Research area · IRISP/A/01

Trust and institutions

How much societies trust their institutions, science and media — and how that trust moves.

Questions

Three questions are followed in this area in the first measurement round.

  1. Institutional trust across generations

  2. Trust in science and expertise

  3. How trust responds to crises

Status
Planned
Scope
First measurement round, Q4 2026; country and population stated in the method annex
Lead
Named when the appointment is published
Method
The IRISP® Measurement Framework, IRISP/2026/005
Expected output
Report, method annex and aggregate data
Updated
8 September 2026

Projects and method

The projects bound to this area, and below them the measurement and programme records.

Bound projects

  1. IRISP/P/2026/001 Institutional trust, first round October 2026 – March 2027
  2. IRISP/P/2026/002 Trust in science, a generational comparison 2027
  3. IRISP/P/2026/003 Trust monitoring in times of crisis 2027

  1. The area is bound to the institute's shared measurement framework: the perceived majority and the evidence are measured with the same instrument, in the same round. Country and universe are set out in the method annex.

    IRISP/2026/005 The IRISP® Measurement Framework

  2. The place of the area in the programme and its 2026–2028 timetable are published in the research programme; the rounds of the bound projects open in the order set there.

    IRISP/2026/006 IRISP® Research Programme 2026–2028