The World Values Survey Association is a global network of Social Scientists and survey researchers from over 120 world countries. The mission of the World Values Survey is to provide a better understanding of the role of human beliefs in the massive social transformations that reshape today's world. By providing the surveys as a public good, the association delivers an invaluable tool for scholars around the world to study the human component of social change. The association is strongly committed to peace, justice, equality, freedom, humanitarian values and inter-cultural dialogue. The association is managed by an Executive Committee that is voted for a six- years term. Since June 1, 2014, the executive committee consists of the following people: Christian Haerpfer (Austria) - President Alejandro Moreno (Mexico) - Vice-President, Treasurer Christian Welzel (Germany) - Vice-President Bi Puranen (Sweden) - Member at large Pippa Norris (USA) - Member at large Eduard Ponarin (Russia) - Member at large Marta Lagos (Chile) - Member at large Ronald Inglehart (USA) - Founding President Jaime Diez-Medrano (Spain) - Data archive The Executive Committee is assisted by the Scientific Advisory Committee, consisting of the following people: Juan Diez-Nicolas (Spain) - Chair Yilmaz Esmer (Turkey) - Vice-Chair Marita Carballo (Argentina) - Vice-Chair Catalina Romero (Peru) - Member at large Ian McAllister (Australia) - Member at large Linda Luz Guerrero (Philippines) - Member at large Renata Simienska (Poland) - Member at large David Rotman (Russia) - Member at large Seiko Yamazaki (Japan) - Member at large Fares Braizat (Jordan) - Member at large