ISSP members are constantly developing the methodology of the programme further. The methodological work in the ISSP is coordinated by a Methodology Committee, consisting of seven members elected at the General Meeting. The Methodology Committee is chaired by the USA.

The Methodology Committee co-ordinates the work of six groups addressing different areas of cross-cultural methods, all concerned with issues of equivalence:

• demography
• non-response
• weighting
• mode effects
• questionnaire design
• translation

For the latest information on the groups’ research projects contact the following:

• demography: Markus Quandt or Evi Scholz, GESIS, Germany
• non-response: Marlène Sapin, FORS, Switzerland
• weighting: Tom Smith, NORC, USA
• modes: Ásdís Arnalds, SSRI, Iceland
• translation and questionnaire design: Jindrich Krejci, Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences