Manuel Castells Receives the National Sociology and Political Science Award
UOC - Open University of Catalonia - The Global Online University research professor and director of the IN3, Manual Castells has received the 2008 National Sociology and Political Science Award at the Cervantes Institute. The Culture Minister, Ángeles González-Sinde, presented this award in recognition of a career of professional and academic excellence in the field of Sociology and Political Science. The jury highlighted his international projection and capacity for innovation.
Barcelona, Spain, October 08, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The ceremony was also attended by the President of the Catalan Government, José Montilla, the Chair of the Centre for Sociological Research (CIS), Belén Barreiro, and the director of the Cervantes Institute, Carmen Cafarell.
Director of the IN3
Manuel Castells has held the post of Professor of Sociology and director of the IN3 since November 2008.
He is currently a member of the Governing Council of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, as well as Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Urban and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, an institution where he taught and undertook research for twenty-four years.
Author of numerous books, Professor Castells’s most important work is The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture, which has been translated into twenty languages and has become a benchmark study into the repercussion of information and communication technologies on our world. His latest book is Communication Power (OUP, 2009).
UOC - Open University of Catalonia - The Global Online University, offers online courses in the languages English, Spanish, Catalan and French. For more information about the online courses offered by UOC visit the website TheGlobalOnlineUniversityUocEdu. For individual questions or enquiries, contact the training advisor team at +34 93 326 30 00, or send an e-mail to: queries@uoc.edu
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Director of the IN3
Manuel Castells has held the post of Professor of Sociology and director of the IN3 since November 2008.
He is currently a member of the Governing Council of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, as well as Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Urban and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, an institution where he taught and undertook research for twenty-four years.
Author of numerous books, Professor Castells’s most important work is The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture, which has been translated into twenty languages and has become a benchmark study into the repercussion of information and communication technologies on our world. His latest book is Communication Power (OUP, 2009).
UOC - Open University of Catalonia - The Global Online University, offers online courses in the languages English, Spanish, Catalan and French. For more information about the online courses offered by UOC visit the website TheGlobalOnlineUniversityUocEdu. For individual questions or enquiries, contact the training advisor team at +34 93 326 30 00, or send an e-mail to: queries@uoc.edu
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