Alain Touraine#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 791 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL THOUGHT |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
Alain Touraine passed away June 9, 2023.
Positions Held
- Research director at the Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences) in Paris
- 1981 - 1993 Center for Sociological Analysis and Intervention
- 1970 - 1981 Centre d'Études des Mouvements Sociaux
- 1966 - 1969 Professor of Literature at the University of Paris-Nanterre
- 1960 - 1966 Director of Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (later renamed the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales)
Fields of Scholarship
- Sociology of labor and worker consciousness
- Social movements (Latin America, Poland)
Honours and Awards
- 1968 - 1970 President of the French Sociology Society
- 1974 - 1978 Vice-President of the International Sociological Association
- 1994 - 1996 Member of the Haut Conseil ŕ l'Intégration
- 1995 Academia Europaea Erasmus Medal
- Member of the Governing Council of the Maison d'Amérique Latine
- Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- Member of the Academy of Europe
- Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences
- Member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
- 1988 Honorary Doctor of the University of Geneva
- 1990 Honorary Doctor of the University of Montreal
- 1992 Honorary Doctor of the University of Catholic Leuven
- 1995 Honorary Doctor of the University of La Paz
- 1995 Honorary Doctor of the University of Bologna
- 1996 Honorary Doctor of the University of Mexico
- 1996 Honorary Doctor of the University of Santiago de Chile
- 1997 Honorary Doctor of the University of Quebec
- 1997 Honorary Doctor of the University of Menéndez Pelayo
- 2001 Honorary Doctor of the University of Córdoba, Argentina
- 2001 Honorary Doctor of the University of Puebla, Mexico
- 2003 Honorary Doctor of the University of Rome
- 2004 Honorary Doctor of the University of Jÿvaskÿla, Finland
- 2005 Honorary Doctor of the University of Valparaíso
- 2006 Honorary Doctor of the University of and Bogotá
