The comprehensive edited collection "Values in transition XII" is dedicated to 50 years of research in the context of the Slovenian Public Opinion programme, which is why it features all prominent SPO co-operations: the European Social Survey, the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) and European/World Values studies. In three introductory papers Toš and Rus presents historical trends in value orientations among Slovenian population between 1991 and 2018. Another two papers (Toš, Kurdija, Vovk) discuss the methodological design and fieldwork management in the European Social Survey, the most methodologically advanced SPO co-operation. The majority of the book presents comparative and longitudinal findings in the form of cross-time and cross-national data distributions. Contents: 1. Value orientations in Slovenian population – Slovenian public opinion 1991–2018. 2. International Social science research programme, ISSP 2011–2016; Cross-time and cross-country distributions organized by thematic modules – Slovenian public opinion 1991–2018. 3. European Social Survey ESS 2002–2016 – cross-time and cross-national comparisons 4. European/ World Values Study, wave 2017. Cross-time comparisons 1992–2017. 5. Slovenian public Opinion Survey 2018. A selection of longitudinal indicators; Spacial and environmental values. The use of information technologies. The material in the book is not intended solely for academics, but also for analysts in other social systems, thereby reinforcing the decades long role of the project SJM as empirical social science infrastructure.
C.02 Editorial board of a national monograph
COBISS.SI-ID: 297615872Slovenian Public Opinion (SJM) 2016/2 is a survey, which was conducted as a part of the European Social Survey 2016 (Round 8). ESS is an academically-driven multi-country survey, which has been administered in over 30 countries to date. The aims are to monitor and interpret changing public attitudes and values within Europe and to investigate how they interact with Europe's changing institutions. Slovenian Public Opinion 2016/2 is a part of the eighth ESS round, which, besides Slovenia, covers 23, mostly EU countries. Round 8 includes a core module and 2 additional rotating modules on the following topics: Attitudes to Climate Change and Energy and Welfare Attitudes (is a partial repeat of a module from round 4 (2008). The survey employs the most rigorous methodologies ; it involves strict random probability sampling, a minimum target response rate of 70% and rigorous translation protocols.
F.16 Improvements to an existing information system/databases
COBISS.SI-ID: 35844445The contents of the eleventh Values in transition Book consists of transparently organized basic findings from the European Social Research (ESS), the methodologically most advanced comparative social survey to date . Since 2002, the ESS project has been measuring biannually the attitudes, values and behavioural patterns of the various populations groups in more than thirty European countries. The book presents three introductory papers. Malnar and Šinko discuss the potential of policy usage of social science data in Slovenia, using the example of the European Social Survey. Rus and Toš discuss the trends in the trust in political institutions in Slovenia in the 1991-2003 period. In the third paper, Toš and Zajšek discuss the trust in institutions topic in comparative perspective. The largest part of the book presents basic cross-time and cross-national findings in the form of (longitudinal and comparative) item distributions. The readers can inform themselves on: the exact wording of the indicators, basic data distributions, general changes in time and general placement of Slovenia on the European map. As such the book offers an ideal starting point for formulating research questions and hypotheses for researchers, students and other analysts. It is meant to stimulate scientific studies, as virtually all surveys presented in the Values in transition series general purpose surveys, i.e. high-quality surveys design to offer the best possible analytical opportunities to social sciences from a number of academic fields. The next step is therefore to be made by the end users, i.e. academics exploiting the data to develop theories, teach students or inform policy makers.
C.02 Editorial board of a national monograph
COBISS.SI-ID: 292307712The aim of the thesis was to extend analyses in the field of knowledge gap hypothesis with the research on opinionation in public opinion surveys. The results indicate the existence an opinionation gap between socioeconomic groups groups with a higher socioeconomic status were also more opinionated. The most opinionated turned out to be men, not from the oldest age group and with at least colleague level of education. The least opinionated were women, older than 61 with elementary school education or less. The thesis thesis fills in a gap in the knowledge gap research that already extends to an opinion and belief gap and now adds an opinionation gap. In the analysis, the thesis combines two areas of research that are often intertwined, knowledge gap research and non response research. If for a working system of democracy we need informed voters, it is important that voters are ready to form and express their opinions, even more so if inequalities in knowledge and opinionation translate into inequalities in power.
D.09 Tutoring for postgraduate students
COBISS.SI-ID: 32883037BBC radio broadcast "World have your say", BBC world news (22.10.2015): In his discussion Mitja Hafner Fink shows the changing attitudes of Slovenians towards immigration and immigrants in the period since Slovenia's independence until today. This presentation is based on the results of Slovenian Public Opinion (SPO) surveys. He points to possible impact of specific events in the past (from independence onwards) that possibly has been contributing to the formation of these attitudes. In this light he indicates the potential impacts of the migrant crisis, which my result in the interruption of decreasing trend of negative attitude towards immigrants.
F.30 Professional assessment of the situation
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