Let’s Discuss Opinion Polls: Learning from Diversity

Asia Pacific 8th Conference Program - 21-23 November 2025 | Tokyo, Japan

Day	Time	Room	Sessions
Friday, November 21	10:00-10:05	Rikkyo University, Building 12 – Conference Rooms 1 & 2	Opening Remarks - Tokuhisa Suzuki (President, JAPOR)
Friday, November 21	10:05-11:05	Rikkyo University, Building 12 – Conference Rooms 1 & 2	Research Presentations (20 minutes per presentation including Q&A) 1. Wataru Matsumoto (Kansai University) – “Location- and Prefecture-Level Response Rates in Omnibus Surveys Using the Map-DB Method” 2. Hitofumi Yanai (Japan Institute for the Public Interest, Attorney – Membership Pending) – “Age-Based Response Patterns and Information Disclosure Challenges in Major Media Opinion Polls” 3. Masao Suzuki (Nikkei Research) – “Analyzing Electoral Dynamics Using a Post-Election Web Survey of the 27th House of Councillors Election”
Friday, November 21	11:05-12:35	Rikkyo University, Building 12 – Conference Rooms 1 & 2	Roundtable Discussion – Media Polling Leaders’ Forum: Reflections on the 2025 House of Councillors Election - Keiichi Kaneko (Director, Public Opinion Research Dept., Asahi Shimbun) - Daisuke Nohara (Deputy Director, Public Opinion Research Office, Mainichi Shimbun) - Kengo Ota (Director, Public Opinion Research Dept., Yomiuri Shimbun) - Yasushi Sato (Director, Public Opinion Research Dept., Nikkei Research) - Yoshihiro Ozaki (Deputy Director, Election Center, Kyodo News) - Moderator: Hiroshi Horie (Former Editorial Writer, Asahi Shimbun)
Friday, November 21	13:30-14:00	Rikkyo University, Building 8 – Room 8303	Keynote Address - Tokuhisa Suzuki (President, JAPOR) “Scientific Opinion Research in Japan - Issues 80 Years After the War”
Friday, November 21	14:00-15:00	Rikkyo University, Building 8 – Room 8303	Panel Discussion – Crisis in Opinion Polling and the Path to Renewal How can media opinion polling, now facing critically low response rates, be revitalized? Speakers will discuss proposals for cross-company collaborative research and report on the current state of postal surveys, which have been considered relatively stable. - Kazuaki Nakagawa (NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute) – Proposal for Collaborative Research Across Media Organizations - Toshio Ishimoto (Asahi Shimbun) – Current State and Challenges of Postal Surveys
Friday, November 21	15:00-17:00	Rikkyo University, Building 8 – Room 8303	Reports & Roundtable – Responding to a Changing Media Environment and Fluid Politics How can we detect the surge of support for new political forces — such as Ishimaru in the Tokyo gubernatorial race, Saito in the Hyogo gubernatorial race, or the Sanseitō party in the recent Upper House election — which traditional estimation models struggle to capture? Experts will discuss this question along with key issues surrounding online surveys. - Taku Sugawara (Political Scientist) – Moderator - Masashi Hagiwara (Advisor, Transcosmos) - Kaoru Matsuda (Election Strategist)
Friday, November 21	18:00-20:30	Cruise, Sunshine City 60, Ikebukuro	Reception (Advance reservation required)
