Curriculum vitae

Manuel Castells

Manuel Castells is University Professor and the Wallis Annenberg Chair of Communication Technology and Society at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and Professor of Sociology and director of the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute at the Open University of Catalonia in Barcelona. He is also Professor Emeritus of Sociology and of City & Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught for 24 years, after being on the faculty of the University of Paris for 12 years.

He is, as well, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Internet Studies at Oxford University, and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Science, Technology and Society at Santa Clara University. He has lectured in over 300 academic institutions in 41 countries. He has published 25 books, including the trilogy "The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture" which was published by Blackwell in its first edition in 1996-98,and has been translated into 22 languages, and "Communication power", published by Oxford University Press in 2009, translated in Italian, Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese. He is the recipient of 16 honorary doctorates and University Medals from universities in Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia.

He is a Fellow of the European Academy, a Fellow of the Spanish Royal Academy of Economics, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has been knighted by France, Finland, Catalonia, Chile, and Portugal. He has served in a number of international advisory committees, including the Panel of Eminent Personalities appointed in 2003-2004 by the United Nations Secretary General to advise on the relationships between the United Nations and the global civil society. He was a founding member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council of the European Commission. He is currently a trustee of the California Institute of the Arts, and a member of the Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).