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The Levada Center (also: Analytical Center Levada or Levada Center , Russian Левада-Центр , Levada Center ) is an opinion research institute in Russia . The center was named after its founder, Yuri Levada , the first Soviet professor of sociology . The Levada Center had its origins in 1987 with the establishment of WZIOM under the direction of academician Tatiana Saslavskaja . It is the only opinion research company that is independent of the Russian state or Russian state investments.

structure

The center conducts research and opinion polls in areas such as sociology, economics, psychology and market research. With around 80 employees in the Moscow office, 80 employees in the regional departments and approx. 3000 interviewers, it is one of the largest opinion research agencies in Russia.

The key figures are the founders of the organization, who started their work at WZIOM and are continuing their research work at the Lewada Center. From 2003 to 2006, Yuri Levada was the director. Lev Gudkov took over this office in December 2006 .

The main research departments are:

  • Department of Social Policy Research
  • Department of Income and Consumption Studies
  • Qualitative Research Department
  • Department of Social and Economic Research
  • Market Research Department

organization

The Levada Center has partnerships with research centers in Russia, the rest of the CIS and the Baltic countries. Your partners and customers are Russian and international companies and organizations.

The association is a member of the international communities ESOMAR and ОIRОМ. Employees, the Levada Center are permanent members in conferences and roundtables Fund for "Liberal Mission" ( Russian фонд "Либеральная миссия" ), the Carnegie Moscow Center ( Russian Московский Центр Карнеги ), the Gorbachev Foundation ( Russian Горбачёв-фонд ), the human rights organization Memorial ( Russian общество “Мемориал” ), the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom , the Heinrich Böll Foundation , public lectures by Polit.ru ( Russian Публичные лекции Полит.ру ), Higher School for Social and Economics Moscow ( russian Московская высшая школа социальных и экономических наук ), the public center of Sakharov ( russian общественный центр им. А.Д. Сахарова ), and " Khodorkovsky's readings" ( russian Ходорковские чтения ).

Articles, interviews and expert opinions edited by Lewada appear in Kommersant , Vedomosti , The Economist , The Wall Street Journal , The New York Times . Other publications in the scientific and socio-political press in Russia include "Pro et Contra", "Otetscheswenije Zapiski" ( Russian "Отечественные записки" ), "Social Sciences and the present" ( Russian Общественные науки и современность ), New Times (Russian " Новое Время “), Ogonyok and Novaya Gazeta . The center itself publishes the journal “ Messenger of Social Opinion ” ( Russian Вестник общественного мнения ), which appears quarterly.

The Lewada Center is on Freedom House 's list of Independent Analytical Centers in Europe. Information published by Levada was used in The Economist's report on Russia.

In cooperation with the Lewada Center, the radio station Radio Free Europe broadcasts the program “Public Opinion” ( Russian: “Общественное мнение: граждане России у микрофона Радио Свобода” ) on a weekly basis .

In 1988, WZIOM staff developed the first study of consumer preferences in the Soviet Union . The Lewada Center is currently conducting a wide range of sociological and market research using various techniques.

history

founding

The Lewada Center was founded in 2003 as the successor to the independent opinion research institute WZIOM . The reason was the hiring of state employees in the management of WZIOM by the Russian Ministry of Property Relations in August 2003. This gave representatives of the Russian administration the opportunity to control and monitor parts of the center. As a result, all previous employees of WZIOM quit their jobs and continue their activities under the new name "WZIOM-A". After the Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation banned the use of this name, the organization was renamed the Levada Analytical Center (Levada Center) .

activities

The Lewada Center is continuing the research programs and surveys that they started under WZIOM in the years 1990-2000. One of the largest projects of the Levada Center was the study “The Soviet Man” (“Homo soveticus”, Russian Советский Человек ). In various surveys, specialists use the monitoring technology to reveal the greatest trends in the social development of Russian society over the past 15 years.

The Levada Center also publishes the yearbook “Russian Public Opinion” in Russian and English, which is used in various media.