Saturday, November 22	09:00-10:30		Concurrent sessions A Session Name: Management and Data Sharing in International Joint Surveys with Diverse MethodsSession ID: 2 Time: 09:00-10:30 Session Chair: Lugina Setyawati Room: D201 Papers: Beyond Numbers: Contextual Challenges in Data Collection and Sharing in Thailand Surangrut Jumnianpol (Chulalongkorn University) - Thailand Contexts, Challenges and Practices of Data Collection/Sharing in the Philippines Emma Porio (Ateneo de Manila University and Manila Observatory) - Philippines Contextualizing Qualitative Methods in Cross-National Research: Reflections from Vietnam Anh Nguyen Dang (Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences) - Vietnam International Joint Surveys Project on Social Well-being: Challenges of Data Collection and Sharing in Indonesia Lugina Setyawati (Sociology Department, Universitas Indonesia) - Indonesia Localization, privacy and cultural context in joint international qualitative studies. Batsugar Tsedendamba (Independent Research Institute of Mongolia) - Mongolia Session Name: ELECTIONSSession ID: 7 Time: 09:00-10:30 Session Chair: Gábor Tóka Room: D301 Papers: Electoral Integrity amid the Covid-19 Pandemic: Public Perceptions and Expert Judgement Kenneth Ka Lok Chan (Hong Kong Baptist University) - Hong Kong SAR National and Local Voices: Tracking Voter Preferences for the 2025 Philippine Elections Gerardo (Jay) Sandoval (Social Weather Stations (SWS)) - Philippines Linda Luz Guerrero (Social Weather Stations (SWS)) - Philippines The Use of Scandals and Controversies in Javier Milei’s Electoral Campaign and Presidency in Argentina Pablo Ariel Cabas (Lisbon University) - Portugal Who Got Watched? Embedding Political Attention in Japan’s 2024 House of Representatives Election on YouTube Hibiki Nakamura (University of Tokyo) - Japan Session Name: FAMILY AND LIFE COURSESession ID: 24 Time: 09:00-10:30 Session Chair: Markus Hahn Room: D401 Papers: Ageing in Place: Redefining Well-Being and Understanding Preferred Living Arrangements Nursyahida Ahmad (RySense Ltd) - Singapore Neo Loo Seng (RySense Ltd) - Singapore Chen Xingyu Ken (Nanyang Technological University) - Singapore Capturing the Changing Landscape of Cohabitation: New Survey Approaches in the South Korean Context Da eun Kwan (Korea Social Science Data Archive) - Korea, Rep. Seulki Choi (KDI School of Public Policy and Management) - Korea, Rep. Parental Socioeconomic Status and the School-to-Work Transition Among College Graduates in South Korea: A Comparison Between Objective and Subjective Mobility Patterns Jiyeon Kim (Seoul National University) - Korea, Rep. Dohoon Lee (Seoul National University) - Korea, Rep. The Effect of Parental Monitoring on University Enrollment of Second-generation Adolescents in South Korea – Considering Maternal Acculturative Stress Jiwon Moon (Seoul National University) - Korea, Rep. Session Name: MEASUREMENT IN SURVEYSSession ID: 28 Time: 09:00-10:30 Session Chair: Adam Zammit Room: D501 Papers: Can LLMs Reliably Measure Cultural Dimensions? Successes, Failures, and Risks Plamen Akaliyski (Lingnan University) - Hong Kong SAR For whom does the left-right scale not work? Evidence from Turkey Ali Carkoglu (Koc University) - Türkiye Measuring Authoritarianism with Preferences on Parenting Style in East Asian Context: Evidence from Japan Ikuma Ogura (Hitotsubashi University) - Japan Akira Igarashi (The University of Osaka ) - Japan Rethinking Measurement: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges in Assessing Religiosity and Political Islam in the Arab and Islamic Worlds Mohammed Farid Azzi (Trends research and advisory) - United Arab Emirates The measurement of authoritarianism in surveys: A comparison of item formats Fabrício Fialho (London School of Economics) - United Kingdom
