Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas
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
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Formation | 1963 |
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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 |
Formerly called | Instituto de la Opinión Pública |
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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