Eldad Davidov has been Professor at the Institute for Sociology and Social Psychology at the University of Cologne, Germany, since 2017.

He was president of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) between 2015 and 2017. His research interests concentrate on structural equation modeling especially applied to cross-cultural comparisons and longitudinal survey data. In his research he analyzes human values, attitudes toward immigrants or other minorities, and rational choice theories. Before joining the ISS he has been Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and co-director of the University of Zurich Research Priority Program “Social Networks”.