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EVS Panel at the 76 WAPOR Conference

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In the context of the 76° Conference of the World Association of Public Opinion Research, held in Salisburg from 18 to 22 September 2023, the EVS organized a panel chaired by Ruud Luijkx (chair of the Executive Committee) and Michael Ochsner (Chair of the Scientific Committee of the EVS).

After introducing the audience to the EVS project, some EVS scholars presented their research work:

Vera Lomazzi (University of Bergamo, Italy): Gender Equality Values and Cultural Orientations: Insights from the European Values Study


Markus Quandt (GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany), Vera Lomazzi (University of Bergamo, Italy): ‘Close’ and ‘Universal’ Solidarity in Europe. Exploring Differences and Antecedents of Attitudinal Solidarity, using the European Values Study 2017

Milos Besic (University of Belgrade, Serbia): The Predictive Capacity of Fair Elections on Institutional Strength,
HDI, GDP per Capita, and Interpersonal Trust: A Country-Level Analysis


Alice Ramos (University of Lisbon, Portugal), Jorge Vala (University of Lisbon, Portugal): Are Childrearing Values’ Preferences in Europe Associated to Socioeconomic Development and Social Inequalities?


Edurne Bartolomé Peral (Peral University of Deusto, Spain), Hermann Duelmer (University of Cologne, Germany), Pascal Siegers (GESIS -Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany), Tilo Beckers (Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf, Germany): “Who shall live, and who shall die?” – Attitudes Towards Medical Triage during the Covid pandemic: Results from an Experimental Design Using Factorial Survey

Other members of EVS contributed to the program in other sessions:

Natalia Soboleva (HSE University, Russia), Boris Sokolov (HSE University, Russia): Labor Market Status Change and life Satisfaction During the Coronavirus Pandemic (the Evidence of Values in Crisis Study)

Yilmaz Esmer (Bahcesehir University, Turkey), Duygu Karadon (Bahcesehir University, Turkey): Demand for Populism in the Black Sea Region: A Cultural Values Approach to Populist Politics

Bobby Duffy (King’s College London, UK), Paul Stoneman (King’s College London, UK), James Wright (King’s College London, UK): Generations and Attitudes Towards Society and Democracy



Ambiguity in the Item Wording, Ambiguity in the Respondents’ Comprehension?

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An experiment included in the Italian joint edition of the European Value Study-World Values Survey 2017 has studied the working of the item “immigrants/foreign workers” in the social distance scale. Since the item could appear ambiguous as it refers to two different categories of people – i.e., foreign workers are a subgroup of immigrants –  the authors tried to answer the following research question: Do the respondents’ answers refer to immigrants? To foreign workers? To both?

By assigning respondents to three different formulations of the item (“immigrants/foreign workers”, “immigrants”, “foreign workers”), the results suggests that ambiguity in the item wording does not necessarily mean ambiguity in the respondents’ comprehension.

Indeed, at least in the Italian context, people react to the “immigrants” and “immigrants/foreign workers” items in a similar way. Thus, the results of the experiment provide some useful suggestions for reviewing the questionnaire for EVS, WVS, and other surveys using the immigrants/foreign workers item in the social distance scale. See Riccardo Ladini and Ferruccio Biolcati’s article “Ambiguity in the Item Wording, Ambiguity in the Respondents’ Comprehension? An Experiment on the ‘Immigrants/Foreign Workers’ Social Distance Item in Values Surveys” published in Survey Research Methods (Open Access).

Past, Present and Future of the study of European Values

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The venue: University of Bergamo, Italy

The Italian team of the European Values Study/World Values Survey hosts the annual General Assembly of EVS, the meeting of the Liaison Committee of EVS-WVS, and the international scientific event “European Values and the Values of Europe” alongside the Third Italian conference of EVS/WVS data users “Crisis after Crisis: Values Change in Italy”.

The event takes place at the University of Bergamo on (28)- 29-30 September 2022 with a rich program for the sessions open to the public.

