Full edition for scientific use. The COVID-19 crisis is manifold and poses major health, economic and social challenges for current societies. Long-term monitoring of central values and attitudes of citizens in times of crises help to grasp current social and political tensions. Taking this ambition to the global scale and providing comparable data across nations is the main aim of the Values in Crisis Study (VIC). Christian Welzel, together with well-known researchers in Germany, UK and Sweden initiated the study and finally 18 countries collaborated in this project. Currently, the Values in Crisis (VIC) Survey is by our knowledge the only international longitudinal survey project on attitudes and values providing data on a global scale. The international dataset is available as a compact version including mainly the harmonized variables of education, income, and region, the key variables of the survey and scales referring to classical value concepts or personality factors. Additionally, there is a full version, where country-specific questions deviating from the standard questionnaire are available for further single country analysis. A method report is additionally published to provide more insights about the country-specific details of the surveys. This dataset represents the data of 18 countries of the first wave of this longitudinal study which is now made publicly available by the SSÖ-Team and AUSSDA. Further releases of the second wave of the survey “end at sight” which is conducted in 2021 and the third wave of the survey (“after the crisis”, probably in 2022) are planned in the future.

Archiving team (Austria) Aschauer, Wolfgang (University of Salzburg) Seymer, Alexander (University of Salzburg) Bodi-Fernandez, Otto (University of Graz) Herzog, Manfred (University of Vienna)

Project initiators (Germany/UK) Welzel, Christian (Leuphana University Lüneburg) Boehnke, Klaus (Jacobs University Bremen) Delhey, Jan (Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg) Deutsch, Franziska (Jacobs University Bremen) Eichhorn, Jan (University of Edinburgh; d|part) Kühnen, Ulrich (Jacobs University Bremen)

Contributors Austria Aschauer, Wolfgang (University of Salzburg) Hadler, Markus (University of Graz) Höllinger, Franz (University of Graz) Bacher, Johann (University of Linz)

Contributors Brazil Moraes, Diego (Sivis Institute) Kemer, Thaíse (Sivis Institute)

Contributors Chile Gonzalez, Ricardo (Universidad Adolfo Ibañez) Salvatierra, Valentina (Universidad Adolfo Ibañez) Fuentes, Adolfo (Universidad Adolfo Ibañez)

Contributors China Chang, Yu-tzung (National Taiwan University) Chu, Yun-han (National Taiwan University) Huang, Osbern (National Taiwan University)

Contributors Colombia Casas, Andres (University of Pennsylvania) Mendez, Nathalie (Texas A&M University)

Contributors Georgia Pachulia, Merab (Georgian Opinion Research Business International - GORBI) Gulashvili, Nino (Georgian Opinion Research Business International - GORBI)

Contributors Greece Demertzis, Nicolas (National Centre for Social Research (EKKE); Unversity of Athens) Papadoudis, George (National Centre for Social Research (EKKE)) Linardis, Apostolos (National Centre for Social Research (EKKE)) Koniordos, Socratis (University of the Peloponnese) Aranitou, Valia (University of Crete)

Contributors Hong Kong Huang, Yi-Hui Christine (City University of Hong Kong)

Contributors Italy Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina (Hertie School) Abels, Christoph M. (Hertie School)

Contributors Japan Taniguchi, Naoko (Keio University) Akaliyski, Plamen (Keio University) Park, Joonha (NUCB Business School) Dentsu Institute (Dentsu Institute)

Contributors Kazakhstan Rakisheva, Botagoz (Public Opinion Research Institute) Mazhitova, Ainur (Public Opinion Research Institute) Ashkenova, Gulden (Public Opinion Research Institute)

Contributors Korea I Cho, Youngho (Sogang University) Lee, Nam Young (Korean Social Science Data Center) Kim, Yeun-Sook (Sookmyung Women's University)

Contributors Korea II Kim, Jibum (Sungkyunkwan University) Heo, Jongho (National Assembly Futures Institute) Shin, Inchol (University of Seoul) Shim, Jae-Mahn (Korea University) Kim, Ocktae (Korea National Open University) Kim, Sori (Sungkyunkwan University)

Contributors Maldives Riyaz, Aminath (The Maldives National University) Moosa, Sheena (The Maldives National University) Rahman, Raheema Abdul (The Maldives National University) Musthafa, Hawwa Shiuna (The Maldives National University)

Contributors Poland Siemienska, Renata (The Maria Grzegorzewska University; University of Warsaw) Domaradzka, Anna (University of Warsaw) Matysiak, Ilona (The Maria Grzegorzewska University)

Contributors Russia Ponarin, Eduard (National Research University Higher School of Economics) Sokolov, Boris (National Research University Higher School of Economics) Klimova, Aigul (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

Contributors Sweden Puranen, Bi (Institute for Futures Studies) Axelsson, Tomas (Dalarna University) Stier, Jonas (Mälardalen University)