Principal Investigators

The Eurobarometer public opinion surveys are conducted on behalf of and coordinated by the European Commission, DG Communication - Public Opinion Analysis Sector, since 2003 under the unit direction of Antonis Papacostas. Special topic modules are carried out on request of the in each case responsible EC Directorate General.

The Eurobarometer program was initially launched and managed until 1986 by Jacques-René Rabier in co-operation with Ronald Inglehart. Between 1987 and 1996 it was continued and enlarged under the direction of Karlheinz Reif, since 1993 together with Anna Melich.

Anna Melich took over the Eurobarometer direction from 1997 to 1999, by then still within the organizational framework of the former Directorate-General X, Public Opinion Surveys and Research Unit.  In 2000/2002 Eurobarometer were intermittently conducted in the framework of  of the DG Education and Culture, Citizens' Center - Analysis of Public Opinion under the direction of Harald Hartung, and starting with Eurobarometer 54 under the DG Press and Communication, initially directed by Thomas Christensen.   

Since 1999 the organisation and supervision of the surveys were consecutively executed by Rubén Mohedano-Brèthes (until 2002) and Renaud Soufflot de Magny (until 2006).  

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