The BBVA Foundation presents the results of its “International Study on Scientific Culture”, based on a wide-ranging survey as regards both sample size (1,500 interviewees in each of the 11 countries analyzed) and the variety of issues broached. Surveys of public perceptions of science have a tradition dating back to the mid 1980s, first in the United States and then in Europe. Their purpose is to assess citizens’ familiarity with and understanding of science, and the different lenses with which they view it. This BBVA Foundation study not only reproduces the main measures and indicators used to date, it also adds some new measures into the mix along with conceptual and metrical innovations.
According to the annual Transatlantic Trends survey, conducted by the German Marshall Fund of the United States in partnership with the BBVA Foundation and other European foundations, a majority of Europeans agree that European Union membership has been a good thing for their country’s economy, but are reluctant to give the EU more power over national economic policy.
Key Findings
The BBVA Foundation and the Valencian Economic Research Institute (Ivie) are engaged in an ambitious line of research to measure international economic integration from the trade and financial perspective. As a key part of this research, new data banks have been built with indicators measuring international integration and its various components. The resulting INTEGRA database includes Trade Integration Indicators.
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