Good ideas/Shutterstock Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol and Jana Lasser, Graz University of Technology Politicians from mainstream parties in the UK and Germany post far fewer links to untrustworthy websites on Twitter and this has remained constant since 2016, according to our new research. By contrast, US politicians posted a […] Read more »
Ipsos Global Trustworthiness Index: Doctors and scientists are seen as the world’s most trustworthy professions
Across 28 countries around the world, a Global Country Average of 59% rate doctors as trustworthy, while 57% say the same about scientists, with teachers in third place at 52%. As in previous years, politicians are considered the least trustworthy with just twelve per cent considering them trusted. They are […] Read more »
World Unhappier, More Stressed Out Than Ever
Emotionally, the second year of the pandemic was an even tougher year for the world than the first one, according to Gallup’s latest annual global update on the negative and positive experiences that people are having each day. As 2021 served up a steady diet of uncertainty, the world became […] Read more »
International Attitudes Toward the U.S., NATO and Russia in a Time of Crisis
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought war to Europe at a scale unseen since the 1940s. In response, the United States and its NATO allies have supplied Ukrainian defense forces with weapons and training, while millions of refugees have fled into neighboring countries. The war has been the center of […] Read more »
Is the World Better for Gay People Than It Was 10 Years Ago?
Half of the world’s adults (50%) now say their city or area is a “good place” for gay or lesbian people to live — a figure that has doubled over the past decade and represents a new high in Gallup World Poll’s trend dating back to 2005. The latest figure, […] Read more »
The Democratic Deficit in the West
Russia’s war on Ukraine has focused the world’s attention on the ideological battle between liberal democracy and totalitarianism—systems of government based on national sovereignty, freedom, the rule of law, and individual rights versus those based on military aggression, societal repression, one-party rule, and state control of people’s lives. … But […] Read more »