“Comparing Values in (post)-crisis Europe”
Program
Thursday 10 October
9:00 – 10.00 Welcoming speeches
George Sharvashidze, Rector of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Merab Pachulia, Managing Director of GORBI and National Program Director of EVS in Georgia Video
Loek Halman, Chair of the European Values Study
10:30 – 11:50 European identity, political values and dynamics of value change Chair: Markus Quandt
Kseniya Kizilova – Patterns and Dynamics of National and European Identities in Central and Eastern Europe Abstract Video
Pepijn van Houwelingen, Plamen Akaliyski, Jurjen Iedema, Paul Dekker – Convergence of political values? A multi-level analysis of developments among EU countries 1990-2017 Abstract Presentation Video
Frédéric Gonthier – Who drives the increase in authoritarian values? Abstract Presentation Video
Quita Muis, Tim Reesken, Inge Sieben – Different Across, Similar Within? Educational Polarization in Social and Political Attitudes Abstract Presentation Video
12:00 – 13:00 Economic insecurity and attitudes towards Welfare Chair: Edurne Bartolomé Peral
Carriero Renzo, Marianna Filandri – Explaining longitudinal and cross-country changes in support for conditional unemployment benefits Abstract Presentation Video
Julia Zelikova – Ageing of Population and Social Justice Abstract Video
Michael Ochsner – Social Responsibility of the State? The Welfare State and Legitimacy of the State Abstract Presentation Video
14:15 – 15:55 Special Session: Religion, national identity and pro-choice values Chair: Gergely Rosta
Keynote Speaker:
David Voas – The power of nones: Why secularization matters Video
Selected contributions:
Francesco Molteni – Burning the bridge with the past: religion and national identity after the fall of the Berlin Wall Abstract Presentation Video
Jara Kampmann – Does Atheism matter? – Atheism’s influence on homophobia in Europe – EVS data revisited Abstract Video
Veronica Kostenko – Dynamics of nationalism and pro-choice values relations: the cases of post-Soviet and Balkan states Abstract Presentation
16:25 – 17:45 Family , gender and generations Chair: Ferruccio Biolcati Rinaldi
Zuzanna Brzozowska – Are family values multidimensional? Evidence from the last three decades in Europe Abstract Video
Natalia Soboleva – Parental family and country context as determinants of gender-role attitudes in Europe (the evidence of EVS data) Abstract Presentation Video
Gevorg Poghosyan – The new Values for the new generation Abstract
Ana Lortkipanidze – Aging and Ageism in Comparison Abstract Video
Friday 11 October
9:00 – 11:00 Special session: Measurement equivalence and validity in cross-cultural research Chair: Dominique Joyce
Christian Welzel – Measurement Equivalence? A Tale of False Obsessions and a Cure Presentation Video
Bart Meuleman – Measurement equivalence: Between Statistical Dogmatism and Anything Goes Video
Selected contributions:
Boris Sokolov – Cross-national and cross-level measurement equivalence of choice and gender equality values in the EVS 2017 Abstract Video
Vera Lomazzi – Gender role attitudes in EVS2017: is the measurement improved? Abstract Video
11:30 – 12:15 Dealing with non-response and interview falsification Chair: Ruud Luijkx
Lucy Flynn – Interview falsification: an exploratory analysis Abstract_ Presentation Video
Dustin Gilbreath – How predictable is item non-response in Georgia? Abstract Presentation Video
13:30 – 15:10 Illiberal democracies and populisms Chair: Lucy Flynn
Malina Voicu, Ioana Ramia, Claudiu Tufiș – Measurement of radical populism in Romania: dimensions and over time change Abstract Presentation Video
Hristo P. Todorov – Present Challenges to European Values Abstract
Olga Lavrinenko – The conditional effects of the economic insecurity on the voting for the populist parties in the European Union Abstract
Bogdan Voicu – Remitting Populism? Abstract Video
15:30 – 16:30 Attitudes towards migration Chair: Natalia Soboleva
Ferruccio Biolcati – Rinaldi, Riccardo Ladini – Who do you prefer not to have as a neighbour? An “immigrant” or a “foreign worker”? Evidence from a survey experiment in the Italian edition of the European Values Study – World Values Survey 2017 Abstract Presentation Video
Horatiu M. Rusu – Civic and ethnic ethos and attitudes toward immigrants Abstract Video
Kathrin Bush – Hostility towards immigrants: Economic and Cultural Threat perceptions as causes in times of the economic crises and rising numbers of immigration Abstract Video
16:30 – 17:00 Closing remarks
Chairs: Vera Lomazzi and Loek Halman