What is ASP



Analistas Socio Políticos (ASP) Research Center, is a private, independent research institute of social sciences located in Madrid (Spain). It has been founded in 1993 by Víctor Pérez-Díaz , Ph.D.in Sociology from Harvard University (1976)and Professor of Sociology at the Complutense University in Madrid (1980-2009).

ASP is committed to the study of the relationships between the market economy, liberal democratic polities and civil society in the modern world, and the debates concerning their cultural and moral foundations.

ASP carries out activities of research and publication, as well as consulting for public and private institutions and collaborates with research centers, foundations and academics of national and international standing. Its activities have been sponsored by a variety of international and Spanish institutions, of both public and private character, for profit as well as non profit organizations. ASP also provides research training for Ph.D. candidates.