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STSM Grant Awarded to Burak Salih SELCUK

STSM Grant Awarded to Burak Salih SELCUK (Recep Tayyip Erdogan University - Türkiye) for a research project supporting Working Group 2 at the Department of Sociology, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb (Croatia). Host Supervisor: Josip Ježovita.

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STSM Grant Awarded to Gabriele D’amico Soggetti

STSM Grant Awarded to Gabriele D’amico Soggetti (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan) for a research project at FORS – Swiss Centre of Expertise in Social Sciences, Lausanne (Switzerland). Host Supervisor: Michael Ochsner.

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STSM Grant Awarded to Kamil STRZĘPEK

STSM Grant Awarded to Kamil STRZĘPEK (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw - Poland) for a research project at the Department of Political Sciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan (Italy). Host Supervisor: Andrea Santini.

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STSM Grant Awarded to Veronica Pastorino

STSM Grant Awarded to Veronica Pastorino (Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna – Italy) for a research project at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic). Host Supervisor: Beatrice-Elena Chromková Manea.

Events

Action Launch Meeting in Brussels

27.10.25group 2

COST Association (Manhattan Center)Avenue du Boulevard 21, 1210 Bruxelles, Belgio.

The first Management Committee meeting for the COST Action VISTA (CA24150 - Values in Turbulent Times) took place in Brussels on October 27, 2025 bringing together scholars from 28 countries to establish the project aim of gaining a better understanding of changes in social values during periods of crisis and social transformation.

1st General Meeting of the COST Action VISTA (Values in Turbulent Times)

22.01.26group 2

Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreLargo Agostino Gemelli 1, 20123 Milano

The COST Action VISTA (Values in Turbulent Times) held its 1st General Meeting in Milan, Italy, on January 22–23, 2026. The two-day conference was hosted by the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. The event brought together international scholars, researchers, and early-career investigators to examine how profound social changes, technological advancements, and overlapping crises are transforming societal values across Europe. The meeting focused on establishing the interdisciplinary groundwork for the Action by featuring sessions and discussions from its five core working groups, and addressed the following key areas: • Methodological and epistemological challenges in measuring values • Trends and support for core European Union values • The contextual and individual factors driving value change • The impact of generational shifts • Communication and dissemination strategies

VISTA Bucharest Training School: From Populism to the Future. Empirical and Conceptual Approaches

03.01.27group 2

Bucarest, RomaniaBucarest, Romania

A dedicated training school exploring populism through both empirical research and conceptual analysis, equipping early-career researchers with new tools and perspectives.

VISTA General Meeting & EVS Conference (Joint Event)

13.04.27group 2

Tilburg UniversityWarandelaan 2, 5037 AB Tilburg

VISTA's next General Meeting will take place alongside the European Values Study (EVS) Conference, combining Working Group sessions and a Scientific Conference into a single, collaborative event.