What are the challenges of being a photographer? Five Problems You’ll Face as a Photographer Rejection, Rejection, Rejection. The biggest hurdle for any photographer is the rejection that he or she will face on a daily basis. Your Bank Account Will Be Empty. Your Family is Too Kind. Photography May Turn into a Job. Get […]
Uncertainties, challenges and potentialities of the TWENTY-first century. Major International trends
During the days 11, 12 and 13 of November 2009 took place the XI FORUM OF SOCIAL TRENDS: Uncertainties, challenges and potentialities of the TWENTY-first century. Major International trends. The Forum was held at the Palacio de Congresos of Mérida. Was organized by the Group of Studies of Social Trends (GETS) in the Department of […]
Index of development of social services 2012
The Index of development of social services 2012, issued by the State Association of Directors and Managers in Social Services, is a report that analyzes the level of development of social services in Spain. This study assesses the current situation of social services in the Autonomous Communities with respect to the average of the State, […]
Global Report on the Social Sciences 2010
World report on Social Sciences Social science from western countries are still the most influence at the global level, but this field is expanding rapidly in Asia and Latin America, and more specifically in China and Brazil. In sub-Saharan Africa, social scientists from south Africa, Nigeria and Kenya produce 75% of academic publications. In South […]
Immigration and social class in Spain
Conference Miguel Requena (Professor of Sociology at the UNED): “Immigration and social class in Spain,” in Demography Today the 20 of January 2012. . To correctly understand the change in the structure of classes Spanish you can’t ignore the impact that it has had the arrival in the country, between 1998 and 2009, a quota […]
Immigration and Emigration: myths and realities
Directed by Joaquín Arango, David Moya Malapeira and Josep Oliver Alonso the Yearbook of Immigration in Spain 2013 (edition 2014) performed a comprehensive review of the phenomena connected with immigration and emigration to and from Spain: changes in the labour market of immigrants, the evolution of the flows or the fall of remittances, the processes […]
Integrating manager bibliographic Zotero in Word and OpenOficce
In the first entries to the launch of the weblog of Cisolog I recommended in the section utilities, and software Zotero, a manager of bibliographic references to open access that works great in the Firefox browser (also works in Safari and Chrome using the Standalone version in Alpha (desktop) via a plugin. See ZOTERO, manager […]
International Sociological Debates at the University of Barcelona
Since October 2012 he is teaching the seminar “International Sociological Debates at the University of Barcelona (ISDUB)”. Its main objective is to promote the international debate among social scientists, from the perspective of sociology, a discipline key to understanding the problems and contribute to the resolution of the conflicts of our society. The ISDUB is […]
Endowment Saskia Sassen Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Murcia
The professor of the american University of Columbia and Prince of Asturias Award (See more here) in Social Sciences Saskia Sassen on April 24, 2014 was invested Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Murcia (UM). Warned about the increase of poverty and the number of displaced people to receive the doctorate honoris causa of […]