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The University of Coruña (Spain) and Roskilde University (Denmark) distinguish Boaventura de Sousa Santos with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa. The awards ceremonies take place, respectively, on September 19 and 21, 2018.

Boaventura de Sousa Santos is Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Coimbra (Portugal), and Distinguished Legal Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned an LL.M and J.S.D. from Yale University and holds the Degree of Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, by McGill University

He is director of the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra and scientific coordinator of the Permanent Observatory of Justice.