• 19-22 September 2023 ● Salzburg, Austria
    WAPOR 76th Annual Conference
    19-22 September 2023 ● Salzburg, Austria

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  • Video from the March 2023 WAPOR webinar
    Reliability and Validity in Convenience-Sample Surveys
    Video from the March 2023 WAPOR webinar

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  • Letter from Two WAPOR Presidents (January 2023)
    News
    Letter from Two WAPOR Presidents (January 2023)

    Season’s Greetings from WAPOR! It is time to share some brief reflections on our activities over the past several months. Most importantly, we were able to host an in-person conference for the first time since the pandemic. More than 250 individuals from 57 countries participated in the 75th Anniversary conference, our first ever meeting in the Middle East. There were numerous highlights, including the formation of our Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter, special panels that considered WAPOR’s past and future, two noteworthy keynote speakers, and the institution of WAPOR’s new Alexis de Tocqueville Award. Preliminary findings from the recently completed 2022 Freedom to Publish study were also presented. We will be publishing that report, which covers more than 150 countries, and making it available to all WAPOR members in the coming months [...]

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  • Ukrainian and Russian Public Opinion Research - 2022/2023
    List of Research in Ukraine and Russia
    Ukrainian and Russian Public Opinion Research - 2022/2023

    Following the theme of our last conference, “Speaking Truth to Power”, we have gathered the most recent polls conducted in Ukraine and Russia concerning the current conflict. You will find here the web page with all the polls. We have also added the frequencies of the last wave of the World Values Survey conducted in Ukraine (2020) and Russia (2018).

    In conformity with WAPOR’s principles, we will post only polls that respect the WAPOR professional standards and are completely transparent about their methods.

    Find research here
  • 2021 Updated WAPOR Code of Professional Ethics and Practices
    Professional Standards Committee:
    2021 Updated WAPOR Code of Professional Ethics and Practices

    The revised WAPOR Code of Professional Ethics and Practices is now available. There is a version in English which you can download. We have also prepared translations into Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, German, Russian, and Spanish which can also be downloaded. Simply click on the language you require, and you’ll see a link to download the appropriate version.

    If you think translations into other languages would benefit our members and the communities with which they interact (journalists, academics, government officials), we welcome your recommendation. Please feel free to contact us at waporoffice@gmail.com

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WAPOR Membership includes:

  • Subscription to the International Journal of Public Opinion Research
  • Reduced registration fees at WAPOR events
  • Access to a library of training seminars and materials
  • And more

WAPOR is an international professional association whose members recognize the centrality of public opinion in shaping and serving society.

With the American Association for Public Opinion Research and ESOMAR, WAPOR has collaborated on an international effort to
train journalists interested in understanding and reporting on public opinion research.

Regional Chapters

Members of WAPOR may organize into regional chapters with the aim of furthering the general purposes of WAPOR. You can read more about the regional chapters here.