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Monitoring Social Change in Europe 🇪🇺 since 2002 | The European Social Survey European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ESS ERIC) is a biennial survey measuring public attitudes and behaviour. https://europeansocialsurvey.org

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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 8d

The latest web panel #data (CRONOS-3), collected via self-completion modes in March and April 2025, is now available.

The Wave 4 #survey featured questions on the five key areas of the NextGenerationEU recovery plan: Make it... Digital, Equal, Green, Healthy and Strong.

New panel data on the five themes released | Infra4NextGen

CROss-National Online Survey (CRONOS-3) data collected via online and paper self-completion questionnaires in March and April 2025 is now available.

European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 2h

Our next #webinar being held from 1-2pm (BST) tomorrow (Thursday 9 October) will offer insights into KnowledgePanel Europe (@ipsosgroup.bsky.social).

Femke De Keulenaer will discuss engaging hard-to-reach groups – respondents who may be rare, hidden, or difficult to locate.

Strategies for recruiting and engaging hard-to-reach groups in KnowledgePanel Europe | City St George's, University of London

In this survey methods webinar, Femke De Keulenaer (Ipsos) will explore strategies used across various European KnowledgePanel countries to recruit and engage hard-to-reach population groups.

European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 1d

A new #data summary that explores attitudes towards climate change and support for climate policies was published last week.

The analysis found that a willingness to pay higher prices and/or taxes to help mitigate the effects of #climate change has declined over time.

European attitudes to climate change and the environment | Infra4NextGen

A data summary on the Make it Green theme published today (Thursday 2 October) explores climate change beliefs, levels of concern, willingness to act, and support for climate policies.

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Daphne Halikiopoulou @dafnoukos.bsky.social · 2d

At a time of rising support for the far-right, are we getting our research right? In our new @etui.bsky.social technical brief, Tim Vlandas and I show how the 'atomistic fallacy' can lead to misinterpretations and flawed policy recommendations about far-right success: www.etui.org/publications...

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Antti Kouvo @anttikouvo.bsky.social · 2d

I was privileged to co-author this paper with Iris Moolla! How absolute and relative healthcare attitudes link with institutional trust? Trust in political institutions matter. @ess-survey.bsky.social

The Role of Institutional Trust in European Healthcare Evaluations—A Comparison of Absolute and Relative Healthcare Attitudes During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

As with other social protection systems, healthcare represents a public institution that promises security in critical times. Thus, during the COVID-19 crisis, trust became a crucial resource when pe....

European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 2d

Research published by Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social) included analysis of our data.

The authors found a clear correlation between military spending and participation in conflicts with citizens being more fearful of terrorist attacks.

Shadows of War: Military Action’s Impact on Terror Anxiety in Europe

This article examines the impact of military activities on public perceptions of terrorism within Europe.

European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 5d

Register to attend our next webinar on the @ipsosgroup.bsky.social KnowledgePanel taking place from 1-2pm (BST) next Thursday (9 October).

Femke De Keulenaer will focus on recruitment strategies to ensure hard-to-reach groups are represented and engaged in different countries.

Strategies for recruiting and engaging hard-to-reach groups in KnowledgePanel Europe | City St George's, University of London

In this survey methods webinar, Femke De Keulenaer (Ipsos) will explore strategies used across various European KnowledgePanel countries to recruit and engage hard-to-reach population groups.

European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 5d

Find out more about the implementation of a climate change panel #survey fielded in Munich 🇩🇪 and Paris 🇫🇷 in 2023-24.

Diana Zavala-Rojas and Agustin Blanco Bosco (@upf.edu 🇪🇸) presented findings from a three-wave longitudinal survey that explored views on #climate change policies.

Insights from the ESS ICOS Cities Panel

Diana Zavala-Rojas and Agustin Blanco Bosco (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) delivered a survey method webinar on 17 September 2025.

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 6d

As part of our Infra4NextGen project, @ess-survey.bsky.social has just released a new data summary that brings together insights from the European Social Survey, European Values Study, and the International Social Survey Programme...

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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 6d

A new #data summary explores climate change beliefs, levels of concern, willingness to act, and support for #climate policies.

The latest report published by the Infra4NextGen project, funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social 🇪🇺, includes analysis of data from major cross-national surveys.

European attitudes to climate change and the environment | Infra4NextGen

A data summary on the Make it Green theme published today (Thursday 2 October) explores climate change beliefs, levels of concern, willingness to act, and support for climate policies.

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ESS Österreich @ess-austria.bsky.social · 6d

Opinions about: "Do you think that climate change is caused by natural processes, human activity, or both?". The latest CRONOS 3 Wave 1 data are available for 11 European countries.
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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 7d

A recording of a #webinar on exploring secondary and archival data in the social sciences is now available.

Cara Booker (@iseressex.bsky.social 🇬🇧) covered where to find different types of #data, and how sampling might impact analyses and the interpretation of results.

Webinar: Exploring secondary and archival data in social science research: An introduction | Infra4NextGen

Reusing secondary data offers significant advantages, such as saving time, expanding research scope, and allowing researchers to analyse large, existing datasets for trends across different time points or geographical contexts.

European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 8d

The latest web panel #data (CRONOS-3), collected via self-completion modes in March and April 2025, is now available.

The Wave 4 #survey featured questions on the five key areas of the NextGenerationEU recovery plan: Make it... Digital, Equal, Green, Healthy and Strong.

New panel data on the five themes released | Infra4NextGen

CROss-National Online Survey (CRONOS-3) data collected via online and paper self-completion questionnaires in March and April 2025 is now available.

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Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) @share-eric.bsky.social · 8d

We are live!

