What will the post-coronavirus world be like? We do not yet know precisely when or how the world will move past this pandemic; but as many countries begin the process of re-opening, global public opinion already provides insights on people’s expectations regarding life after COVID-19. This week’s edition of Pandemic […] Read more »
Global Public Opinion and the Coronavirus
As the coronavirus continues to spread globally, the world this week passed the 4.8 million case mark, with over 320,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 so far. As some nations around the world slowly return to a more normal daily lifestyle, publics remain concerned about future outbreaks, and worry whether their […] Read more »
How older voters worldwide are reacting to the pandemic
Today GQR continues its weekly series of papers that summarize and analyze all publicly available public opinion data on the pandemic, worldwide. This issue features an in-depth analysis of how older voters worldwide are reacting to the pandemic. CONT. GQR The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new […] Read more »
Pandemic Pollwatch: Civil liberties implications of contact-tracing apps
This is the eighth in a series of weekly papers from GQR summarizing and analyzing all available data on global opinion on COVID-19, with a particular focus on the political implications of global opinion linked to the pandemic. … As a global debate heats up over the civil liberties implications […] Read more »
Global Behaviors and Perceptions at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic
We conducted a large-scale survey covering 58 countries and over 100,000 respondents between late March and early April 2020 to study beliefs and attitudes towards citizens’ and governments’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most respondents reacted strongly to the crisis: they report engaging in social distancing and hygiene behaviors, and […] Read more »
The Pandemic Isn’t Changing Everything
… The coronavirus hit at a time when the world was already turning inward, largely in reaction to the global financial crisis of 2008. Nations have been erecting barriers to the free flow of people, money and goods, even as the flow of internet data has continued to rise rapidly. […] Read more »