On September 29th, the keynote session “European values and social identities” with Dr. Plamen Akaliyski and Dr. Simona Guglielmi, addresses relevant issues in current Europe societies, such as cultural integration and national and European identity. Later, during the roundtable on “Studying Values in Turbolent Europe“, Dr. Michale Ochsner (FORS, EVS Standing Group) chairs the discussion on current challenges and future prospects for values research with Ruud Luijks (EVS), Kseniya Kizilova (WVS/WAPOR), Andrea Bonaccorsi (University of Pisa and IRVAPP-FBK), and Gabi Lombardo (European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities).

On 29th afternoon and on 30th, the Third Italian conference of EVS/WVS data users takes place with selected presentations (sessions in English/Italian).

The event takes place in person.

Organizing Committee
Vera Lomazzi (University of Bergamo), Ferruccio Biolcati (University of Milan), Giancarlo Rovati (Catholic University of Milan), Ruud Luijkx (Tilburg University, University of Trento)


THE VALUES OF LIVING TOGETHER

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The last issue of Intercultura includes the Proceedings of the 11th Forum on Intercultural Learning and Exchange, entitled THE VALUES OF LIVING TOGETHER – How to assess their evolution within intercultural student exchanges (trimestrale_intercultura_n105_2022.pdf (fondazioneintercultura.org)

The issue contains the following contribution by Ferruccio (who reads in copy) and myself on value change and some insights from EVS and WVS data:

Biolcati, F., & Ladini, R. (2022), On Values As They Evolve: A Presentation of the World Values Survey and the European Values Study, Intercultura, 105, II Trimester, 11-18.

THIRD ITALIAN CONFERENCE OF EVS/WVS DATA USERS

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The Italian team of EVS/WVS organizes the conference “Crisis after Crisis: Value Change in Italy” – Third Italian conference of EVS/WVS data users. The conference will take place on 29-30 September 2022, at the University of Bergamo. The conference will also include an international seminar on the study of values in turbolent times.

The focus of theThird Italian Conference of EVS/WVS data users: Since the beginning of the century, Italy has gone through an impressive sequence of crises on a regional as well as global scale. The economic downturn that began in 2008, the refugee crisis in the last decade, the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, just to mention the main events. Besides the social and economic impacts of the crises, it is essential to study changes and possible impacts on values and attitudes. The conference aims to discuss value change in Italy – also from a comparative perspective by considering different domains – and offer an opportunity for scholars studying the Italian case on the basis of EVS and WVS data to meet.


Call for papers The conference aims to gather methodologically high-quality, theoretically based contributions using EVS and WVS data. Presentations combining EVS, WVS and other data are also welcome. The call asks for a special emphasis on Italy: comparative and longitudinal contributions are encouraged. The conference welcomes presentations on any values domain, as well as methodological contributions.


Deadlines Abstracts no longer than 500 words should be submitted to the organizing committee (italy.values@gmail.com) by 20 June 2022. Abstracts may be in English or Italian and should be accompanied by 5 keywords. Authors will be notified by the organizing committee concerning the selection of the presentations by 30 June 2022. For any further information, please contact italy.values@gmail.com or visit https://www.spstrend.it/

Organizing Committee Ferruccio Biolcati Rinaldi (University of Milan) Vera Lomazzi (University of Bergamo) Ruud Luijkx (Tilburg University, University of Trento) Giancarlo Rovati (Catholic University of Milan)

Advisory Committee Rita Bichi (Catholic University of Milan) Ferruccio Biolcati Rinaldi (University of Milan) Antonio M. Chiesi (University of Milan) Vera Lomazzi (University of Bergamo) Ruud Luijkx (Tilburg University, University of Trento) Marco Maraffi (University of Milan) Giancarlo Rovati (Catholic University of Milan) Paolo Segatti (University of Milan)

Read the full call for abstracts for more information:

EVS-WVS-Third-Italian-Conference-EnglishDownload
EVS-WVS-Third-Italian-Conference-ItalianDownload

THE PARADOXES OF WORK: So important, so unstable

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This webinar, organized by the Italian team of EVS on May 18th at 17.00-18.30, follows the publication of the book “Come cambiano gli italiani” (edited by F. Biolcati, G. Rovati, P. Segatti 2020), which reports the main results of EVS in Italy.

