University of Dhaka, Bangladesh: Centre for Social Studies.

Earlier, he was associated with the North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, and the Centre for Social Studies, Surat.

London Centre for Social Studies (LCSS) is an independent research organisation to produce, promote and coordinate social studies research to address critical social, political and economic issues.

As part of his advocacy efforts to fight the regime of Augusto Pinochet, Viera-Gallo founded the magazine ChileAmérica, which would later become incorporated into the Centre for Social Studies (CESOC).

In 1992-1994 Pinior completed post-graduate work at the Ethics and Religious Studies, University of Wrocław (1980) and the Centre for Social Studies at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences.

In this role he helped build the interdisciplinary research programmes of the Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation, and bring together the Research Centre for Social Studies and Science Studies Unit as the Science, Technology and Innovation Studies subject group.