Salvador Giner#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 3559 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
Salvador Giner passed away October 19, 2020.
Positions Held
- 2005 - present, President, Institute for Catalan Studies, Barcelona, Spain
- 2002 - 2005 Vice-President, Institute for Catalan Studies, Barcelona, Spain
- 1990 - 1996 Professor, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
- 1988 - 1999 Director, Institute for Advanced Social Studies, Spanish National Research Council, Barcelona, Madrid, Córdoba, Spain
- 1987 - 1991 Full Professor of Sociology, University of Barcelona, Spain
- 1987 - 1991 Director, Department of Sociology, University of Barcelona, Spain
- 1980 - 1981 Visiting Fellow, Yale University
- 1979 - 1987 Lecturer, University of Reading; Senior Lecturer and Reader, University of Lancaster; Professor and Director, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Brunel University, United Kingdom
- 1969 - 1976 Professor of Social Sciences, Summer Catalan University, Prades, France
- 1964 - 1965 Visiting Fellow, King's College, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
Fields of Scholarship
- Social theory and history of social thought
- The study of Southern Europe
- Mediterranean urban societies (in particular Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain and Catalonia)
- Corporatism, civil society, governability, and republican political philosophy
- Sociology of culture
- The relationship between moral philosohpy and social science
Honours and Awards
- Honorary doctorate, University of Lleida, Spain
- 2013 Honorary doctorate, Spanish National University of Distance Education, Madrid, Spain
- 2008 National Award of Social Sciences Premio Nacional de Ciencias Sociales
- 2006 National Award for Sociology and Political Science, Centre for Sociological Reseach, Madrid, Spain
- 2005 Honorary doctorate, University of Valencia, Venezuela?
- 2000 - 2003 Director, Barcelona Metropolitan Survey 2000
- 1995 'Creu de Sant Jordi' Award (from the Catalan Government)
- 1995 Member of the Institute for Catalan Studies, Barcelona, Spain
- 1992 Co-founder of the European Sociological Association
- 1987 - 1991 President, Spanish Sociological Association
- 1986 - 1990 President, Federation of Spanish Sociological Associations
- 1983 - 1990 Executive Committee Member, International Sociological Association
- 1979 - 1987 Vice-President and Co-Founder, Spanish Sociological Association
- 1979 Co-founder and president of the Catalan Association of Sociology
