Search engine data reveals Russian discontent after invasion of Ukraine
17 May 2023 Russian military mobilisations saw huge spikes in anti-regime web searches, according to a study of search trends from Google and Yandex.
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War in Ukraine widens global divide in public opinion
21 Oct 2022 'Mega-dataset' of public opinion covering 97% of the planet finds a 'world divided' between liberal US-backing populations and illiberal nations...
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Support for populist politics 'collapsed' during the pandemic – global report
18 Jan 2022 Support for populist parties and leaders – and agreement with populist ideas – has fallen around the world amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a...
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Faith in democracy: millennials are the most disillusioned generation ‘in living memory’
20 Oct 2020 Young people’s faith in democratic politics is lower than any other age group, and millennials across the world are more disillusioned with democracy...
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Lockdown led to happiness rebound, after wellbeing plunged with onset of pandemic
27 Jul 2020 New study is among the first to distinguish effects of the pandemic from effects of lockdown when it comes to wellbeing in Britain.
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Global dissatisfaction with democracy at a record high
29 Jan 2020 A new report, the first from the University's new Centre for the Future of Democracy, finds that 2019 had the "the highest level of democratic...
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