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Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences 2019
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Alejandro Portes
Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences 2019
Considered one of the most prestigious international sociologists, Portes has stood out for his research activity in the fields of international migration, economic sociology, comparative development, the urbanization of developing countries and social marginality. An advocate of the New Economic Sociology, his studies have become a source of reference to guide and organize the empirical research of social scientists worldwide.
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