The World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) will hold its 73rd Annual Conference together with the WAPOR Latin American (LATAM) Congress on 6-9 October 2020 in Salamanca, Spain. The WAPOR conference will convene before and overlap with the 9th LATAM Congress. The conference committee welcomes proposals on topics related to public opinion broadly, especially those related to the conference theme: “Public Opinion and Survey Research in Changing Times“
WAPOR
welcomes proposal submissions that deal with these and related issues,
in one of four conference formats including: panels, round-table
sessions, research papers and posters. The round tables will be
broadcast live via online channels.
Relevant submissions that focus on all aspects of public opinion and
survey research are encouraged. These topics include, but are not
restricted to:
- Public opinion and survey research
- Survey research application
- Public opinion and policymaking
- Panel, longitudinal and national monitoring surveys in policymaking
- New technologies and national surveys: challenges in the changing times
- New sources of information on public opinion and the use of social media
- Political behavior, participation and culture in survey research
- Methodological challenges and improvements in the areas of sampling, measurement, survey design and survey response or non-response
- Challenges of comparative research and International Survey Projects
- Cross-cultural concerns in data collection and measurement issues
- News, media, journalism and public opinion
- Qualitative research in changing times
- Big data, sentiment analysis and machine learning
- Digitalization of societies and usage of new sources of information in survey research
- Data visualization, new technologies and online surveys
- Best practices for stakeholder research and expert surveys
Proposals for the conference, including the joint WAPOR/LATAM sessions on “Public Opinion and Survey Research,” should be submitted electronically by 10 January 2020. Only proposals submitted through WAPOR’s website will be considered.
Abstracts should not exceed 300 words. To submit your proposal, please read the full call on the WAPOR website.