Remembering Ronald Inglehart, the Founding President of the World Values Survey Association

On May 8th, 2021, the founder of the World Values Survey, Ronald F. Inglehart, passed away after a long illness. This is a tremendous loss to the WVS community and, well beyond this, to intellectual life around the world. Our sincere condolences go to his family and close ones.

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Born on 5 September 1934, Ronald Inglehart was an American political scientist and professor emeritus at the University of Michigan. Recognized by many awards, he was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Academy of Political and Social Science, as well as winner of the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, the equivalent of the Nobel prize in political science. Inglehart received honorary degrees from Uppsala University in Sweden, the Free University of Brussels in Belgium, Leuphana University in Lueneburg, Germany. The Laboratory for Comparative Social Research (LCSR) that he founded in Russia in 2010 bears his name today. He was the 2014 recipient of WAPOR’s highest honor, the Helen Dinerman Award, for his significant contributions to survey research methodology, specifically in the area of cross-cultural research.

One of the world’s most cited political scientists, Inglehart published over 400 peer-reviewed articles and authored or coauthored fourteen books during his career. His books have been translated into many languages, and his theories have been analyzed and studied in most global and regional contexts. He is now the most widely cited scholar in political science in the world, according to Google Scholar.

Ron was inspirational intellectually, energetic as a leader, inexhaustibly supportive as a mentor—and warm and lovable as a person. We will miss him!
In loving memory, from the Members of the World Values Survey Association