Organisation chart

What is the CIS?

The Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) is a public entity, the main aim of which is to study Spanish society, a task it has been undertaking since 1976.

It performs this task largely by taking surveys in which it asks people their opinion on a range of current socio-economic and political affairs (health care, education, immigration, to name but a few).

The CIS carries out its activities through the following organisational structure:

• Presidency (which has a functional support unit)
• Secretariat-General
• Research Department
• Data Bank Department
• Publications and Research Development Department
• Departamento de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones.

The Advisory Board acts as a consultative body to the Centre.

The CIS has a staff of approximately 100 people -civil servants and employees-, including technical, administrative and support personnel.