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Eldad Davidov

Prof. Dr. Eldad Davidov Portrait

Research focuses

Quantitative Methods and Empirical Social Research; Cross-Cultural Comparisons; Structural Equation Modeling, Longitudinal Survey Data; Attitudes and Values; Rational Choice Theories; Key Research Initiative: Demography and Social Inequality;

Curriculum vitae

StagesPeriods and Details
Full Professor (W3)Since 2016, University of Cologne, Germany
Guest professorshipMarch 2026, University of Stony Brook, NY, USA
Research visitFebruary 2026, Sciences Po, Paris, France
Associate Professor 2009-2016, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Substitute Professor2008-2009, University of Cologne, Germany
Habilitation Sociology2008, University of Cologne, Germany
Substitute Professor2007-2008, University of Mannheim, Germany
Research Associate  2006-2007, University of Cologne, Germany
Project staff member2004-2005, University of Gießen, Germany
Doctorate2004, Prof. Dr. Peter Schmidt, Prof. Dr. Karl-Dieter Opp, Social Sciences,
Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen, Germany

Selected publications

  • Challenges in multilevel modeling: Cross-group measurement noninvariance and measurement
    errors. A Monte Carlo simulation study (2025). Pokropek, A., T. Żółtak, E. Davidov, B.
    Meuleman and P. Schmidt. Sociological Methods and Research.
    DOI: 10.1177/00491241251379459
  • Antisemitism among Muslim immigrants in Germany (2025). Czymara, C.S., M. Eisentraut, P.
    Kolkwitz-Anstötz, E. Davidov and P. Schmidt. European Sociological Review.
    DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcaf017
  • One and the same? How similar are basic human values and behavioral Economic preferences
    (2024). Scharfbillig, M., J. Cieciuch and E. Davidov. Plos One 19(2): e0296852.
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296852
  • In search of a comparable measure of generalized individual religiosity in the World
    Values Survey (2024). Remizova, A., M. Rudnev and E. Davidov. Sociological Methods and
    Research 53(2), 839-871. DOI: 10.1177/00491241221077239
  • Measurement invariance in the social sciences: Historical development, methodological
    challenges, state of the art, and future perspectives (2023). Leitgöb, H., D. Seddig, T.
    Asparouhov, D. Behr, E. Davidov, K. De Roover, S. Jak, K. Meitinger, N. Menold, B. Muthén,
    M. Rudnev, P. Schmidt and R. van de Schoot. Social Science Research 110.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2022.102805
  • Twitter users' privacy behavior: A reasoned action approach (2022). Schmidt, P., G.
    Gordoni, I. Ajzen, H. Steinmetz, E. Davidov, C. Beuthner, H. Silber and B. Weiß. New Media
    and Society 8(3).
    DOI: 10.1177/20563051221126085
  • Why measurement invariance is important in comparative research. A response to Welzel et
    al. (2021) (2022). Meuleman, B., T. Żółtak, A. Pokropek, E. Davidov, B. Muthén, D.
    Oberski, J. Billiet and Peter Schmidt. Sociological Methods and Research 52(2), 1401-1419.
    DOI: 10.1177/00491241221091755
  • Values and attitudes towards immigrants among school children in Switzerland and Poland
    (2022). Becker, C., E. Davidov, J. Cieciuch, R. Algesheimer and M. Kindschi. Race and
    Social Problems 14, 308-325. DOI: 10.1007/s12552-022-09357-4
  • Correlates of COVID-19 vaccination intentions: Attitudes, institutional trust, fear,
    conspiracy beliefs, and skepticism toward vaccines (2022). Seddig, D., D. Maskileyson, E.
    Davidov, I. Ajzen and P. Schmidt. Social Science and Medicine (302), 114981.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114981
  • Ethnic majority attitudes towards Jewish and non-Jewish migrants in Israel: The role of
    threat, vulnerability and human values (2022).
    Raijman, R., O. Hochman and E. Davidov. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies 20(1),
    17-32.
    DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2021.1889107
  • The comparability of perceived physical and mental health measures across immigrants and
    natives in the United States (2021). Maskileyson, D., D. Seddig and E. Davidov. Demography
    58(4), 1423-1443.
    DOI: 10.1215/00703370-9304855
  • Explaining voting intentions in referendums on EU membership: A basic human values
    theory approach (2021). Dennison, J., D. Seddig and E.
    Davidov. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 52(4), 372-387.
    DOI: 10.1177/00220221211005082
  • The comparability of measures in the ageism module of the fourth round of the European
    Social Survey, 2008-2009 (2020). Seddig, D., D. Maskileyson and E. Davidov. Survey
    Research Methods 14(4), 351-364.
    DOI: 10.18148/srm/2019.v13i2.7369
  • "Explaining voting in the UK's 2016 EU referendum: Values, attitudes toward immigration,
    European identity and trust in politicians" (2020). Dennison, J., E. Davidov and D.
    Seddig. Social Science Research 92.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2020.102476
  • "Direct and indirect predictors of opposition to immigration in Europe: Individual
    values, cultural values, and symbolic threat" (2020). Davidov, E., D. Seddig, A.
    Gorodzeisky, R. Raijman, P. Schmidt and M. Semyonov. Journal of Ethnic and Migration
    Studies, 46(3), 553-573.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1550152
  • "What factors explain anti-Muslim prejudice? An assessment of Muslim population size,
