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Public Opinion Research

Sophia is a recognised expert on public opinion. For the past decade, she has designed, conducted and analysed high-quality quantitative and qualitative social research in the UK, across continental Europe, Australia, and the United States. Sophia was the first to pioneer systemic and in-depth public opinion research on foreign policy and continues to lead the development of the British evidence base.

Most Recent Social Research

  • British Public Opinion on Foreign Policy: President Trump, Ukraine, China, Defence spending and AUKUS - read here.

  • British public backs defence and security partnership with Australia - read here.

A Selection of Social Research: 2018 - 2024

  • Survey of Public Opinion on Taiwan, AUKUS and the US Elections (January 2024) - read here.

  • The State of British Public Opinion: Defence and Security, UK in a Changing Europe (December 2023) - r

    ead here.
  • Survey of Public Opinion on Allies, the Election and the Middle East (October 2023) - read here.​
  • Survey of Public Opinion on AUKUS, China and Taiwan (March 2023) - read here.​
  • Survey of Public Opinion on Ukraine (February 2023) - read here.
  • 2022 Survey of UK Public Opinion on Foreign Policy & Global Affairs (2022) - read here.​
  • Swing Voters and the Electoral Significance of Foreign Aid: A Study in Conservative-Lib Dem Marginals (2021) - read here.
  • UK Foreign Policy Tribes: Understanding Polarisation and Cohesion on International Affairs (2021) - read here.
  • 2021 Survey of UK Public Opinion on Foreign Policy & Global Affairs - read here.
  • The Evolution of Public Opinion During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020) - read here.​
  • Free Trade and Protectionism in the Age of Global Britain (2020) - read here.
  • The Divided Continent: Understanding Europe’s Social Landscape in 2020 and Beyond (2020) - read here.​
  • Outrage, Offence and Common Sense: Public Opinion on Political Correctness in Britain (2018) - read here.​
  • Behind Global Britain: Public Opinion on the UK's Role in the World (2019) - read here.
  • At Home in One's Past: Nostalgia as a Cultural and Political Force in England, France and Germany (2018) - read here.

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