Saturday, November 22	10:30-11:00		Coffee break
Saturday, November 22	11:00-12:30		Keynote
Saturday, November 22	12:30-13:30		Lunch
Saturday, November 22	13:30-15:00		Concurrent sessions B Session Name: POLITICS AND POLITICAL ATTITUDES ISession ID: 21 Time: 13:30-15:00 Session Chair: Kazuhiro Terashira Room: D201 Papers: Examining the Challenges and Implications of Evaluating Conservatism in a Predominantly Muslim Context: Insights from Turkey Ali Carkoglu (Koc University) - Türkiye Yasushi Hazama (Institute of Developing Economies) - Japan Exploring the Drivers of Political Trust and Satisfaction in Malaysia Ibrahim Suffian (Merdeka Center for Opinion Research ) - Malaysia Public Opinion Dynamics in Thailand: Social and Economic Perspectives, 2011–2020 Pornpan Buathong (Suan Dusit University) - Thailand Jirada Prasartpornsirichoke (Chulalongkorn University) - Thailand Sirote Pholpuntin (Suan Dusit University) - Thailand Pitauk Chancharoen (Suan Dusit University) - Thailand Sukhum Chaloeyesub (Suan Dusit University) - Thailand The Spillover Effects of a Self-coup: Evidence from East Asia Ka Ming Chan (Newcastle University) - United Kingdom Ka Lun Ng (National Taiwan University) - Taiwan ROC Session Name: DISINFORMATION, CONSPIRACY BELIEFSSession ID: 9 Time: 13:30-15:00 Session Chair: Ikuma Ogura Room: D301 Papers: Beyond Warning Labels: How Information Preferences and Credibility Shape Conspiracy Beliefs Tsung-Jen Shih (National Chengchi University) - Taiwan ROC Information Inequality and News Engagement Gaps: Examining the Digital Divide with a Multi-Level Analysis Across 27 Countries Hsuan-Ting Chen (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) - Hong Kong SAR Biying Wu-Ouyang (The Education University of Hong Kong) - Hong Kong SAR Online news consumption patterns and exposure to disinformation Satoko Yasuno (Chuo University) - Japan Perceptions of media disinformation in Nepal and Bangladesh Yuliya Dudaranak (ORB International) - United States Public Perception of "Fake News" and Its Political Implications in Japan Xiaomei Sun (University of Wisconsin-Madison) - United States Hernando Rojas (University of Wisconsin-Madison) - United States Session Name: SAMPLING AND MODESSession ID: 25 Time: 13:30-15:00 Session Chair: Aguru Ishibashi Room: D501 Papers: Assessing Push-to-Web Survey Viability in South Korea Hyelin Kim (Sungkyunkwan University) - Korea, Rep. jibum kim (Sungkyunkwan University) - Korea, Rep. Rory Fitzgerald (European Social Survey) - United Kingdom Eric Harrison (ESS) - United Kingdom Gianmaria Bottoni (European Social Survey) - United Kingdom Loren Ma (European Social Survey) - United Kingdom Factors Influencing Completion Time in Cross-Country Comparative Multilingual Internet Survey: A Multilevel Analysis Zhen Shi (Communication University of China) - China Di Zhang (Renmin University of China) - China Rounding Behavior in Self-Reported Monetary Data: A Comparison of Web and Mail Survey Modes Mizuki Matsuda (Yokohama City University) - Japan Kai Peng (Yokohama City University) - Japan Akira Hayasaka (Yokohama City University) - Japan Nagi Iwata (Yokohama City University) - Japan Misaki Hashimoto (Yokohama City University) - Japan Takahiro Tsuchiya (Yokohama City University) - Japan Using an existing nationally representative survey to recruit a probability-based online panel Markus Hahn (Australian National University) - Australia Adam Zammit (ACSPRI) - Australia Ben Edwards (Australian