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Emilio Lamo de Espinosa Michels de Champourcin (Madrid, 1946) is a sociologist, author, and Spanish emeritus professor.

Profesional career
Born in Madrid in 1946, the son of Emilio Lamo of Espinosa and Enríquez of Navarra and brother of the former minister of UCD Jaime Lamo of Espinosa. He studied at the College of Pilar of Madrid, and then economics and law at Complutense University. He graduated with a docter in law with a extodinary prize of degree from Complutense University (1973) and doctor in sociology from the University of California (1979), where he is a visiting professor.

Currently is the emeritus professor of sociology of Complutense University and since 2009 he has been a full member at the Royal Academy of Moral Science and Politics, with the medal number 44. On the 25th of October 2010 with a speech delivered in a plenary session presided by the then, Prince Philip, titled, The society of knowledge. Information, science, wisdom.

He director general of Universities (1982-1985) and general secretary of the Council of Universities (1985-1987), drafting, with Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, the University Reform Law (1983) that adapted the Spanish University to the 1978 Constitution. In October 1987 he volutarily resigned and returned to the university, after creating, at the request of Minister Maravall, the Institute of Advanced Social Studies (IESA) of the Higher Council of Scientific Research, under the new Science Law (1986).

From 1988 to 1991 he combined his university work with the vice president of Burke-Emopublic, a private social reseach intitute, which carrys out a varierty of reports, electoral studies, public opionion polls, and market studies. From 1990 to 1992 he ran the cultural activities of the Spain Pavellion at the EXPO'92 of Sevilla, designing and organizing the first International Congress of the Spanish Language (the so-called Zero Congress).

In 1992 he was appointed directer of the Ortega and Gasset University Institute. Which he held until 2001. During these years the Ortega and Gasset University Institute became the largest training center for social science postgraduates in Spain, with almost 500 students of 20 nationalities.

In 2001 he particpated in the founding of the Elcano Royal Institute, which was probably the first Spanish think tank. It nominated him directer, a position that he held until 2005. During that time he caused controversy about his position of the war in Iraq, and of the participation of Spain in the intervencion. He took the position of the José María Aznar government.

He returned to the Elecano Royal Institute in 2012 as president, the position was renewed in 2017, and he voluntarily resigned in 2021, but is still involved. He is also involved in or is an adviser in numerous fundations and associations: (Botín Fundacion, Princess of Asturias Fundation, Princess of Girona Fundation, Fernando Pombo Fundation, Spain-United States Council Fundation, Spanish Political Transition Fundation, Civic Circle of Opinion).

He is the president of the Spanish Federation of Sociology (2007-2010), member of the Research Commitee of the European University Institute (European University of Florence), Advisor of the European Institute of Education and Social Policy (Paris), advisor for the International Council of Educational Devolopment (Washington), consultant for Sofres, Sofemasa and Demoscopia, membier of the Supierior Council of Statistics, member of the advisory council of the Center of Sociological investigations, member of the Editoral Board of the journals, Contemporary Crisis, Spanish Sociological Research (REIS), Spanish Sociology (RES), Internacional Sociology, System, Journal of the West, Empirical, Archieves and Papers, amoung others.

He also is a frequent columist in the newspaper The Country and the ABC, having publiced more than 400 politcal, social, book critique columns.