Project · IRISP/P/2026/001

Institutional trust, first round

The first measurement round on trust in institutions, in science and in the media. The distance between what the public believes and what the records show is measured against the published measurement framework.

Status
Planned
Schedule
October 2026 – March 2027

Purpose and scope

  • How far a society trusts its institutions, science and the media, and how that trust moves between generations, is measured. The perceived level of trust is reported next to the measured level.

  • Country and population are set out in the method annex, together with the sample. Questions and instrument are fixed before the field, in line with the published measurement framework.

Research team

The team responsible for running the round and for the method check.

  1. [Full Name]

    [Title]

    Project lead

  2. [Full Name]

    [Title]

    Researcher

  3. [Full Name]

    [Title]

    Method adviser

Schedule

Four steps; the output of each step enters the record.

  1. 01

    Design

    October 2026

    The questionnaire and the instrument are fixed in writing before the field, in line with the measurement framework.

  2. 02

    Field

    November–December 2026

    Fieldwork is carried out under the published protocol; records are anonymised at the moment of collection.

  3. 03

    Analysis

    January–February 2027

    Findings are calculated together with their margin of uncertainty; perceived and measured values are placed side by side.

  4. 04

    Publication

    March 2027

    The round report, the method annex and the aggregated data are published together in open access.

Linked records

Publications and sessions tied to the project.

  1. IRISP/2026/006

    IRISP® Research Programme 2026–2028

    26 August 2026
  2. IRISP/2026/005

    The IRISP® Measurement Framework

    22 August 2026
  3. Session

    The measurement framework, in the open

    24 September 2026

Questions about the project are written to info@irisp.org.