Registration as "foreign agent"

On September 5, 2016, the polling institute was classified as a so-called " foreign agent " by Russian authorities . According to the official justification, the Levada Center receives funds from abroad, primarily from the United States. The classification was made at the request of the " Anti-Maidan " movement, which accused the Lewada Center of acting on behalf of the United States through contact with the University of Wisconsin – Madison . Director Lev Gudkov described the allegations as slander. The institute collaborates with various research institutes, the collaboration with the University of Madison recently focused on researching the living conditions of families in Russia. According to its own information, the institute has not received any foreign funding since a similar study in 2013. Gudkov announced that he wanted to take action against the decision. The classification as a "foreign agent" made two weeks before the parliamentary election prevents independent opinion research and is a form of political censorship , said Gudkow. He attributed the decision to a Levada poll, which recorded a significant decline in the popularity of the United Russia party in August 2016. The center's activities have been temporarily suspended.

research

The centre's research is based on regular public opinion polls across Russia. These are some of the biggest projects:

  • The Soviet man (Russian Советский человек). Five Big Waves of Public Opinion Polls in Russia in 1989, 1994, 1999, 2003 and 2008.
  • Observation of voting preferences in Russia in 1993, 1995–1996, 1999–2000, 2003–2004, 2007–2008.
  • Voices from Russia: Society, Democracy, Europe, 2006.
  • Elite problems in modern Russia. 2005-2006.
  • Voices from Russia: What Russian Mittelstand Think About Their Own Country and Europe, 2008.
  • International Social Survey Program (ISSP), since 1991.
  • New Russia Barometer, in collaboration with the Center for the Study of the Legal Order (University of Strachclyde, University of Aberdeen), since 1991.
  • Survey on Russia's reputation among its own population 2016

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Russia's only independent pollster resists 'foreign agent' tag . In: Reuters , May 7, 2013.
    Ellen Barry: Polling Group in Russia Says It May Close . In: The New York Times , May 20, 2013.
    Levada Pollster 'Told to Register' as Foreign Agent . In: Moscow Times , September 6, 2016.
    Левада-центр намерен опротестовать решение Минюста России о признании оризнании оризнании орнытонизацмиа . In: Echo Moskwy , September 5, 2016.
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.levada.ru
  3. ↑ http://directory.esomar.org/Russian-Federation/r771_Levada-Center.php
  4. ↑ http://www.oirom.ru/?pt=4
  5. ↑ http://www.freedomhouse.hu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46
  6. ↑ http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12628010
  7. ↑ http://www.svobodanews.ru/archive/ru_bz_vox/latest/896/264.html
  8. ↑ http://magazines.russ.ru/nz/2003/5/levin.html
  9. ^ Radio Liberty
  10. ↑ a b Минюст признал "Левада-центр" "иностранным агентом" . In: Novaya Gazeta , September 5, 2016.
  11. ↑ Минюст нашел у "Левада-центра" американские деньги , Lenta.Ru, September 6, 2016.
  12. ↑ Leading Independent Pollster Blacklisted as 'Foreign Agent' . In: The Moscow Times , September 5, 2016.
  13. ↑ Russia declares pollsters to be agents , Spiegel online from September 5, 2016
  14. ^ Russia's Levada Center polling group named foreign agent . In: BBC , September 5, 2016.
  15. ↑ Ivan Nechepurenko: Russian Polling Center Is Declared a 'Foreign Agent' Before Elections . In: The New York Times , September 5, 2016.
  16. ^ Lewada Center: The activities have ended Deutsche Welle, September 7, 2016
  17. ^ Society, Democracy, Europe ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eu-russiacentre.org
  18. ↑ Russian "Middle Class" (PDF) ( Memento of the original dated December 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eu-russiacentre.org
  19. ↑ ISSP – Russia ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.issp.org
  20. ↑ New Russia Barometer ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.abdn.ac.uk
  21. ↑ What Russia wants to be respected for BoellBlog, November 30, 2016