This chapter explores how representative online research panels can produce real-time longitudinal data on the transformation of societal ideas, values and civicness in Italy. It frames civicness as a lens for reading societal change in times of polycrisis. It also reviews the debate on probability and opt-in panels in light of major European experiences. The chapter presents the FOSSR Online Research Panel (ORP), a publicly managed opt-in panel designed as an “Open Science by design” service, and its flagship longitudinal survey, the CIVES Observatory. First-wave data (2025) show how populism, conspiracism, the progressive-conservative dimension and attitudes toward the wars in Ukraine and Palestine structure the Italian political space. Participation intensity is associated with progressive orientations. The chapter concludes by calling for a European network of panels on civicness.
Simone, A., Orazio Spinello, A., Reale, E., Vassallo, S. (2026). Investigating the Transformation of Societal Ideas, Values and Civicness: The Contribution of Panel Data and CIVES Observatory. In G. Cerulli, E. Reale (a cura di), Research Infrastructures for Open Science in Social Science Research: Lessons from the FOSSR Case (pp. 131-154). Springer [10.1007/978-3-032-29575-0_7].
Investigating the Transformation of Societal Ideas, Values and Civicness: The Contribution of Panel Data and CIVES Observatory
Andrea Simone;
2026-01-01
Abstract
This chapter explores how representative online research panels can produce real-time longitudinal data on the transformation of societal ideas, values and civicness in Italy. It frames civicness as a lens for reading societal change in times of polycrisis. It also reviews the debate on probability and opt-in panels in light of major European experiences. The chapter presents the FOSSR Online Research Panel (ORP), a publicly managed opt-in panel designed as an “Open Science by design” service, and its flagship longitudinal survey, the CIVES Observatory. First-wave data (2025) show how populism, conspiracism, the progressive-conservative dimension and attitudes toward the wars in Ukraine and Palestine structure the Italian political space. Participation intensity is associated with progressive orientations. The chapter concludes by calling for a European network of panels on civicness.
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