Salvador Giner i de San Julián (10 February 1934 – 19 October 2019) was a Spanish sociologist, who was the president of the

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between 2005 and 2013.

Biography

Salvador Giner got his PhD in the

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and has postgraduate courses in the

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. In 1989, he became professor of sociology in the

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(1989–2004). His teaching activity has been developed in several countries. He was professor in the

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( King's College), the

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, the

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and the

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(Brunel) between 1965 and 1989. He was visitant lecturer in the University of Rome, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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. He is member of the Institute of Catalan Studies (1995), and he was founder and president of the Catalan Association of Sociology (1979), which depends on the

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. He was also one of the founders of the European Association of Sociology. He has been director and teacher in the ''Universitat Catalana d'Estiu'' (Catalan university of summer) (1969–1975). He was director and founder of the Institute of Social Advanced Studies, which depends on the ( CSIC). He is editor and consultant of the Great Catalan Encyclopedia and of several national and international journals and reviews. The

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(Catalan regional government) gave him the Saint George cross in 1995.

References

External links

Salvador Giner's biography
at the

Interview to Salvador Giner about contemporary religions
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