Apollo Academic Surveys

Apollo’s mission is to aggregate the views of academic experts, making them freely available to everyone.

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See these and more results at our website https://t.co/lFfopyIRuP

Or read the publication in the American Journal of Bioethics!
https://t.co/uEcs0T3ggm

Findings are based on a survey of 824 professional bioethicists.

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New survey:

Bioethicists influence policy in medicine, science, and public health.

But what do they actually believe?

@leah_pierson and colleagues set to find out.

https://t.co/lFfopyIRuP

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4. 15% of bioethicists thought it was ethically permissible to offer payment in exchange for organs (e.g. kidneys).

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Our article, Bioethicists Today: Results of the Views in Bioethics Survey (VIBeS), is now out in AJOB!

We surveyed 824 US bioethicists on:

(1) Major issues in bioethics, like medical aid in dying, paying organ donors, abortion, and many others

(2) Their backgrounds

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To improve our forecasts, experts emphasized the need for investment in the heliosphere compared to other physical domains, with 47% of experts ranking the heliosphere as having the highest return on investment.

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New survey results on space weather, in collaboration with @mathewjowens and @L_A_Barnard

51% of experts think we could see geomagnetic storms significantly larger than the largest storms over the past 200 years, including the 1859 Carrington Event.
https://t.co/NMmCiSyS5q

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In the event of a major storm, 40% of participants thought that it was “highly unlikely” or “somewhat unlikely” that space weather forecasts would be “sufficiently accurate” for power company operators to take effective action.

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Curious about expert opinion on space weather? @L_A_Barnard and I recently worked with @ApolloSurveys to canvas 144 scientists on risks and forecasting of extreme geomagnetic storms. The full results are here:

https://t.co/tsGiJGIuWq

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You can read more in this article at The Guardian.
https://t.co/yU5IByflvn

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New survey results on social change and protests, led by @JamesOzden at the Social Change Lab.

1. Experts thought the most important tactical and strategic factor for a social movement’s success is “the strategic use of nonviolent disruptive tactics”
https://t.co/WcxYvmBJhf

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2. But critically, disruptive protests only really work for issues that already have high public support (e.g. climate change):

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NEW RESEARCH 📢
Our expert survey of 120 social movement academics finds broad support for disruptive climate protest!

69% of experts surveyed thought that disruptive protests were at least “somewhat effective” for making progress on climate change

https://t.co/xGVECi9aNV

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@juliaoftoronto @hbottemiller @royalsociety @JohnSpeakman4 Last month we polled nutrition experts on the cause of the obesity epidemic. Consensus was low, although changes in food composition was most frequently ranked as the biggest cause. https://t.co/0fHsxmumFh @wamasters

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Cool dataviz of the event (ab)normality ratings from our latest @BrightLineWatch report https://t.co/YtUEPDqc3Q

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Complete results can be found at Apollo
https://t.co/iSmYyTiiLd

A full synopsis can be found at Bright Line Watch
https://t.co/10Wzt4Zpzl

A big thanks to @BrendanNyhan for generously sharing their data.

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In advance of the 2022 US midterms, Apollo is reporting an expert survey on threats to American democracy. The survey was conducted by @BrightLineWatch, which has generously shared their data with us.
https://t.co/iSmYyTiiLd

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Experts estimated a 70% probability that in at least two statewide elections in 2022, Republican candidates who lose the election would refuse to concede defeat.