Science, Technology & Society Eurobarometers 1993 - 2021: Trend Data Collection

These files contain structured collections of Eurobarometer (EB) survey data from 1993 to 2021, focusing on European citizen’s views on science and technology (S&T). The primary aim of these data collections is to facilitate research on trends over time regarding people’s knowledge, perception and attitudes towards S&T. The European Union has collected extensive survey data from the general public over the past 50 years through its official polling instrument, the Eurobarometer. Its general goal is monitoring the state of public opinion on diverse subjects and issues throughout Europe, one of which is S&T. The data collection files, provided in the folder ‘EB_data_csv’, include data from seven different Eurobarometer surveys. These surveys were selected because their raw datasets were openly accessible through Open EU Datasets. To ensure sufficient data points for plotting specific trends over time, we included only survey questions that appeared in at least three different EB surveys.