International understanding is increasingly important as the global marketplace grows, economies and financial systems become interconnected, and the rapid movement of ideas and trends through social media brings the world closer together.

Pew works across the globe to conduct public opinion surveys on a broad array of subjects ranging from people's assessments of their own lives to their views about the current state of the world and important issues of the day. This work includes numerous major reports on topics such as attitudes toward American foreign policy, globalization, terrorism, and democracy.

Recent Work

January 19, 2021 Appendix: Classifying European political parties

Classifying parties as populist Although experts generally agree that populist political leaders or parties display high levels of anti-elitism, definitions of populism vary. We use three measures to classify populist parties: anti-elite ratings from the 2019 Chapel Hill Expert Survey (CHES), Norris’ Global Party Survey and The PopuList. We define a party as populist when […]

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January 19, 2021 Methodology

About Pew Research Center’s Fall 2020 Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Gallup and Abt Associates. The results are based on national samples, unless otherwise noted. More details about our international survey methodology and country-specific sample designs are available here.

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January 19, 2021 Acknowledgments

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals.    Richard Wike, Director, Global Attitudes ResearchJanell Fetterolf, Research AssociateChristine Huang, Research Analyst James Bell, Vice President, Global StrategyAlexandra Castillo, Research MethodologistAidan Connaughton, Research AssistantStefan S. Cornibert, Communications Manager       Claudia Deane, Vice President, Research    Kat Devlin, Research AssociateMoira Fagan, Research AnalystShannon Greenwood, […]

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January 19, 2021 British, French and German Publics Give Biden High Marks After U.S. Election

Most in all three countries are optimistic that U.S. policies and trans-Atlantic relations will improve under his presidency.

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January 13, 2021 Methodology

To analyze how legislators in three countries outside the United States used Twitter to discuss the U.S. elections and presidential candidates in the run-up to the election, researchers obtained 167,464 public tweets from each of the 1,289 members of national legislatures in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada who tweeted between Aug. 28 and Sept. […]

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January 13, 2021 Acknowledgments

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals.    Primary researchers Athena Chapekis, Data Science AssistantKat Devlin, Research AssociateRegina Widjaya, Computational Social ScientistChristine Huang, Research AnalystAidan Connaughton, Research AssistantJ.J. Moncus, Research Assistant Research team Laura Silver, Senior ResearcherJacob Poushter, Associate Director, Global Attitudes ResearchSono Shah, Computational Social Scientist […]

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December 15, 2020 How Do OECD Forum Attendees Compare with Citizens Around the World on Views About the Pandemic, the Economy, and Multilateralism?

At the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s annual forum on Dec. 15, 2020, Director of Global Attitudes Research Richard Wike presented the results of an invitation-only poll of forum attendees about the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts, the state of the global economy, the future of work, and cooperation between countries.

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