    institutional characteristics and immigration-related media claims" (2020). Schlueter, E.,
    A. Masso and E. Davidov. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46(3), 649-664.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1550160
  • "A Monte Carlo simulation study to assess the appropriateness of traditional and newer
    approaches to test for measurement invariance" (2019). Pokropek, A., E. Davidov and P.
    Schmidt. Structural Equation Modeling, 26(5), 724-744.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2018.1561293
  • "Is partial approximate measurement invariance enough? A Monte Carlo simulation study" (2019). Pokropek, Artur; Davidov, Eldad; Schmidt, Peter. Structural Equation Modeling.
  • "Testing for approximate measurement invariance of human values in the European Social Survey" (2018). Cieciuch, Jan; Davidov, Eldad; Algesheimer, René; Schmidt, Peter. Sociological Methods & Research, 47(4), 665-686.
  • "Explaining measurement nonequivalence using multilevel structural equation modeling: The case of attitudes toward citizenship rights" (2018). Davidov, Eldad; Cieciuch, Jan; Dülmer, Hermann; Seddig, Daniel; Kuntz, Anabel; Schmidt, Peter. Sociological Methods & Research 47(4), 729-760.
  • "Universalism, conservation and attitudes toward minority groups" (2016). Beierlein, Constanze; Kuntz, Anabel; Davidov, Eldad. Social Science Research, 58:68-79.
  • "The comparability of attitudes toward immigration in the European Social Survey: Exact versus approximate equivalence" (2015). Davidov, Eldad; Cieciuch, Jan; Schmidt, Peter; Meuleman, Bart; Algesheimer, René; Hausherr, Mirjam. Public Opinion Quarterly,79:244-266.
  • "The stability and change of value structure and priorities in childhood: A longitudinal study" (2015). Cieciuch, Jan; Davidov, Eldad; Algesheimer, René. Social Development, 25(3):503-527.
  • "Human values, legal regulation, and approval of homosexuality in European countries: A cross-country comparison" (2015). Kuntz, Anabel; Davidov, Eldad; Schwartz, Shalom H.; Schmidt, Peter. European Journal of Social Psychology, 45:120-134.
  • "Measurement Equivalence in Cross-National Research" (2014). Davidov, Eldad; Meuleman, Bart; Cieciuch, Jan; Schmidt, Peter; Billiet, Jaak. Annual Review of Sociology, 40:55-75.
  • "Individual values, cultural embeddedness, and anti-immigration sentiments: Explaining differences in the effect of values on attitudes toward immigration across Europe" (2014). Davidov, Eldad; Meuleman, Bart; Schwartz, Shalom H; Schmidt, Peter. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 66(S1):263-285.
  • "Relations between Second Language Proficiency and National Identification: The Case of Immigrants in Germany " (2014). Hochman, Oshrat; Davidov, Eldad. European Sociological Review, 30(3):344-359.
  • "Immigrant Integration Policies and Perceived Group Threat: A Multilevel Study of 27 Western and Eastern European Countries" (2013). Schlueter, Elmar; Meuleman, Bart; Davidov, Eldad. Social Science Research, 42(3):670-682.
  • "Contextual sources of perceived group threat: Negative immigration-related news reports, immigrant group size and their interaction, Spain 1996-2007" (2013). Schlueter, Elmar; Davidov, Eldad. European Sociological Review (ESR), 29(2):179-191.
  • "Refining the theory of basic individual values" (2012). Schwartz, Shalom H; Cieciuch, Jan; Vecchione, Michele; Davidov, Eldad; Fischer, Ronald; Beierlein, Constanze; Ramos, Alic; Verkasalo, Markku; Lönnqvist, Jan-Erik; Demirutku, Kursad; Dirilen-Gumus, Ozlem; Konty, Mark. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103(4):663-688.
  • "An SEM approach to continuous time modeling of panel data: Relating authoritarianism and anomia" (2012). Voelkle, Manuel C; Oud, Johan H L; Davidov, Eldad; Schmidt, Peter. Psychological Methods, 17(2):176-192.
  • "Explaining attitudes towards immigration policies in European countries: The role of human values" (2012). Davidov, Eldad; Meuleman, Bart. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 38(5):757-775.
  • "Basic personal values and the meaning of left-right political orientations in 20 countries" (2011). Piurko, Yuval; Schwartz, Shalom H.; Davidov, Eldad. Political Psychology, 32(4):537-561.
  • "How harmful are survey translations? A test with Schwartz's human values instrument" (2010). Davidov, Eldad; De Beuckelaer, Alain. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 22(4):485-510.
  • "Measurement equivalence of nationalism and constructive patriotism in the ISSP: 34 Countries in a comparative perspective" (2009). Davidov, Eldad. Political Analysis, 17(1):64-82.
  • "Changing attitudes toward immigration in Europe, 2002-2007. A dynamic group conflict theory approach" (2009). Meuleman, Bart; Davidov, Eldad; Billiet, Jaak. Social Science Research, 38(2):352-365.
  • "Testing the stability of an acquiescence style factor behind two interrelated substantive variables in a panel design" (2008). Billiet, Jaak B; Davidov, Eldad. Sociological Methods & Research, 36(4):542-562.
  • "Bringing values back in the adequacy of the European Social Survey to measure values in 20 countries" (2008). Davidov, Eldad; Schmidt, Peter; Schwartz, Shalom H. Public Opinion Quarterly, 72(3):420-445.
  • "The syndrome of group-focused enmity: the interrelation of prejudices tested with multiple cross-sectional and panel data" (2008). Zick, Andreas; Wolf, Carina; Küpper, Beate; Davidov, Eldad; Schmidt, Peter; Heitmeyer, Wilhelm. Journal of Social Issues, 64(2):363-383.

