This blog only enters my mind when I need to remember how to post on it, usually every six month or so. One of my last posts, which I wrote more than a year ago, is entitled What Happens When Russia Loses? “Yikes,” I thought. “That was a more optimistic time. I might have to […]
Four reasons why Russia has failed to get traction in its influence campaigns in Ukraine since the start of the full scale war.
What a horrible, stupid war. As historians debate whether militaries make the same mistake over and over again, we here on the opinion-research side of things run the same risk. But we don’t like to lose, so we do what we can to keep from being surprised by events. Do you want to be taken […]
This post originally appeared on The Cosmopolitan Globalist. WHAT MAKES UKRAINIANS SPECIAL? The largest humanitarian distribution center in the city of Dnipro in eastern Ukraine. Photo by darvik.photography@gmail.com MARCH 23, 2022 CHRISTINE QUIRK, NICE Nothing, writes Christine Quirk, who has been watching Ukrainians do the hard work of figuring out how to be a democracy. […]
Survey research is a tool. Like all tools, it can be used for good or evil. It remains the best way to understand divisions in public opinion and the context that explains them. Once the data reveal the depth and breath of societies’ fault lines, mitigating or exploiting the divisions becomes easier. Pollsters working on […]
Haven’t heard of Mariupol? There’s a good chance you’ll hear a lot about this heavily industrialized city in Ukraine’s south in the coming weeks, for the wrong reasons. Almost three years ago, I observed the first round of the Presidential election in Mariupol. I described the experience in this medium post. I’ve been back there […]
2020 has been something else, hasn’t it? It’s been discouraging trying to run every project from home — even from the Côte d’Azur. I’ve built my business on my ability to engage personally with people, and the environments that shape their opinions. Without this interaction, I feel like I’ve lost one of the most important […]
Election polling in the US has a problem. Or, depending on who you ask, more than one problem. Since the 2016 election, many big brains have tried to fix these issues with varying degrees of success. I have problems too, but mine aren’t the same. Pre-COVID, my biggest problems were long fielding times, QC issues […]
If you’ve got programming money you need to spend or lose, QGS has some ideas for putting it to strategic use. Conducting some online qualitative research can enhance your current programs and reveal ideas that you can use to appeal to funders for more money.
The savvy autocrat knows how to pollute the information environment. Are you using the right tools to respond?