National University) - Australia Session Name: VALUES AND SOCIAL ATTITUDESSession ID: 13 Time: 13:30-15:00 Session Chair: Marcus Eisentraut Room: D402 Papers: Democratic Values and Political Participation in Myanmar, Indonesia, and the Philippines: A Comparative Analysis Ramon Calleja (Social Weather Stations) - Philippines Empirical Examination of Schwartz Value Theory from a Cross-National Comparative Perspective: Data Analysis of the World Values Survey Kazufumi Manabe (The Institute of statistical Mathematics) - Japan Occupational Prestige of Non-regular Employment in Japan: Does Company Citizenship Shape the Prestige Structure? Rantaro Nasu (University of Tokyo) - Japan Session Name: WELLBEING, QUALITY OF LIFESession ID: 18 Time: 13:30-15:00 Session Chair: Dankarl Leon Magpayo Room: D502 Papers: Contextualizing well-being through media content analysis Saule Gazizova (National Analytical Center (NAC)) - Kazakhstan Elmira Kaumenova (National Analytical Center (NAC)) - Kazakhstan Alexey Shirokoborodov (National Analytical Center (NAC)) - Kazakhstan Correlates of Filipino Well-being Using Anamnestic Comparative Self-Assessment (ACSA) Scores Christian Michael Entoma (Social Weather Stations) - Philippines Is Third-Party Reporting Reliable?: A Comparison of Self-Reporting and Third-Party Reporting about Social Withdrawal and Isolation Sang-Min Yu (University of Seoul) - Korea, Rep. Min Hee Cho (PMI. CO., LTD.) - Korea, Rep. Hye Min Lee (PMI. CO., LTD.) - Korea, Rep. Yun-Suk Lee (University of Seoul) - Korea, Rep. Measuring the Quality of Life of Filipinos with Functional Limitations Marco Mercado (Social Weather Stations) - Philippines The Emergence of Cyberchondria Amidst a Pandemic Hye Kyung Kim (Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University) - Singapore Han Zheng (School of Information Management, Wuhan University) - China Minyi Chen (Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University) - Singapore
Saturday, November 22	15:00-16:00		Coffee break
Saturday, November 22	15:00-16:00		Poster Session Name: Poster Session 1 Session ID: 5 Time: 15:00-16:00 Session Chair: Yasuyuki Saito Room: Lobby Papers: Acceptance of Park Usage by Neighboring Residents: A Survey Targeting Setagaya Ward Residents in Tokyo Takahiro Domen (Hitotsubashi University) - Japan Yoosung Park (The Institute of Statistical Mathematics) - Japan Bridging the Gap between Face-to-Face and Online: Predicting 'I Don't Know' Responses in Online Surveys Using Machine Learning Yusuke Inagaki (Seijo University) - Japan Tadahiko Maeda (The Institute of Statistical Mathematics) - Japan Can Indirect Questioning Address Social Desirability Bias in Political Surveys? Evidence from the U.S. and Japan Kenta Ohnishi (Hitotsubashi University) - Japan Ikuma Ogura (Hitotsubashi University) - Japan Public Attitudes Toward Gender Equality in South Korea: Findings from the 2025 Korean General Social Survey hyeonju kim (Sungkyunkwan University) - Korea, Rep. Hyelin Kim (Sungkyunkwan University) - Korea, Rep. The Impact of Field Survey Errors on Occupational and Industrial Coding Quality: An Analysis of the Korean General Social Survey (KGSS) Mihee Ban (SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY) - Korea, Rep. Trends in South Korean Attitudes toward North Korea and East Asia Kyuyoung Kim (Sungkyunkwan University) - Korea, Rep. Yongmin Kim (Sungkyunkwan University) - Korea, Rep. Worlhwa Kim (Sungkyunkwan University) - Korea, Rep.
