The European Values Study, the World Values Survey and the European Social Survey organized the joint panel “Measuring and Comparing Social and Political Values and Attitudes in Turbulent Times” at the upcoming ISA-RC33 conference , that will take place in Naples on 22-25 September 2025.
Abstracts of maximum 300 words should be submitted by 15 March 2025 via the conference platform. Please read the full call for abstract on the ISA-RC33 website.
Panel Session
Cross-sectional and cross-national surveys, such as European Values Study (EVS), European Social Survey (ESS), and the World Values Survey (WVS), support scholars aiming at studying human values and attitudes comparatively, both across countries and over time, by providing high quality data across multiple life domains. The EVS has been investigating the Europeans’ values since 1981 in more than 40 countries every 9 years. The ESS has collected data biennially through a core questionnaire and 2 rotating modules since 2002 in a varying number of countries (up to 31). The WVS has been studying a broad range of values and beliefs since 1981, conducting surveys every 5 years in over 80 countries.
Values are conceptually understood to describe belief systems that are mainly established at juvenile age during socialisation and then remain comparatively stable over the individual life course. Further, it has often been claimed that values set moral boundaries for the shorter term social and political attitudes that people can develop. However, values – because of their nature, can only be inferred. Measurement approaches can vary and challenges to comparability in cross-sectional settings need to be considered duly.
We invite papers based on EVS/WVS/ESS data -eventually in combination with other sources focusing on methodological aspects of the measurement of values and attitudes, those investigating validity and cross-cultural comparability of values and attitudes, and harmonization challenges when combining EVS/WVS/ESS data. Also, we welcome contributions addressing multilevel and longitudinal research questions on topic such as (but not limited to) social solidarity, social cohesion, environmentalism, gender equality, trust, and democracy.
Keywords: Values, cross-sectional comparability, Social and Political Attitudes
Vera Lomazzi, European Values Study/ University of Bergamo, Italy
Ruxandra Comanaru, European Social Survey ERIC, City, University of London, United Kingdom
Kseniya Kizilova, World Values Survey Association, Austria