Global Barometer Surveys

The organizational structure of the GBS network is based on two principles: multilateral coordination and self-governance. On the one hand, each regional barometer directs and coordinates its own member institutions and country teams in 93 countries where surveys have been conducted. For example, the Afrobarometer is headquartered in the Ghana Center for Democratic Development. It commissions data collection, for example, in Nigeria through Practical Sampling International and in South Africa through Citizens Surveys. The headquarter of Asian Barometer is hosted by the Hu Fu Center for East Asia Democratic Studies, National Taiwan University. It implements its survey in the Philippines through Social Weather Station and in Malaysia through Merdeka Centre. On the other hand, three bodies have been established to coordinate the collaborative efforts among regional barometers to achieve common research standards, generate merged data and pooled resources, produce joint research output, and organize joint out-reach activities.

Professor Yun-han Chu made remarkable contributions to the promotion and development of GBS while serving as Co-chair since its launch in 2004. Sadly, he passed away on February 5th, 2023, and the GBS community deeply mourns his loss. Please visit the following website to commemorate and remember him: https://www.asianbarometer.org/.

The GBS network is currently managed through three bodies,

I. Executive Board:
Comprised of representatives from member regional barometers. The Executive Board provides intellectual leadership, makes collective decisions, develops proposals for research and funding, plans and coordinates surveys according to a common schedule, and authorizes other actions, including delegating tasks to working groups.

★ co-Chairs of the executive board

Marta Lagos

Director of Latinobarometro
Dinerman Award pollsters

Min-Hua Huang

Director of Asian Barometer
Professor, Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University

★ Members of the executive board

Joseph Asunka

CEO of Afrobarometer

Michael Robbins

Director and Co-Principal Investigator of Arab Barometer

Christian W Haerpfer

Director of Eurasien Barometer
President of World Values Survey Association (WVSA)
Director of the Center for Strategic Development at the Institute for Advanced Studies

Sandeep Shastri

Vice Chancellor, Jagran Lakecity University
Director of its Centre for Research in Social Sciences and Education

II. Secretariat:
The GBS Secretariat is currently hosted by Asian Barometer Survey at National Taiwan University. The Secretariat is responsible for the coordinating data-collection activities among six regional barometers, maintaining GBS website and data archive, and supporting collaborative research activities under the auspices of GBS.