Saturday, November 22	16:00-17:30		Concurrent sessions C Session Name: STUDIES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCESession ID: 16 Time: 16:00-17:30 Session Chair: Daniel Barredo Ibañez Room: D201 Papers: AI for the Automated Classification of Occupations. The Case of the ESS Survey Kamil Filipek (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University) - Poland Michał Błaszczykowski (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University) - Poland AI-Driven Detection and Correction of Human Errors: A Case Study on ESS Survey Occupation Coding Kamil Filipek (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University) - Poland Michał Błaszczykowski (Maria Curie-Skłodowska Universiy, Technical Univeristy of Lublin) - Poland AI’m still working: Effects of artificial intelligence attitudes on physical and mental wellbeing of older working adults Yi Jie Wong (RySense Ltd.) - Singapore Loo Seng Neo (RySense Ltd.) - Singapore Shu Hui Lee (RySense Ltd.) - Singapore From Peace Polls to AI: The application of Artificial Intelligence to Conflict Resolution - Achievements and Challenges. Colin Irwin (University of Liverpool) - United Kingdom Understanding South Korean Public Opinion about Artificial Intelligence Issues through Need for Orientation in Agenda-Setting Theory Seohyun An (Ewha Womans University) - Korea, Rep. Session Name: Quality, Culture, and Context in Asia-Pacific Public Opinion SurveysSession ID: 3 Time: 16:00-17:30 Session Chair: Yu-tzung chang Room: D301 Papers: Is mixed-mode Survey the Cure? A Benchmark Study of Survey Methods Huan-kai Tseng (National Taiwan University) - Taiwan ROC Yu-tzung Chang (National Taiwan University) - Taiwan ROC Not Just Ticking Boxes: Catching Slack Respondents in Online Surveys with Open-ended Questions Osbern Huang (Griffith University) - Australia The Enduring China Effect in Vaccine Acceptance: Evidence from a Post-Pandemic Survey Experiment in Taiwan Jason Kuo (National Taiwan University) - Taiwan ROC The Pluralism Paradox: Why Social Harmony Fortifies Democracy in Polarized States Hsin-Che Wu (National Taiwan University) - Taiwan ROC Kaiping Huang (National Taiwan University) - Taiwan ROC Session Name: Measuring change around the globe: Methodological and Comparative Research with data from the International Social Survey ProgrammeSession ID: 4 Time: 16:00-17:30 Session Chair: Egle Butkeviciene Room: D501 Papers: Acquiescence Response Style in Cross-National Surveys Pei-shan Liao (Academia Sinica) - Taiwan ROC Comparison of multi-mode surveys for data stability and quality: discussing the empirical data backed outcomes from survey experiments in India Gaura Shukla (CVoter Foundation) - India Explaining pro-environmental behaviours as civic activity: a comparative global perspective Egle Butkeviciene (Kaunas University of Technology) - Lithuania Vaidas Morkevicius (Kaunas University of Technology) - Lithuania Family and changing gender roles: First decade of ISSP in India Yashwant Deshmukh (CVoter Foundation) - India The Politics of Family: Ideology, Parties, and Attitudes Towards Non-Traditional Structures Ioannis Andreadis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) - Greece Session Name: SURVEY METHODOLOGYSession ID: 26 Time: 16:00-17:30 Session Chair: Mizuki Matsuda Room: D402 Papers: Beyond Mere Aggregation: The Impact of Networked Influence on Polling Bias Poong Oh (Nanyang Technological University) - Singapore Exploring the Impact of Response Resistance on the Use of Shortened Psychological Scales Hiromi Kimura (Survey Research Center Co., Ltd) - Japan Chie Sasaguri (Survey Research Center Co., Ltd) - Japan Naotaka Tomuro (Survey Research Center Co., Ltd) - Japan Interviewer-Respondent Gender Dynamics and Survey Response Bias: Evidence from the 12th Japanese National Character Survey Aguru Ishibashi (Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research) - Japan Tadahiko Maeda (The Institute of Statistical Mathematics) - Japan Thematic analysis of observed interviewer misbehaviours: An audit approach Loo Seng Neo (RySense Ltd) - Singapore Kelly Tan (RS Audit) - Singapore