Spstrend Lab

The spsTREND lab is a resource available to the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Milan for conducting some of the research activities planned under the 2018-2022 government award project Departments of Excellence. Research topics targeted by spsTREND include social transformation and political changes in Italy and Europe. These are investigated using individual data collected through large-scale surveys on representative samples of the target population, such as the European Social Survey, the World Values Survey/European Value Study, the International Social Survey Programme, the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, the Comparative Candidates Study and surveys related to the ERCS-REScEU project. The laboratory was first proposed by Paolo Segatti, Ferruccio Biolcati Rinaldi, Marco Maraffi, Cinzia Meraviglia and Cristiano Vezzoni. The team has gradually grown to include other members of the department with diversified expertise, performing different roles in the activities.