The SoGreen project website is now online:
🔗 sogreen-project.eu

We invite you to explore, share, and follow along as we build knowledge to support just and evidence-based policies in the green transition in Europe.

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Home • SoGreen

SoGreen is a European research collaboration integrating the four leading longitudinal social science surveys to track how people across Europe experience and respond to climate change. By adding a gr...

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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 9d

Register to attend a workshop on analysing our #trust data taking place from 9am-12pm (CET) on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 October.

Samo Uhan and Živa Broder (University of Ljubljana 🇸🇮) will explore personal and institutional trust through theoretical insights and SPSS data analysis.

Workshop: Exploring social trust: Analysing cross-country and generational trends | Infra4NextGen

Participants will analyse trust levels across different countries and age groups, with a particular focus on young people.

European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 12d

Last week, @natcen.bsky.social 🇬🇧 published analysis of #data on gender identity from Round 11 (2023/24) of our #survey.

The analysis was conducted for a chapter published for the latest British Social Attitudes series, now in its 42nd year.

Traditional gender norms remain strong but younger and more educated groups show signs of change | National Centre for Social Research

The latest report in the British Social Attitudes series is published today by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen).

European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 13d

Our next #webinar being held from 1-2pm (BST) on Thursday 9 October will focus on engaging hard-to-reach groups in KnowledgePanel Europe.

Femke De Keulenaer (@ipsosgroup.bsky.social) will focus on recruitment strategies, and approaches to engage different target groups.

Strategies for recruiting and engaging hard-to-reach groups in KnowledgePanel Europe | City St George's, University of London

In this survey methods webinar, Femke De Keulenaer (Ipsos) will explore strategies used across various European KnowledgePanel countries to recruit and engage hard-to-reach population groups.

European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 14d

A recording of last week’s #webinar on implementing a panel survey on climate change in Munich 🇩🇪 and Paris 🇫🇷 is now available.

Diana Zavala-Rojas and Agustin Blanco Bosco (@upf.edu 🇪🇸) presented on a longitudinal #survey on policies to mitigate the effects of climate change.

Insights from the ESS ICOS Cities Panel

Diana Zavala-Rojas and Agustin Blanco Bosco (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) delivered a survey method webinar on 17 September 2025. The event was part of our survey methods series, organised alongside…

European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 15d

A #data summary on the Make it Equal theme of the NextGenerationEU recovery plan was published last week.

The analysis found that women display higher concern about inequality and are more likely to both perceive social tensions and experience material insecurity.

Inequalities in Europe revealed in new report | Infra4NextGen

The third of five data summaries on each of the NextGenerationEU themes has been published by the Infra4NextGen project today (Thursday 18 September). Analysing data collected by several…

European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 16d

This is the final week to submit feedback to a consultation on a future cross-national, web-first panel survey.

We're assessing how a longitudinal panel that complements our main survey can become part of our core operations.

We would love to hear from you by Friday 26 September.

Consultation on future cross-national panel survey | European Social Survey

The European Social Survey (ESS) is looking for feedback from researchers to explore demand for a future cross-national, web-first panel survey that operates within and beyond Europe.

European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 18d

A #webinar on connecting social research to the public and policymakers will be held from 11am-12.30pm (CET) on Tuesday 18 November.

The event will focus on why making #research accessible matters, the risks of not doing so, and practical ways to communicate findings clearly.

Webinar: Bridging the gap: How to connect social research with the public and policymakers | Infra4NextGen

This webinar will explore how insights from social research can better reach and benefit both the public and policymakers.

European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 19d

An article published by RÚV 🇮🇸 last week included analysis of our data on attitudes towards homosexuality.

The article found that attitudes in Iceland have become more negative over the past four rounds (2016/17 to 2023/24), especially amongst younger respondents.

Gögn benda til aukinnar neikvæðni í garð hinsegin fólks - RÚV.is

Neikvæði Íslendinga gagnvart réttindum hinsegin fólks hefur aukist á allra síðustu árum, samkvæmt niðurstöðum Evrópsku samfélagskönnunarinnar. Þróunin er svipuð í nágrannaríkjunum.

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AUSSDA @aussda.bsky.social · 19d

🆕This in-depth analysis on perceived forms of #inequality (material security, access to rights and legal protections) draws on repeated cross-sectional surveys conducted in #Europe – profound insights for policy makers and civil society👇 #MakeItEqual #Infra4NextGen
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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 19d

New research that considered interviewer effects in our survey has been published by Sociological Methods & Research (@journals.sagepub.com).

Researchers from HUN-REN CSS Budapest and the Szazadveg Foundation 🇭🇺 assessed which #survey questions are more prone to interviewer effects.

What Types of Survey Questions are Prone to Interviewer Effects? Evidence Based on 29,000 Intra-Interviewer Correlations From 28 Countries of the European Social Survey

Interviewer effects are a common challenge in face-to-face surveys. Understanding the conditions that make interviewer variance more likely to occur is essential in tackling sources of bias.

European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 20d

Analysing data from several cross-national #surveys, a new report on inequality has been published by the Infra4NextGen project today.

The #data summary provides a descriptive overview of how younger Europeans perceive multiple forms of #inequality compared to older respondents.

Inequalities in Europe revealed in new report | Infra4NextGen

The third of five data summaries on each of the NextGenerationEU themes has been published by the Infra4NextGen project today.

Reposted by European Social Survey

ESS Österreich @ess-austria.bsky.social · 20d

Opinions about: "How much have you thought about climate change before today". The latest CRONOS 3 Wave 1 data are available for 11 European countries.
@ihs.ac.at

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