Heng Hong Tan (-) - Singapore Edrea Teo (RS Audit) - Singapore Lay Ling Ng (RS Audit) - Singapore Wei Liang Tan (Singapore Police Force) - Singapore Session Name: YOUTH STUDIESSession ID: 17 Time: 16:00-17:30 Session Chair: Colin Irwin Room: D502 Papers: HOW DO ASPIRATIONS AND LIFE GOALS OF THE FILIPINO YOUTH CORRELATE WITH THEIR WEEKLY RHYTHMS Rommel Tabije (Social Weather Stations) - Philippines Seeking Greener Pastures: The Filipino Youth's Willingness to Go and Live Abroad Across Time Dankarl Leon Magpayo (Social Weather Stations) - Philippines Watch, Follow, Spend: A Quantitative Cross-Cultural Comparative Analysis of KOL/Influencer Impact on Young Adult Consumer Spending in Taiwan and the United States Kaya Heimowitz (National Chengchi University) - Taiwan ROC Christine Cook (National Chengchi University) - Taiwan ROC
Sunday, November 23	09:00-10:30		Concurrent sessions D Session Name: VOTING AND ELECTIONSSession ID: 8 Time: 09:00-10:30 Session Chair: Kenneth Ka Lok Chan Room: D201 Papers: Economic Conditions, Political Events, and Ideological Change: A Longitudinal Study on the Formation and Variation of Korean Voters' Ideology Sunwoo Kwak (Yonsei University) - Korea, Rep. Sinjae Kang (Yonsei University) - Korea, Rep. Hyojin Lee (Yonsei University) - Korea, Rep. How do predictive polls navigate particularly challenging electoral environment? Evidence and analysis of 2018-2024 election polls in Hungary Gabor Toka (Central European University) - Hungary Marina Popescu (Median Research Centre) - Romania It Takes Two: A Study Exploring the System Justification Theory (SJT) as an Explanation for Dynastic Support Among Filipino Voters Paula Hamoy (WR Numero Research) - Philippines What Pushes Independent Voters off the Edge? Longitudinal Evidence from South Korea, 2012–2023 Seoyoon Kim (Seoul National University) - Korea, Rep. Session Name: MEDIA, AGENDA-SETTINGSession ID: 19 Time: 09:00-10:30 Session Chair: Fabricio Fialho Room: D301 Papers: Casting a long shadow in the post-pandemic media agenda: the legacy of COVID-19 narratives in Hong Kong Frankie Ho Chun Wong (Lingnan University ) - Hong Kong SAR Compression and Rarefaction of Eurasian Political Communication Networks: The cases of Russia, Georgia, Albania and Moldova in Telegram Isabela Rocha (Institute of Political Science of the University of Brasília) - Brazil Luís Eduardo Mota Varela (Waseda University) - Japan Difference in Policy Concern: Agenda-setting on the Wake of COVID-19 in India Swarn Rajan (IIM K) - India Public Service Media and Attitudes Towards Minority Groups in Europe: A Cross-National Study Lazar Dragić (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) - Hong Kong SAR Michael Chan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) - Hong Kong SAR Rethinking Uncertainty in Agenda-Setting Theory: A New Framework for Understanding Political Consideration Seohyun An (Ewha Womans University) - Korea, Rep. Session Name: MIGRATION AND MIGRANTSSession ID: 12 Time: 09:00-10:30 Session Chair: Chan-Hoong Leong Room: D401 Papers: Immigrant Population Size, Ideology of National Homogeneity, and Perceived Group Threat: Testing the ‘Fear of Small Numbers’ Thesis in ‘New’ and ‘Old’ Immigration Contexts Leonie Diffené (University of Cologne) - Germany Naturalization Tests as a Gateway to Societal Values Leona Przechomski (University of Cologne, Department of Sociology and Social Psychology) - Germany Marlene Hilgenstock (GESIS, Leibniz Institute for Social Science) - Germany Anastasia Gorodzeisky (Tel Aviv University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology) - Israel Eldad Davidov (University of Cologne, Department of Sociology and Social Psychology) - Germany Racialized Threats: From Local Immigration Fears to Global Attitudes Kyungrim Chung (Yonsei University) - Korea, Rep. Reconstructing a Symmetric Social Distance Scale for Comparative Analysis Between Migrants and Natives Dohoon Kim (Department of Sociology, Seoul National University) - Korea, Rep. Related Population and Public Attitudes toward Immigrants: The Interaction of Online Media Use and Trust in Local Government in South