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.

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.

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.

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 ).

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.

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.

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.

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, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. The Sociological Research Center directs and sponsors the summer course “ Opinion surveys in today's society: challenges and opportunities ”, which will take place between July 4 and 8, 2011 at the framework of the summer courses of the Complutense University of Madrid, at its headquarters in San Lorenzo de El Escorial. As speakers, there is the participation of leading experts in the study of public opinion, both from the world of universities and from companies in the sector. The course program and information on enrollment, scholarships and credits can be consulted in the information accompanying this note and on the following website: http://www.ucm.es/info/cv/subweb/prog/programas/ 71106.html For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, Thursday, May 26, 2011. Once again, the Center for Sociological Research (CIS) will be present at the Madrid Book Fair, which this year will be held from May 27 to June 12. The CIS has almost 500 titles in its editorial collection, published over more than 30 years of activity. The latest publications will be displayed and can be purchased at booth number 17 , easily accessible from Puerta de Madrid (c/O'Donnell) with a 10% discount on the RRP. On Friday, June 10 at 1 p.m. In the Carmen Martín Gaite Tent of the Book Fair, the CIS will present the publication “Excluded Generations: Mexican-Americans, Assimilation and Race,” a classic work on integration and ethnicity, by Edward Telles and Vilma Ortiz. Consult the catalog

The Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) presented "Generaciones excluidas: mexicano-estadounidenses, asimilación y raza", by Edward Telles and Vilma Ortiz, on 10 June at the Madrid Book Fair. The presentation, which was attended by the President of the CIS, Ramón Ramos; one of the authors of the work, Edward Telles, and Professor of Sociology, Antonio Izquierdo, highlighted the originality of the work, not only with regard to its methodological approach but also its important conclusions. Edward Telles and Vilma Ortiz, professors of sociology at the universities of Princeton and California, respectively, outline a series of institutional barriers, such as the shortfalls of the education system and persisting discrimination, to explain why the integration of the youngest generations has come to a halt, and they propose a series of measures which could restart this process. A fortuitous finding was the starting point for this innovative analysis, which shows how the economic and educational progress of immigrants of Mexican origin in the United States has come to a halt in the second generation. In his presentation, Antonio Izquierdo, professor of sociology at the University of A Coruña and Director of the Research Team on Sociology of International Migration, underlined the need to reconsider our view of integration and immigration policies in light of the disheartening results of this cross-generational research. "This is a key text in fields such as stratification, ethnicity and comparative policies on the integration of immigrants and their children in Europe and the United States", asserted Izquierdo.

The purpose of Research Notes is to tackle and clarify problems which arise when receiving and using the data provided in studies published by the CIS Research Note NI2011001 Political class problem. Tables and graphs

Madrid, Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 6 , at 1:30 p.m. , the barometer for the month of June 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 monthly barometers, as well as a variable part in which the opinion of Spaniards on corruption is collected. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 7625.

Certified by the FECYT for its editorial and scientific quality Madrid, Thursday, July 7, 2011 - The Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) of the Ministry of Science and Technology, has awarded the Spanish Journal of Sociological Research (REIS) the Excellent Journal Certificate after having successfully passed the quality evaluation process of Spanish scientific journals carried out by said foundation. In consecutive and exclusive phases, multiple indicators of editorial quality were analyzed, such as peer review; the absence of inbreeding of the authors or the openness of the editorial board, as well as the percentage of originality in the published content, among others. Likewise, the evaluation of scientific quality has assessed the objectives, coverage and contribution to the area of knowledge to which the journal belongs, as well as the impact on its field. The journals that have passed this evaluation, such as the REIS , can be integrated into the Spanish Repository of Science and Technology (RECYT), a platform for digital editing and publication of Spanish scientific journals. Currently, REIS is the only Spanish social sciences journal present in the JSTOR scientific journal repository and the second most downloaded in DIALNET, a repository that includes journals from all areas of knowledge.

A CIS book on the image of politicians and their impact on the vote receives the award from the Spanish Association of Political Science AECPA 2011 Award for a CIS publication Madrid, Thursday, July 14, 2011- “Political leaders, public opinion and electoral behavior in Spain” , by Guillem Rico , published by the Center for Sociological Research (CIS) in 2009, has won the Best Book Award, awarded by the Association Spanish Political Science (AECPA). The jury, which in this edition has evaluated the works published in the last two years, has highlighted their originality, innovation, relevance, impact and repercussion. This is the first research work published in Spain where the nature and effects of images of leaders on the political attitudes and voting decisions of Spaniards are systematically and in-depth studied. Guillem Rico , doctor in Political Science from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, demonstrates that the images of leaders have a notable impact on the voting decisions of Spaniards, corroborating a phenomenon already intuited by students of electoral behavior in our country: a A good evaluation of the leader significantly increases the probability of supporting his or her party. This work takes advantage of the availability of the enormous CIS database, which collects the popularity of the candidates over the last 30 years, and includes an analysis of the evolution of the evaluations of the leaders of the PSOE, PP /AP, IU/PCE, UCD and CDS between 1979-2009. The results of this work suggest that citizens generally make sensible and politically reasoned use of considerations about leaders. It also demonstrates that the images of the candidates are intimately and congruently linked to the circumstances of the political debate, the performance of the governments and the proposals for action of the parties. “Political leaders, public opinion and electoral behavior in Spain” shares this award granted ex aequo also to the work Azorín, parliamentary witness. Journalism and politics from 1902 to 1923, by José Ferrándiz Lozano.

Madrid, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 27 , at 12:30 p.m. , the barometer for the month of July 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.