Editing World Values Survey (section)

{{short description|Global research project}}
{{multiple issues|
{{COI|date= November 2015}}
{{overly detailed|date= November 2015}}
{{independent sources|date= November 2015}}
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{{Infobox organization
|name = World Values Survey
|image = [[File:Logowvs.jpg|200px]]
|type = Non-profit association
|founded_date = {{start date and age|1981}} (registered as the non-profit World Values Survey Association in [[Stockholm]], Sweden)
|location = {{Plain list|
* 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 = {{Plain list|
* 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)
}}
|homepage = {{URL|https://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/wvs.jsp|www.worldvaluessurvey.org}}
}}

The '''World Values Survey''' ('''WVS''') is a global [[research project]] that explores people's [[Value (personal and cultural)|values]] and [[belief]]s, 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 [[Statistical survey|surveys]] as part of WVS in almost 100 countries.

The WVS measures, monitors and analyzes: support for [[democracy]], tolerance of foreigners and [[ethnic minorities]], support for [[gender equality]], the role of [[religion]] and changing levels of [[religiosity]], the impact of [[globalization]], attitudes toward the [[Natural environment|environment]], [[Labour economics|work]], [[family]], [[politics]], national identity, [[culture]], [[Multiculturalism|diversity]],  insecurity,  and [[subjective well-being]].

[[Romano Prodi]], former Prime Minister of Italy and the tenth President of the [[European Commission]], said about WVS work:
 
<blockquote>The growing globalization of the world makes it increasingly important to understand ... diversity.  People with varying beliefs and values can live together and work together productively, but for this to happen it is crucial to understand and appreciate their distinctive [[worldview]]s.{{Sfn | Inglehart | Basanez | Diez-Medrano | Halman | 2004 | p = xiii}}</blockquote>