Position: RESEARCHER FROM ANOTHER CENTRE R+D. (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia; National University of Distance Learning).
Department: Social Structure.
Field: Sociology.
Address: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Calle del Obispo Trejo, 2, 28040 Madrid
Having completed a first degree in Philosophy and Arts (1973) and his PhD in Sociology (1990), he is a Senior Technical Officer (on leave of absence) at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA). From 1978 to 1983 he worked as a Rural Sociologist at the National Institute of Agrarian Reform and Development, at the provincial headquarters in Huesca and from 1983 to 1991 as Head of Studies of the General Technical Secretariat of the MAPA. From 1992 to December 2014, he was a professor in the Department of Sociology II (Social Structure) of the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology at the National University of Distance Education (UNED). He has taught General Sociology, Human Ecology, Rural Sociology, and Environment and Society. Between 1983 and 1995 he was Director of the Revista Agricultura y Sociedad and of the book collections “Estudios” (“Studies”) and “Clásicos Agrarios” (“Agricultural Classsics”) for the MAPA. He retired on 30 December 2014. He has been a Member of the Council of the European Society of Rural Sociology. He is a member of the advisory board and editor for several academic journals in the fields of Rural Sociology, Food Sociology, Environmental Sociology, and History of Agricultural Policies and Social Thought. His main publications include
a) Studies on Rural Sociology: Políticos, burócratas y expertos. Un estudio de la política agraria y de la sociología rural en España. 1936–1959 (Politicians, bureaucrats and experts. A study of agricultural policy and rural sociology in Spain. 1936–1959) (1995); with J. C. Carlos Gimeno, La colonización agraria en España y en Aragón: 1939–1975 (Agricultural colonization in Spain and Aragon: 1939–1975) (2003); with E. Luque Pulgar Imágenes de un mundo rural. 1955–1980 (Images of a Rural World 1955–1980) (2003; 2006); Una revisión y una reflexión sobre la política de colonización agraria en la España de Franco (A review of and reflection on the policy of agricultural colonization in Franco’s Spain) (2004); with E. Luque Pulgar, “Modernización agraria, modernización administrativa y franquismo. El modelo educativo y administrativo del Servicio de Extensión Agraria (1955–1986)” (“Agricultural modernization, administrative modernization, and the Franco regime. The educative and administrative model of the Agricultural Extension Service [1955–1986]”) (2007); La agricultura y la sociedad rural en la obra de Julio Caro Baroja (1914–1995) (Agriculture and rural society in the work of Julio Caro Baroja [1914–1995]) (2007); “De los planes de desarrollo a las integración en la CEE: 1964–1985” (“From the development plans to EEC accession: 1964–1985”) in R. Robledo, ed., History of the Ministry of Agriculture (2011); with M. Pérez Yruela, “La Sociología rural en España” (“Rural Sociology in Spain), in Giner and Moreno (eds.), Sociología en España (1990); with L. López Calvo, Rural Sociology in Spain (1992); with J. J. González, Agricultura y Sociedad en la España contemporánea (Agriculture and Society in Contemporary Spain) (1997); with J. J. González, Clases agrarias, estrategias familiares y mercado de trabajo (Agrarian classes, family strategies, and the labour market) (1997); ed. with J. J. González, Estrategias familiares y futuro de la agricultura familiar (Family strategies and the future of family agriculture) (1999); with J. J. González and R. Sancho Hazak, Identidad y profesión en la agricultura familiar (Identity and profession in family agriculture) (2000); ed. with J. J. González, Profession and identity. The case of family farming in Spain, (2001); La población rural en la España actual: movilidad y recomposición social (The rural population in contemporary Spain: mobility and social recomposition) (2000); with J. J. González, Juventud rural 2000 (Rural youth 2000) (2002); with J. J. González, Agricultura y sociedad en el cambio de siglo (Agriculture and society at the turn of the century) (2002): with J. J. González, “Familia y explotación en la transformación de la agricultura familiar española” (“Family and exploitation in the transformation of Spanish family farming”) (2002); with J. J. González, “Informe sociológico del medio rural” (“Sociological report on the countryside”), in J. Regidor (ed.), Desarrollo rural sostenible: un nuevo desafío (2008); with C. Díaz Méndez, “La juventud rural en el cambio de siglo: tendencias y perspectivas” (“Rural youth at the turn of the century: trends and outlooks”) (2009); with J. J. González, Opinión pública, agricultura y sociedad rural (Public opinion, agriculture and rural society) Barómetro del medio rural de Castilla y León (2015);
b) Food sociology studies: with Cecilia Díaz Méndez, Del consumo alimentario a la sociología de la alimentación (From food consumption to the sociology of food) (2001); with Cecilia Díaz Méndez, El consumo alimentario en España (Food consumption in Spain) (2004); with Cecilia Díaz Méndez, “Una aproximación a las teorías y los debates actuales en torno a la alimentación contemporánea” (“An approach to the current theories and debates about food today”) (2005), in eds. Cecilia Díaz Méndez and Cristóbal Gómez Benito, Sociología y Alimentación (2005); ed. with Cecilia Díaz Méndez, Alimentación, consumo y salud (Food, consumption, and health) (2008); Aproximación a la sociología de la alimentación. Un mapa temático (Approach to the sociology of food: a topical map) (2008); with Cecilia Díaz Méndez, Evolución de las recomendaciones institucionales sobre salud y alimentación (Evolution of institutional recommendations on health and food) (2008); with Cecilia Díaz Méndez, Problemáticas actuales en torno a la alimentación y a la salud (Current problems concerning food and health) (2008); with Cecilia Díaz Méndez, “Nutrition and the Mediterranean diet. A historical and sociological analysis of the concept of a ‘healthy diet’ in Spanish society” (2010); with C. Lozano, E. Luque, and M. Moreno, “Las etiquetas alimentiarias ¿herramientas de (des)conexión entre productores y consumidores?” (“Food labels: tools to (dis)connect producers and consumers?”) (2013); with C. Lozano, C. “¿Consumidores o ciudadanos? Reflexiones sobre el concepto de ciudadanía alimentaria” (“Consumers or citizens? Reflection on the concept of food citizenship”) (2014); with C. Lozano, Constructing Food Citizenship: Theoretical Premises and Social Practices (2014);
c) Studies on environmental sociology: Diversidad biológica, conocimiento local y desarrollo (Biological diversity, local knowledge, and development) (1995); with A. Paniagua, “Caracterización sociodemográfica de la sensibilidad ambiental en España” (“Socio-demographic description of enviromental feeling in Spain”) (1995); with A. Paniagua, Agricultura y naturaleza: una aproximación a las imágenes y actitudes de la población respecto a las relaciones entre agricultura, medio rural y naturaleza (Agriculture and nature: an approach to people’s image of and attitudes towards the relationship between agriculture, the countryside, and nature) (1998); with J. Noya and A. Paniagua, La inconsistencia de las actitudes hacia el medio ambiente en España (The inconsistency of attitudes towards the environment in Spain) (1999); with J. Noya and A. Paniagua, Actitudes y comportamientos hacia el medio ambiente en España (Attitudes and behaviour towards the environment in Spain) (1999).