Ramón Flecha is a professor of sociology at the University of Barcelona, Doctor Honoris Causa from West University of Timisoara, and a renowned researcher in social sciences in Europe.
Alain Touraine highlighted the contribution of Flecha in recognizing the knowledge of cultural analysis of people without studies:
At times, as Ramón Flecha demonstrates, knowledge goes from bottom to top, when individuals without degrees produce and invent cultural analyses based on their own experience.
Ulrich Beck pointed out how Flecha's analysis of contemporary sociological theory demonstrated rigorous research with facts, linking theory with criticism and empirical research with praxis :
combines rigorous research with facts, including the intention for a dialogical utopia.
But this broad intention is presented in the book, joining theory with critique and empirical research with praxis, in such a charming way that it grabs its readers and captures them under its spell.
He attributes a strong coherence between his personal and social life and the values that he promotes in his research.
His sociological contributions cover different areas; research methodology (communicative methodology), culture (dialogic literary gatherings), economics (successful cooperative actions), education (learning communities), cultural groups (distinction of modern and postmodern racism), new masculinities (alternative masculinities), sociology of science (scientific, political and social impact) and social theory (dialogic societies).