Giancarlo Rovati, EVS National Program Director in Italy, will be presenting the main results concerning work values that will be discussed by scholars from different disciplines.

The event is in Italian.

Introductive greetings
Marco LOMBARDI, Direttore Dipartimento di Sociologia
Laura ZANFRINI, Direttore del Centro di ricerca WWELL (Work, Welfare, Enterprise, Lifelong Learning)

Presentation of the main results
Giancarlo ROVATI, Docente di Sociologia dello sviluppo, Facoltà di Scienze politiche e sociali

Discussion
Roberto BENAGLIA, Segretario Generale FIM Cisl
Pietro ICHINO, Professore di diritto del lavoro, Università degli Studi di Milano
Rosangela LODIGIANI, Professoressa Associata di Sociologia dei processi economici e del lavoro,
Facoltà di Scienze politiche e sociali

Attending the webinar is free, click here for enter the Cisco Webex (if requested, digit the password Q2Ewrw44)

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MAKING FAMILY, A WALK IN SMALL STEPS

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On Thursday, 4th of March at 17 (CET), the Family Studies and Research University Centre at the Catholic University of Milan (IT) organizes the webinar “Making Family: a walk in small steps” (“Fare Famiglia: un cammino a piccoli passi”).

During the webinar (in Italian), prof. Sara Mazzucchelli, Dr. Francesco Belletti, and prof. Daniela Barni will present and discuss research results based on EVS trend data on  family issues. The research is linked to the book “Come cambiano gli italiani” (edited by F. Biolcati, G. Rovati, P. Segatti) il Mulino 2020, which reports the main results of EVS in Italy. Giancarlo Rovati, EVS National Program Director in Italy,will chair the event.

Attending the webinar is free, click here for enter the Cisco Webex (if requested, digit the password 395GXc3dagM)

Program:

Introduction

Camillo REGALIA, Direttore del Centro di Ateneo Studi e Ricerche sulla Famiglia

Alessandro ANTONIETTI, Preside della Facoltà di Psicologia

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Sara MAZZUCCHELLI, Professore Associato di Sociologia dei Processi Culturali e Comunicativi, Facoltà di Psicologia

Francesco BELLETTI, Direttore CISF (Centro Internazionale Studi Famiglia)

Daniela BARNI, Professore Associato di Psicologia Sociale, Università degli Studi di Bergamo

Chair

Giancarlo ROVATI, Docente di Sociologia dello sviluppo, Facoltà di Scienze politiche e sociali

Webinar: Value changes in pandemic times, 2020.11.27

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Organized by the Romanian Group for Studying Social Values, this webinar brought together scholars from the community studying social values, and contributes to understanding the changes that Covid19 brings to the social fabric.

Four academic presentations, based on accepted papers in a special issue of European Societies, are proposed. A final discussion of common messages in the papers is delivered by Vera Lomazzi13

