Pere Salas Vives

Pere Salas Vives is a Full Professor at the University of the Balearic Islands, affiliated with the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters and the Department of Historical Sciences and Theory of the Arts. He serves as Vice Dean and specializes in the historical analysis of state formation, nationalization, healthcare evolution, and social control mechanisms in Mallorcan society from the 18th century to the present.

• Research focuses on liberal state creation, medicalization of 19th-century society, and violence reduction trends
• Published in journals: Historia Social, Ayer, Medical History, Journal of Historical Sociology
• Recent books: L'espanyolització de Mallorca (2020), Les epidèmies a les Illes Balears (2020, co-authored with Joana M. Pujadas), Un compromís centenari (2021)

Teaching includes Contemporary History of the Balearic Islands, Modern World History, and Social History of Population. He supervises doctoral theses in the joint PhD program of History, Art History, and Geography. Actively participates in R&D groups CSPMC and GEDETUR.