Korea Yu-Dham Hong (Seoul National University) - Korea, Rep. Seok-Ho Kim (Seoul National University) - Korea, Rep. Session Name: GENDERSession ID: 15 Time: 09:00-10:30 Session Chair: Gento Kato Room: D402 Papers: Does decentralization affect political participation of women and youth?: An Asian Comparative Study Michelle Castillo (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) - Japan Household Labor and Gender Inequality Among Working Parents Malou Tabor (Social Weather Stations) - Philippines Internet, Gender Equality Attitudes and Female Labor Force Participation in Central Asia Tatiana Karabchuk (UAE University) - United Arab Emirates Kazuhiro Kumo (Hitotsubashi University) - Japan Shifting Attitudes Towards Family Structures and Gendered Parenting Stereotypes: Findings from ISSP Family and Changing Gender Roles Module Fernel Ted Paguinto (Social Weather Stations) - Philippines Session Name: DATA QUALITYSession ID: 27 Time: 09:00-10:30 Session Chair: Plamen Akaliyski Room: D502 Papers: Longitudinal Online Survey Methods: A Comparative Study of Panel Retention and Data Quality Yoshiaki Takahashi (Meikai University) - Japan Survey Data Quality Should Be Profoundly Discussed! – Promoting a structured survey quality control process- Mihirani Dissanayake (Survey Research Lanka (Pvt) Ltd) - Sri Lanka Neel De Silva (Survey Research Lanka (Pvt) Ltd) - Sri Lanka The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes Adam Zammit (Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Inc (ACSPRI)) - Australia Translation when there is no direct equivalent – An experimental comparison of different translations of the subjunctive mood in the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Minglei Wang (Zhejiang University) - China Shuaiying Cao (Zhejiang University) - China Jiangyan Wang (Tarim University) - China Chan Zhang (Zhejiang University) - China Marc Tibber (University College London) - United Kingdom
Sunday, November 23	10:30-11:00		Coffee break
Sunday, November 23	11:00-12:30		Concurrent sessions E Session Name: POLITICS AND POLITICAL ATTITUDES IISession ID: 22 Time: 11:00-12:30 Session Chair: Ali Carkoglu Room: D201 Papers: Evolution of Public Policy Discourse in India: An Analysis of Prime Ministers’ Speeches SWARN RAJAN (IIM K) - India Kausik Gangopadhyay (IIM K) - India Anirban Ghatak (IIM K) - India How Well Do Civil Servants Understand Citizens’ Preferences and Expectations? Don S. Lee (Sungkyunkwan University) - Korea, Rep. Eunji Oh (Sungkyunkwan University) - Korea, Rep. I Join Them, Because We Won: Desirability Bias in Social Movement Participation Kazuhiro Terashita (The University of Tokyo) - Japan When the ingroup suffers: Motivated reasoning, anxiety and political participation in a polarized political conflict Xinyue DONG (Hong Kong Baptist University) - Hong Kong SAR Hsuan-ting CHEN (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) - Hong Kong SAR Session Name: SOCIETY, SOCIAL GROUPS, CLEAVAGESSession ID: 14 Time: 11:00-12:30 Session Chair: Tatiana Karabchuk Room: D301 Papers: Black Lives Matter Movement and Public Opinion Outside of the U.S.: Evidence from Japan Gento Kato (Meiji University) - Japan Fan Lu (Queen's University) - Canada Connected Yet Divided: Examining the Uneven Spread of Internet Use in the Philippines Josefina Tayactac (Social Weather Stations) - Philippines Generational Gaps in Perceived Social Cleavages: Insights from a 2025 Mail Survey in Japan Masahisa Endo (Waseda University) - Japan Rural and Urban Resentment in Non-Western Context: Evidence from Japan Ikuma Ogura (Hitotsubashi University) - Japan Hirofumi Kawaguchi (Keio University) - Japan When clans collide, intensified social divide Ronald Holmes (De La Salle University/Pulse Asia Research Inc) - Philippines Session Name: TRUSTSession ID: 11 Time: 11:00-12:30 Session Chair: Leonie Diffené Room: D401 Papers: Examining Public Confidence in Medical Professionals and Health Services Across Six Asian Countries Josefina Mar (Social Weather Stations) - Philippines Governance in Crisis: A Comparative Study of Political Trust, Health Service Access, and COVID-19 