in addition to being the unesco chair of complex thought, morin is known as a founder of transdisciplinarity and holds honorary doctorates in a variety of social science fields from 21 universities (messina, geneva, milan, bergamo, thessaloniki, la paz, odense, perugia, cosenza, palermo, nuevo león, université de laval à québec, brussels, barcelona, guadalajara, valencia, vera cruz, santiago, the catholic university of porto alegre, the universidade federal do rio grande do norte, and candido mendes university (rio de janeiro)).