Anna Almakaeva Editor

Anna Almakaeva (PhD in Sociology) is a deputy head of the International Laboratory for Comparative Social Research at the Higher School of Economics (Russia). Her research interests include social capital, values, subjective well-being and comparative studies. She is a member of the World Value Survey Russian team and European Values Study Russian team.
Alejandro Moreno (PhD) joined ITAM (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Mexico) in 1996. He has served as President of the World Association for Public Opinion Research, WAPOR (2013-2014), as Vice-president for the World Values Survey Association (since 2013), and as Managing Director of the Latinobarometro surveys (2010-2017). He has also been the Director of Public Opinion Polling for newspaper Reforma (1999-2015) and currently for newspaper El Financiero (since 2016). His main research and academic interests focus on public opinion elections and voting behavior, political culture and social values, comparative politics, and survey research methodologies.
Rima Wilkes (PhD) is a professor at the department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia (Canada). In 2017-2018 she was president of the Canadian Sociological Association.  Her research interests include political sociology, race and ethnicity, trust, immigration and social movements.