Head office of the institute in Madrid
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Formation | 1963 |
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Type | GO |
Purpose | public research institute |
Headquarters | Montalbán, 8 Madrid |
Coordinates | 40°25′04″N 3°41′25″W / 40.4179°N 3.6903°WCoordinates: 40°25′04″N 3°41′25″W / 40.4179°N 3.6903°W |
Region served
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nation-wide |
Affiliations | Ministerio de la Presidencia |
Website | cis |
Formerly called
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Istituto de la Opinión Pública |
The Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas ("Centre for Sociological Research") or CIS is a Spanish public research institute. It was founded in 1963 as the Instituto de la Opinión Pública, and in 1977, after the Spanish general election in that year, acquired its present name.
The institute publishes the Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas and various series of books.