Dr Tim Friedman works as a Senior Research Fellow and leads the Questionnaires team within the Assessment Development Program at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). Tim has extensive roles in large-scale surveys, serving as the project director at ACER for Australia’s National Assessment Program - ICT Literacy 2022, and international project coordinator for the IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 2022 cycle. He has led ACER’s contribution to the development of contextual questionnaires and their subsequent analysis for the COVID-19 Monitoring Impacts on Learning Outcomes (MILO) project as well as other large-scale surveys including the OECD International Early Learning Study (IELS), the Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics study (SEA-PLM), the Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Study (PILNA). In 2011, Tim was awarded a PhD in Psychology at Monash University for his investigation into the detection subtle deficits in cognitive decline, using a novel computer based test of cognitive function.
Caterina Mieras i Barceló (b. in Majorca 5 April 1947) holds a degree in Medicine and Surgery from UB. She also is Teacher at the Teacher Training School of the Balearic Islands and reached an Upper Grade in piano from the Conservatory of Music of Valencia.
Did my PhD on Tuberculosis and my post-doc in Health Economics. I've been at the Institute for Future studies and active in the World Values Survey network since the early 90's. Worked in Sophia Antipolis, Southern France for many years as professor of Future studies and communication strategies. Most recent project: A Migrant World Values Survey in Sweden. We have data from more than hundred countries on values and social norms in the World Values Survey, but we lack representative data on people migrating from one country to another. We have now completed the very first migrant WVS in Sweden, with 6,500 respondents from the main non-european migrant countries.
Eduard Ponarin holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Michigan (the USA) and is a tenured professor at the Higher School of Economics (Russia) where he directs Laboratory for Comparative Social Research. He is Russia’s representative in the Word Values Survey Association and a member of that organization’s Executive Council. Before joining Higher School of Economics, he taught at the European University at St. Petersburg (1998-2008) where he served as the Chair of Political Science and Sociology (2005-2008). He also served on PONARS Executive Board in 2003–2006. Professor Ponarin's research interests include survey research, comparative sociology, nationalism and identity politics, and Islamic societies.
Pippa Norris is a British American political scientist specializing in comparative politics. She is the McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University, and she has served as the Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, and Director of the Electoral Integrity Project.
Experienced Sociologist and Survey Researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Solid international background. Skilled in Sociology, Sociological Theory, Lecturing, International Relations, and Social Research. Over 15 years of social research practice. Strong research professional with a Post-Graduate Studies focused in Sociology. Goal-oriented, initiative, dynamic, and efficient.