WAPOR

Founded in 1947, the World Association for Public Opinion Research has over 500 members representing more than 70 countries. WAPORNET on Facebook

[WAPOR @WAPOR]

New Joint @ESOMAR–@WAPOR Position Paper: Safeguarding Polling in Bolivia

ESOMAR and WAPOR call for electoral polling rules that protect independent research, reliable information, and international standards.

Read the paper: https://t.co/za2971yOKy

[WAPOR @WAPOR]

Join the WAPOR–AAPOR Presidential Panel at the WAPOR Conference!

Leaders from WAPOR and @AAPOR discuss the future of public opinion research: AI, public trust, survey methods and professional standards.

13:30–15:00 | Revolution 1

Complete program at https://t.co/8IgAZokCSA

[WAPOR @WAPOR]

Join our webinar “AI ethics in the EU: a concrete operationalization” with Alexei Grinbaum (@CEA_Recherche), AIOLIA coordinator, on practical approaches to ethical trade-offs in AI.

📅 October 8, 2026 | 13:00 UTC
Details & registration:
https://t.co/ZmjVfBcMOn

[WAPOR @WAPOR]

WAPOR President Christian W. Haerpfer looks ahead to our 79th Annual Conference in Mexico City (Oct 26–29), where 300+ researchers from 60+ countries will meet.

Presenting? Register by Oct 1 to remain in the final programme.

Read his letter: https://t.co/9UWoyO8FTV

[WAPOR @WAPOR]

🇷🇸 Meet Zoran Gavrilović, WAPOR National Representative for Serbia and Executive Director of @BIRODIrs.

His vision for WAPOR: develop “deliberators” who combine public opinion research, journalism and informed dialogue to help rebuild the public sphere.

[Mandy Sha @MMandySha]

What's the #youth role in Chile's politics & society?

@wapor Webinar S.Rivera @udp_cl: 16-yr FUNAS survey
time series: 🔼repertoire of citizenship, offline ⏩ online activism w expression ➕ collective action

🧐 mechanisms, not just platforms: @facebook ��@X (twitter) not same

[Mandy Sha @MMandySha]

How to find out what youth leaders think about #AI?

@wapor Webinar R.Hassan @Stanford:
via global youth event by @StanfordDDL + @WHOYouthCouncil
1⃣ small-group🗣️
2⃣ global health & digital policy focus
3⃣ expert Q&A
➕look ahead to @UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs, mental health

[WAPOR @WAPOR]

🇵🇰 Meet @bilalgilani, WAPOR’s National Representative in Pakistan and Executive Director of @GallupPak.

For Bilal, scientific public opinion research is essential to distinguish citizens’ voices from populism, misinformation, and unverified claims.

[WAPOR @WAPOR]

Help shape WAPOR’s future.

Nominations and self-nominations are open for four Council positions: VP/President-Elect and Chairs of the Conference, Education & Professional Standards Committees.

Deadline: Oct. 11, 2026

https://t.co/kcF6Wc45iF

[WAPOR @WAPOR]

Meet @BurhanMuhtadi , WAPOR National epresentative for Indonesia, Professor at @uinjktofficial
and founder of @indikatorcoid.

His research explores voting behaviour, clientelism and why citizens may tolerate leaders who violate democratic norms.

[WAPOR @WAPOR]

Just six weeks until #WAPOR2026 in Mexico City! 🇲🇽

Conference Chair Wolfgang Aschauer shares what awaits us—from the opening keynote with @almorenoal and @JorgeGCastaneda to a remarkable programme of cultural events.

Read at our website:
https://t.co/6x1XRX1DZR

[WAPOR @WAPOR]

Join us on Sept. 22 at 13:00 for “Youth in Action,” with @almorenoal, Sebastián Rivera & Rehman Hassan of @Stanford, exploring how young people are shaping politics worldwide.

Learn more: https://t.co/ScqV8NvI93

Register: https://t.co/0AHH4kk6Zd

[Revista Mexicana de Opinión Pública @rmop_fcpys]

¡Es oficial!👏

Como parte de las actividades de vinculación académica, la #FCPyS, el #CEOP y la #RMOP estarán presentes en el Congreso @WAPOR 2026. 😎

¡No te pierdas el encuentro más grande de especialistas en opinión pública el próximo 26 de octubre!

🔗https://t.co/J6t3rfxkW0

[WAPOR @WAPOR]

We continue our National Representative Series with Wai Yu See Toh 🇲🇾

As CEO of @cforceint and WAPOR’s National Representative for Malaysia, Wai Yu brings extensive experience in public opinion, social and market research

[WAPOR @WAPOR]

@COMatBU @BU_Tweets 🧵4/4

The session will be chaired by Olga Kamenchuk, Associate Research Professor at @IPRatNU and Associate Professor of Instruction at Northwestern University.

She is also a Co-Principal Investigator of the Comparative National Elections Project, @CNEP_ELEC_ACC.

[WAPOR @WAPOR]

🧵1/4

How is synthetic media reshaping public opinion—and what does its rise mean for the future of public opinion research?

What must change in our methods?

[WAPOR @WAPOR]

🧵3/4

Keynote speaker Ayşe D. Lokmanoğlu of @COMatBU and @BU_Tweets will examine how synthetic and authentic political imagery shape credibility, trust, and polarization—and how AI-generated visuals and influencers are entering electoral discourse.

[WAPOR @WAPOR]

@UMich @umisr @Harvard @plemoineA @CNCSocial @Robert_TY_CHUNG @hk_pori @MaryELosch @northerniowa @dmorenomo @CiudadaniaBo 🧵8/8

From publication embargoes to political pressure and researcher safety, the roundtable will consider shared principles and collective responses to protect the freedom to conduct and publish public opinion research

Learn more at https://t.co/8IgAZokCSA

[WAPOR @WAPOR]

🧵 1/8
How are legal and political restrictions reshaping public opinion research?

Join us at the 79th WAPOR Annual Conference for “Polling Under Pressure: Legal Restrictions and the Future of Public Opinion Research.”

11:00–12:15 | Mexico City

[WAPOR @WAPOR]

@UMich @umisr @Harvard @plemoineA @CNCSocial @Robert_TY_CHUNG @hk_pori @MaryELosch @northerniowa 🧵7/8

Daniel E. Moreno Morales (@dmorenomo), senior researcher at Ciudadanía, Comunidad de Estudios Sociales y Acción Pública (@CiudadaniaBo), Bolivia, whose work examines public opinion, democratic attitudes, political behavior, and comparative survey research.