  • Tim Reeskens10, Quita Muis10, Inge Sieben10, Leen Vandecasteele11, Ruud Luijkx10 & Loek Halman10 Stability or change of public opinion and values during the coronavirus crisis? Exploring Dutch longitudinal panel data (Full paper here)
  • Malina Voicu1 & Delia Bădoi1, Fertility and the COVID-19 crisis: do gender roles really matter? (Full paper here)
  • Francesco Molteni12, Riccardo Ladini12, Ferruccio Biolcati Rinaldi12, Antonio M. Chiesi12, Giulia Maria Dotti Sani12, Simona Guglielmi12, Marco Maraffi12, Andrea Pedrazzani12, Paolo Segatti12 & Cristiano Vezzoni12. Searching for comfort in religion: insecurity and religious behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy (Full paper here)
  • Bogdan Voicu1,2, Edurne Bartolomé Peral3, Horațiu Rusu2,1, Gergely Rosta4,5, Mircea Comșa6, Octavian-Marian Vasile1,7, Lluís Coromina 8, Claudiu D. Tufis9. COVID-19 and orientations towards solidarity. The cases of Spain, Hungary, and Romania (Full paper available soon)

00:00:00 Start streaming 00:11:24 Start of the Webinar 00:14:30 Tim Reeskens 00:46:04 Delia Bădoi & Malina Voicu 01:17:16 Francesco Molteni 01:50:03 Bogdan Voicu 02:18:52 Vera Lomazzi

Webinar: Value changes in pandemic times

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On Friday, 27th of November at 10 (CET), the Romanian Group for Studying Social Values organizes the webinar “Value changes in pandemic times”.

The webinar brings together scholars from the community studying social values, and contributes to understanding the changes that Covid19 brought to the social fabric.

Four academic presentations are proposed:

  • Tim Reeskens10, Quita Muis10, Inge Sieben10, Leen Vandecasteele11, Ruud Luijkx10 & Loek Halman10 Stability or change of public opinion and values during the coronavirus crisis? Exploring Dutch longitudinal panel data (Full paper here)
  • Malina Voicu1 & Delia Bădoi1, Fertility and the COVID-19 crisis: do gender roles really matter? (Full paper here)
  • Francesco Molteni12, Riccardo Ladini12, Ferruccio Biolcati Rinaldi12, Antonio M. Chiesi12, Giulia Maria Dotti Sani12, Simona Guglielmi12, Marco Maraffi12, Andrea Pedrazzani12, Paolo Segatti12 & Cristiano Vezzoni12. Searching for comfort in religion: insecurity and religious behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy (Full paper here)
  • Bogdan Voicu1,2, Edurne Bartolomé Peral3, Horațiu Rusu2,1, Gergely Rosta4,5, Mircea Comșa6, Octavian-Marian Vasile1,7, Lluís Coromina 8, Claudiu D. Tufis9. COVID-19 and orientations towards solidarity. The cases of Spain, Hungary, and Romania (Full paper available soon)

All presentations are based on accepted papers in a special issue of European Societies.

There are allotted 20 minutes for presentation, followed by 15 minutes for questions, comments, and answers. A final discussion of common messages in the papers will be delivered by Vera Lomazzi13.

Attending the webinar is free, but registration is necessary.

The event is supported by the Romanian Quantitative Studies Association and the Research Institute
for Quality of Life  (Grant GAR-UM-2019-XI-5.3-9).

Affiliations of the authors:
1Romanian Academy, Research Institute for Quality of Life; 2Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Department of Sociology; 3University of Deusto – Bilbao, Department of International Relations and Humanities; 4Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Institute of Sociology; 5University of Münster; 6Babeș-Bolyai University, Department of Sociology; 7 University of Bucharest, Department of Sociology; 8 University of Girona, Department of Economics; 9 University of Bucharest, Department of Political Science; 10 Tilburg University, Department of Sociology; 11 Institute for Social Sciences at the University of Lausanne; 12 University of Milan, Department of Social and Political Science;13 GESIS Leibniz-Institute for Social Sciences

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Webinar on Results in ITaly

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During the webinar organized by the publisher IlMulino, Ferruccio Biolcati, Giancarlo Rovati and Paolo Segatti, editors of the book based on the EVS/WVS results in Italy (“Come cambiano gli italiani“) will be interviewed on the most relevant aspects of the research. The interview will be streamed on November 19, 2020 at 17.30 on the YouTube and Facebook account of EdizionidelMulino.

Video now available here.

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