Background
Massanet, Luis Ignacio Ramallo was born on July 14, 1931 in Palma, Mallorca, Spain.
Massanet, Luis Ignacio Ramallo was born on July 14, 1931 in Palma, Mallorca, Spain.
Bachelor in Philosophy of Science and Education, University Javeriana, Bogotá, Columbia, 1957. Bachelor in Theology, Boston College, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy in Social Psychology, Harvard University, 1966.
Director School of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Education, U. Asunción, Paraguay, 1967-1969;
director Institute Applied Psychology, U. Asunción, Paraguay, 1968-1969;
director Center for Research and Social Action, U. Asunción, Paraguay, 1968-1969;
director L.Am. School Sociology, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Santiago de Chile, 1969-1976;
director, L.Am. Journal of Social Sciences, Santiago de Chile, 1971-1974;
co-director program of shared activities, L.Am.
School Sociology/L.Am. Center of Demography, Santiago de Chile, 1972-1974;
director, Permanent Office of FLACSO in Europe, Paris, 1977-1980;
secretary general, International Social Science Council, Barcelona, 1983-1992;
president, International Social Science Council, Barcelona, since 1992. Director department cultural programmes Fundació La Caixa, Barcelona.
Expert United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1970-1975. Expert L.Am. Faculty of Social Sciences, FLACSO, 1976-1980, permanent representative of FLACSO at United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1977-1979. Special consultor to subdirectory general social science United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1980-1982.
President Spanish National Common for Cooperation with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, since 1984, International Social Science Council, since 1992.
Member Latin American Committee for Social Psychology, Social Science Research Council (transnational committee of social psychology), International Committee for Information and Documentation in Social Sciences, Real Academy of Political Sciences and Ethics (corresponding member-elect).
Married María Eugenia Aravena-Zamora.