Activities in the Research System

  • Since 2022: Chair, Fritz Thyssen-Prize jury
  • 2015-2017: President, European Survey Research Association (ESRA)
  • 2019-2021: Department director
  • 2013-2024: Co-Director, University Research Priority Program "Social Networks", University of Zurich
  • Since 2024: Member, Curatorium of GESIS
  • Since 2021: Long-term member of the Advisory Board of the Nationalen Diskriminierungs-
    und Rassismusmonitors (NaDiRa) at the Deutsches Zentrum für Integrations- und
    Migrationsforschung (DeZIM)
  • Since 2026: Member, Advisory Board Equal Opportunities
  • Since 2024: Point of Contact for Antisemitism Concerns
  • 2021: Scientific advisor, German Israeli Foundation (GIF)
  • 2019-2021: Scientific consultant to the European Commission
  • 2019: Chair, Faculty Research Ethics Committee
  • 2018-present: Long-term member of the Nominations Committee for Honorary Professorships
  • 2016-2017: Consultant, OECD
  • 2013: Academic Organizer, 5th ESRA Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • 2009-2025: Member of 13 professorial appointment committees
  • 2005-present: Teaching in annual summer schools and other universities or research
    institutions
  • Since 2005: Reviewer for approx. 150 papers and 30 research proposals; Associate Editor
    and Guest Editor for various international peer-reviewed journals

Contact information

Eldad Davidov

Phone: +49 221-470 3475
Email: e.davidov(at)uni-koeln(dot)de
WWW: www.dss-wiso.uni-koeln.de