• Letter from WAPOR President (March 2025)
    Learn about the latest WAPOR developments!
    Letter from WAPOR President (March 2025)

    Welcome to the first issue of the WAPOR newsletter in 2025!

    This year brings both significant challenges and exciting opportunities for the public opinion research community. Growing political polarization, the spread of misinformation, and the rapid advancement of technologies are influencing how we gather and interpret public opinion data. These shifts call for critical reflection and methodological innovation. In this context, WAPOR’s role in promoting high-quality, ethical public opinion research is so important—and why your engagement matters more than ever.

    WAPOR begins the year with a notable leadership development. I am pleased to welcome Professor Colin Irwin of the University of Liverpool (United Kingdom) as the WAPOR’s new Vice President. Colin assumed the role on January 1, 2025. I also would like to express sincere gratitude to Professor Robert Chung for his outstanding service as President of WAPOR in 2023-2024. We are all looking forward to his invaluable contributions in the position of Past President in the next 2 years. Other changes in the leadership team include Sunghee Lee (University of Michigan, USA) joining us as the Chair of Professional Standards Committee and Alice Siu (Stanford University, USA) assuming the position of the Chair of Education Committee. We warmly welcome the new colleagues and look forward to advancing WAPOR further together!

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  • WAPOR Asia Pacific 8th Annual Conference | 21st to 23rd November 2025
    Accepting abstracts until May 31, 2025.
    WAPOR Asia Pacific 8th Annual Conference | 21st to 23rd November 2025

    The World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) Asia Pacific Chapter is pleased to announce its Eighth Annual Conference, scheduled to take place from 21 to 23 November 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. This conference will be hosted and co-organized by the Japanese Association for Public Opinion Research (JAPOR) and Rikkyo University Center for Statistics and Information, with Mr. Tokuhisa Suzuki (President of JAPOR, Japan) serving as the Local Conference Chair and Prof. Seokho Kim (Seoul National University, Korea) as the 2025 WAPOR Asia Pacific Conference Chair.

    The conference will commence with a joint session between JAPOR and the WAPOR Asia Pacific Chapter on the first day, conducted in Japanese with English interpretation provided. The second and third days will feature the WAPOR Asia Pacific Chapter Conference, conducted entirely in English.

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  • Anonymity Sampling: An Innovative Method for Measuring Hidden Opinions in Authoritarian Contexts
    WAPOR webinar on May 28, 2025
    Anonymity Sampling: An Innovative Method for Measuring Hidden Opinions in Authoritarian Contexts

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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.