SOCIS () is a

political sociology Political sociology is an interdisciplinary field of study concerned with exploring how governance and society interact and influence one another at the micro to macro levels of analysis. Interested in the social causes and consequences of how ...

company in Ukraine. It was one of the companies that performed rolling and

exit poll An election exit poll is a poll of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations. A similar poll conducted before actual voters have voted is called an entrance poll. Pollsters – usually private companies working fo ...

s for Ukrainian elections in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, and Ukrainian referendum in 2000. The company has been a member of

The Gallup Organization Gallup, Inc. is an American multinational analytics and consulting firm, advisory company based in Washington, D.C. Founded by George Gallup in 1935, the company became known for its opinion poll, public opinion polls conducted worldwide. Gall ...

since 1994. In 1999-2002 the original company has forked into TNS Ukraine and became a part of the

Taylor Nelson Sofres Kantar TNS is a global market research and market information group with offices in over 80 countries. Formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index, the firm was acquired by WPP Group for £1.6 billion in ...

market research group. Results of exit polls performed by this company during the Ukrainian presidential election in 2004 were used as one of arguments leading to the

Orange Revolution The Orange Revolution () was a series of protests that led to political upheaval in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005. It gained momentum primarily due to the initiative of the general population, sparked by the aftermath of the ...

. In 2007 Due to the change in the development strategy of the SOCIS Center, the marketing research direction was restored and, accordingly, the name was changed to the SOCIS Center for Social and Marketing Research and the company logo. Today, the SOCIS Center has everything necessary to conduct various types of research - from developing a research program to preparing a report.

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* Public opinion research companies Privately held companies of Ukraine Sociological research companies of Ukraine Companies established in 1993 Ukrainian companies established in 1993 {{Ukraine-company-stub