Salvador Giner

Salvador Giner i de San Julián (10 February 1934 – 19 October 2019)[1] was a Spanish sociologist, who was the president of the Institute of Catalan Studies between 2005 and 2013.

He has been director and teacher in the Universitat Catalana d'Estiu (Catalan university of summer) (1969–1975).

He was director and founder of the Institute of Social Advanced Studies, which depends on the (CSIC).

He is editor and consultant of the Great Catalan Encyclopedia and of several national and international journals and reviews.

The Generalitat of Catalonia (Catalan regional government) gave him the Saint George cross in 1995.