The European Values Study (EVS) is a large-scale, cross-national, repeated cross-sectional survey research programme on basic human values. It provides insights into the ideas, beliefs, preferences, attitudes, values and opinions of citizens all over Europe.
The European Values Study covers a wide range of human values. The main topics concern family, work, environment, perceptions of life, politics and society, religion and morality, national identity.

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EVS 2026 in development!

Call for applications: STSM call Working Group 3 – Trends and Support of EU Core Values – Review of EU Documents on Values (UCSC)
A new Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) has been launched under COST Action VISTA for researchers interested in EU values, law, and social change. Hosted by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, it will analyze EU documents and CJEU case law, aiming to define and operationalize core EU values. Applications are due by June 7, …
Infra4NextGen: Make it Healthy workshop
The Infra4NextGen project is a four-year Horizon EU-funded project co-ordinated by the European Social Survey European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ESS ERIC) and includes CESSDA ERIC, the European Values Study (EVS) and the Generations and Gender Programme (GGP) at its core. The project is providing data, tools and training to support the NextGenerationEU themes – digital, …
STSM Grants VISTA COST Action
VISTA's Working Groups 2 and 3 are offering STSM grants for researchers to study Values in Turbulent Times. WG2 focuses on reviewing data collection tools related to values, while WG3 centers on analyzing EU documents on values. Applications are encouraged from all career stages, with a deadline of May 7, 2026.
Call for Abstracts: Rethinking Youth Transitions: Values, Expectations, and Social Norms
Join the START project's Early-Career Researchers Session on November 4, 2026, at the University of Turin.

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Methodology, Data, Documentation

EVS covers a period spanning from 1981 to 2020 with a core questionnaire repeated over time surveyed on representative samples of the resident adult population in each country. Over time, the EVS methodology has been strengthened to bring the data quality to high level. Each national survey conforms to guidelines designed to ensure quality and consistency.
EVS data and documentation are available free of charge. They are stored at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences in Cologne, Germany.

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