Juan Diez Nicolas is the current director and chair for Research
in the Social Sciences and Security at the Universidad Europea de Madrid. Dr.
Diez-Nicolas earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the Universidad
Complutense in Madrid in 1967 after he had completed a Fulbright fellowship at
the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with an MA degree in Sociology. Dr.
Diez-Nicolas is the founding president for AnálisisSociológicos, Econóicos y
Políticos (ASEP). He is also the founding president for (FADDIS): The
Foundation for the Analysis and Dissemination of Social Surveys Data. Dr.
Diez-Nicolas serves as the Vice-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of
the World Values Survey. Dr. Diez- Nicolas has impressively published 32 books
and more than 250 articles and book chapters in academic journals. He has also
received the Order of the Great Cross of Alfonso X the Wiseman and the
recipient of the National Award in Sociology and Political Science from Centro
de InvestigacionesSociológicas, amongst other awards and honors.