua.

The CIS awards the Second REIS Prize for an article on salary discrimination in organisations Written by Emilio Castilla, the article "Mérito y discriminación dentro de las organizaciones: diferencias en la evaluación y retribución de empleados/as según género y origen étnico" was published in 2010 in issue 129 of the Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS) A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Emilio J. Castilla explains in his article how the processes used to set workers' salaries today can generate wage inequality within organisations. Using workforce data from a large private sector organisation, the author identifies and examines the two main stages of a common practice within companies: variable pay for employees using performance bonuses. This research highlights that employees' gender, ethnic origin and nationality all have a direct impact, both in the first phase of performance evaluation and the second stage of setting the salary. The longitudinal analysis shows that structurally equivalent employees (that is, in the same post and work unit with the same supervisor and the same human capital) obtained different salary increases even after having received the same performance evaluation score, simply on the basis of their gender, ethnic origin or nationality. The article concludes with a discussion of the relevance of these results for existing sociological literature on discrimination and wage inequality associated with gender and ethnic origin within contemporary organisations. The aim of the €2,500 prize, which was first awarded in January 2010, is to recognise works of high originality, relevance and methodological quality that have been published in the journal each year, while also encouraging authors to support the dissemination of their research activity in the national and international scientific community and to increase the visibility of their work in the field of social sciences. The panel of judges was composed of members of the REIS Editorial Board chaired by the President of the CIS, Ramón Ramos.

The CIS awards the II REIS Prize to an article on salary discrimination within organizations Signed by Emilio Castilla, the article "Merit and discrimination within organizations: differences in the evaluation and remuneration of employees according to gender and ethnic origin" was published in 2010 in number 129 of the Spanish Journal of Sociological Research (REIS) Wednesday, April 20, 2011.- Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Emilio J. Castilla explains in his article how the organizational processes used today to set workers' compensation can generate wage inequality within of the organizations. Using workforce data from a large private sector organization, the author identified and examined the two main stages of a common company practice: variable employee pay using a performance bonus. This research shows that the gender, ethnic origin or nationality of employees has a direct impact on both the first phase of evaluating their performance and the second phase of setting their salary. Longitudinal analysis shows that structurally equivalent employees (i.e., in the same position and work unit, with the same supervisor and the same human capital) obtain different salary increases even after receiving the same score on the evaluation of the employee. performance, simply because of their gender, ethnicity or nationality. The article concludes with a discussion of the relevance of these results to the existing sociological literature on discrimination and pay inequality based on gender and ethnicity within contemporary organizations. This award, endowed with 2,500 euros and awarded for the first time in January 2010, aims to especially distinguish the works of greatest originality, relevance and methodological quality published annually in the journal, at the same time providing a stimulus to its authors to support the dissemination of their research activity in the national and international scientific community and increase the visibility of their work in the field of social sciences. The members of the REIS Editorial Board have made up the Jury, which has been chaired by the President of the CIS, Ramón Ramos.

The award will be presented by HRH, Infanta Doña Cristina. In previous editions it has been awarded to Manuel Castells (2008), José María Maravall (2007), Salvador Giner (2006), José Jimenez Blanco (2005), Juan José Linz (2004), Salustiano del Campo (2003) and Francisco Murillo (2002). The event will be attended by the Minister of the Presidency, Ramón Jáuregui, the President of the CIS, Ramón Ramos, and the President of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans and 2006 National Prize Winner, Salvador Giner. Day: Tuesday April 26 Time: 7 p.m. Location: Wellington Hotel Total coverage. The news media that want to cover the event must be accredited at Casa Real ( compra@casareal.es ).

Madrid, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Tomorrow, April 6, at 12:30 p.m., the barometer for the month of March 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, as well as a variable part that collects the opinion of Spaniards on volunteering and evaluations of the agreement on the pension reform. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 7625.

Madrid, Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Tomorrow, March 9, at 12:30 p.m., the barometer for the month of February 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, as well as a variable part in which the opinion of Spaniards about laws and justice is collected. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 7625.

In recent months the CIS has worked on renewing its Internet presence, to offer an updated channel, both in image and services: www.cis.es This effort has been made not only to improve the design, but, above all, to facilitate access to our information, for which the content architecture has been reviewed. The download of microdata (14,000 between 2009 and 2010), used mainly by social researchers, has been improved, allowing them to register on the portal to access the data with a single registration, avoiding repeat operations. The Sociological Research Center carries out important editorial work, which we intend to bring closer to our users, enabling them to acquire our publications from the website itself (La Librería http://libreria.cis.es/ ). This initiative continues other initiatives, such as printing on demand and editions in specific formats for electronic books, already underway for a few months. Multimedia resources have also been introduced in the press area, to facilitate the work of the media, and the information has been reordered for better access to the files. In addition, on this new page you can consult the center's annual reports since 1999, as well as the appearances of the Presidents of the CIS before the Parliamentary Committees since 1995.