World Values Survey

Global research project World Values SurveyFounded1981; 45 years ago (1981) (registered as the non-profit World Values Survey Association in Stockholm, Sweden)TypeNon-profit associationLocations Presidency & Secretariat in Vienna, Austria (Institute for Comparative Survey Research) External Relations Office in Stockholm, Sweden (Institute for Future Studies) Archive in Madrid, Spain (JDS Surveys) Key people President: Christian Haerpfer (Austria) Vice President: Alejandro Moreno (Mexico), Christian Welzel (Germany) Secretary General: Bi Puranen (Sweden) Treasurer: Alejandro Moreno (Mexico) Members: Pippa Norris (US), Marta Lagos (Chile), Eduard Ponarin (Russia) Founding President: Ronald Inglehart (US) Archive Director: Jaime Diez-Medrano (Spain) Websitewww.worldvaluessurvey.org The World Values Survey (WVS) is a global research project that explores people's values and beliefs, how they change over time, and what social and political impact they have. Since 1981 a worldwide network of social scientists have conducted representative national surveys as part of WVS in almost 100 countries. The WVS measures, monitors and analyzes: support for democracy, tolerance of foreigners and et