The Infra4NextGen project is 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, equal, green, healthy, and strong – and European youth policy.
The European Values Study (EVS) is part of the Infra4NextGen project and is represented by Ferruccio Biolcati Rinaldi and David Consolazio of the University of Milan, together with Inge Sieben and Tim van Meurs of Tilburg University.
TOPLINE RESULTS
The Topline Results reports present key findings from nationally representative data collected as part of the Infra4NextGen project. The data comes from the CRONOS-3 self-completion web-first panel survey, fielded over five waves in 2024–25 across 11 countries: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Finland, France, Hungary, Iceland, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom.
Panellists were asked to complete each wave online or, where this was not possible, using paper self-completion questionnaires. The survey featured almost 500 questions covering the five key areas of the NextGenerationEU recovery plan: Digital, Equal, Green, Healthy and Strong.
MAKE IT GREEN
Topline Results: European Attitudes to Climate Change, Fairness, and Action explores public concern about climate change, perceptions of the seriousness of different climate issues, and views on responsibility for mitigation.
There is also analysis of attitudes towards prioritising environmental protection or economic growth, perceptions of the fairness of climate policies, engagement in climate activism, and willingness to pay for climate action.
The report was written by Wouter Poortinga (Cardiff University).
MAKE IT EQUAL
Topline Results: European Attitudes to Wealth Inequality and Wealth Taxation explores public concern about wealth inequality, attitudes towards inheritance, and support for taxation measures aimed at reducing economic disparities.
There is also analysis of differences between younger and older respondents, examining perceptions of wealth gaps and intergenerational inequality.
The report was written by Susan Banducci (University of Birmingham), Dániel Bremer and István György (Tárki Social Research Institute).
MAKE IT STRONG
Topline Results: The Social Blueprint: Education, Work, and Family as Determinants of Life Chances investigates whether young people experience the same or better opportunities than previous generations in education and employment.
The report also assesses attitudes towards family and examines how education, work, and family shape life chances across generations.
The report was written by Rumiana Stoilova (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) and Yuliya Kazakova (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute).