The European Social Survey (ESS) is an academically driven survey using the highest methodological standards headquartered at City St George's, University of London.
Since 2002/03, the ESS has provided cross-national data measuring public attitudes, beliefs and behaviour. Every two years, up to 40,000 interviews are conducted across Europe on a wide range of subjects.
Funded through the European Union’s Horizon 2020 grants and membership fees from countries who take part, the ESS was made a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ESS ERIC) in 2013. It was the first ERIC to be hosted in the United Kingdom.
The involvement of the United Kingdom and the extra costs of hosting an ERIC, are funded through the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
ESS data is available completely free of charge for non-commercial use - all results from 2002/03 can be accessed and analysed online or downloaded for use in statistical software such as SPSS, Stata or R.
For more information, visit the ESS website.
European Social Survey HQ website
Visit the Centre’s research microsite for more information about the Centre, including areas of research, projects and related activities.
People
- Professor Rory Fitzgerald, Director of the ESS ERIC
- Dr. Eric Harrison, Deputy Director of the ESS ERIC and Co-Director of the City Q-Step Centre
- Dr. Gianmaria Bottoni, Research Fellow
- Esther Bourne, Grants Coordinator
- Dr Ruxandra Comănaru, Research Fellow
- Niccolò Ghirelli, Survey Project Manager
- Tim Hanson, Senior Research Fellow
- Claire Higgins, Centre Coordinator
- Mary Keane, Administrator
- Loren Ma, Research Assistant
- Dr. Nhlanhla Ndebele, Research Fellow
- Nathan Reece, Survey Project Manager
- Dr. Lorna Ryan, Research Manager
- Victoria Salinero-Bevins, Research Assistant
- Stefan Swift, Head of Communications
Impact Case Study
News
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City renews agreement with European Social Survey (ESS)
City, University of London will continue to host the European Social Survey (ESS) headquarters for the 2025-29 period.
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European Social Survey Director scoops prestigious international award
Professor Rory Fitzgerald wins Slovakian prize in the field of social and cultural sciences.
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New collaboration to explore opportunities for data collection
ESRC launches Survey Futures collaboration to evaluate future challenges and opportunities for survey data collection in the UK.
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New study reveals impact of European Social Survey data
A new Impact Study has found that European Social Survey data has a range of academic and non-academic impacts, and is increasingly used as a teaching tool.
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European Social Survey involved in new climate change project
The four-year interdisciplinary Pilot Application in Urban Landscapes project will see the ESS survey 2,500 citizens in pilot cities.
