2017-11-14 - Survey Data and Soft Power

Survey data has become an essential tool for formulating policy and assessing its impact in foreign relations and international programs. This panel brings together three perspectives from the world of government, political science, and sociology on the uses of quantitative approaches in global governance and on the calibration and deployment of soft power. The participants reflect on methodological questions involved in the architecture of opinion surveys in global contexts and on the range of policy questions that can be resolved and refined through better quantitative analyses.