- Honorary Professor, International Relations, Brunel University of London
In both the UK and Japan, people who trusted the government were more willing to pay extra for organic food.
Right-leaning respondents were consistently more supportive of academic freedom.
Tim Davie and Deborah Turness have resigned over complaints of institutional bias but external perspectives on the broadcaster are far from uniform.
The public feel ok about some uses of AI in parliament, but they’re very opposed to it making decisions.
The BBC commands middling levels of trust overall, but those levels are deeply polarised.
Before trying to persuade people to eat more seaweed, it’s important to understand the reasons they aren’t eating it already.
A tale of two poos - attitudes towards the agricultural use of human excretion-based fertiliser differ between Japan and England as new research shows.
Religious leaders are vital links for health services looking to counter vaccine hesitancy.
When the public sees an institution is failing, they generally lose trust in it. Not so with the health service.
A third of people we surveyed incorrectly thought there was a £2,500 cap on energy bills.
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