Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas

Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas
	Head office of the institute in Madrid
Formation	1963
Type	GO
Purpose	public research institute
Headquarters	Montalbán, 8; Madrid
Coordinates	40.4179°N 3.6903°W
Region served	nation-wide
Affiliations	Ministerio de la Presidencia
Website	cis.es
Formerly called	Instituto de la Opinión Pública

The Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas ("Centre for Sociological Research") or CIS is a Spanish public research institute. It was founded in 1963 as the Instituto de la Opinión Pública,[1] and in 1977, after the Spanish general election in that year, acquired its present name.[2]^:728

The institute publishes the Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas and various series of books.[2]^:728

Since 2018, the President of the CIS is José Félix Tezanos.

References

María Pilar Alcobendas Tirado (2006). Historia del Instituto de la Opinión Pública, 1963-1977 (in Spanish). Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. ISBN 9788474763966.
John Gray Geer (2004). Public Opinion and Polling Around the World: A Historical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781576079126.

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[maria-1] María Pilar Alcobendas Tirado (2006). Historia del Instituto de la Opinión Pública, 1963-1977 (in Spanish). Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. ISBN 9788474763966.

[greer-2] John Gray Geer (2004). Public Opinion and Polling Around the World: A Historical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781576079126.