The Research Institute for Quality of Life

Institutul de Cercetare a Calităţii Vieţii

 Main Interest fields:

 Social Values

Objectives, tools, history

Quality of life is decisively influenced by the way in which the society as a whole sets up the standards which define the decent living, and structures its values. the functioning of the institutions and their legitimacy also determines individuals' representations upon the quality of their life.

RIQL's interest in the fields of social values is a long lasting one. In 1993, RIQL replicated in Romania the 1990-1991 wave of the European Values Survey/World Values Survey, including for the first time the country in the international flow of large scale comparative social research. In 1997 we have repeated the research, and in 1999 we have been part of the 1999-2001 wave of the EVS/WVS. Then the 5th wave of the WVS followed (2005-2006). Currently, the Romanian team is involved in found raising for the 2008 wave of the European Values Survey.

In 1993 and 1998, RIQL carried on two other researches included in international programs. This time they were dedicated to the support for democratic values: "Attitudes towards reform" and, respectively, "Democratization. Explanatory factors of the political behavior".

Another important comparative study devoted to the democratic values in selected European countries was undertaken in Romania by RIQL starting 2001.

Besides the above-mentioned national survey, several small studies were carried out.

Teams, publications, contact:

For details, please check the sites of the Romanian EVS/WVS team, respectively, the democratic values one.