Vaccination in the Philippines and Indonesia Reginald Ugaddan (University of the Philippines Diliman) - Philippines Lucy Ann Mogello-Masian (University of the Philippines Diliman) - Philippines Learning from Diversity: Trust, Identity, and Social Inclusion in the Maldives Aminath Riyaz (The Maldives National University) - Maldives Sheena Moosa (Independent Researcher) - Maldives Aishath Hassan (The Maldives National University) - Maldives Social Trust and Xenophobia in Contemporary Japan: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach Guangyu Liang (Kyoto University) - Japan The Sources of Political Trust in China Karl Kaltenthaler (University of Akron) - United States Yixuan Huang (Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)) - China Session Name: SOCIAL MEDIASession ID: 10 Time: 11:00-12:30 Session Chair: Satoko Yasuno Room: D402 Papers: Digital Flavors: Exploring China’s Cultural Image Through Food Videos on TikTok and Douyin Yixuan Huang (Harbin Institute of Technology(Shenzhen)) - China How Algorithm Literacy Shapes Deliberation in Social Media Environments Across Cognitive, Behavioral, and Affective Dimensions Jingjing YI (Zhejiang University) - China Zonghai Chen (Tianjing University) - China Promoting Restaurants Through Social Influence: A Cultural Perspective on eWOM Behavior in Kuwait Mohammad Albuloushi (Kuwait University) - Kuwait Farah Alrefai (Kuwait University) - Kuwait KHALED H ALQAHS (Kuwait University) - Kuwait Social Media and Food-Consumption in Contemporary Kuwait: Evidence from online and face-to-face surveys Fabrício Fialho (London School of Economics) - United Kingdom Abrar Al-Hasan (Kuwait University) - Kuwait Session Name: MISINFORMATIONSession ID: 30 Time: 11:00-12:30 Session Chair: Pratyush Sarma Room: D502 Papers: Algorithmic Pseudo-Environments and the Erosion of Information Integrity: Latin American and Eurasian Perceptions of Misinformation Luis Varela (Waseda University) - Japan Isabela Rocha (Universidade de Brasília) - Brazil Digital Hierarchies and Misinformation: How User Status Shapes the Spread of Misinformation Soo Young Bae (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) - United States David DeFranza (University College Dublin ) - Ireland Digital trust and misinformation among select Asian countries Leo Laroza (Social Weather Stations) - Philippines Linda Luz Guerrero (Social Weather Stations) - Philippines Public Trust in the Age of Misinformation: A Youth Perspective from the Arab Youth Mouza Almheiri (Trends Research and Advisory ) - United Arab Emirates Reem Al Hosani (Trends Research and Advisory ) - United Arab Emirates
Sunday, November 23	12:30-13:30		Lunch
Sunday, November 23	13:30-15:00		Concurrent sessions F Session Name: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND DIPLOMACYSession ID: 20 Time: 13:30-15:00 Session Chair: Peter Enns Room: D201 Papers: China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Public Opinion in Asia: A cross-national analysis. Michael Chan (Chinese University of Hong Kong) - Hong Kong SAR Discursive construction of foreign relations: Evidence from Japan and South Korea Yekai Xu (University of Tokyo) - Japan Does Confidence or Skepticism Over Foreign Resolve to Intervene in Wars Matter? Evidence from a Survey Experiment Hugo Tai (University of Oxford) - United Kingdom From Taohuayuan to Macondo: Survey Evidence of Attitudes toward China in Latin America, 2001-2023 Francisco Olivos (Lingnan University) - Hong Kong SAR Invaded Country’s Willingness to Fight and Foreign Support for Government Intervention in a War of Aggression Hugo Tai (University of Oxford) - United Kingdom Session Name: POLITICS AND POLITICAL ATTITUDES IIISession ID: 23 Time: 13:30-15:00 Session Chair: Ka Ming Chan Room: D401 Papers: From Press Release to Facebook: Understanding Political Party Communication Adaptation in Digital India Pratyush Paras Sarma (Australian National University) - Australia Swarn Rajan Tiwary (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode) - India Party Organisation and Federal Dynamics in Electoral Competition: Evidence from Assam, India Pratyush Paras Sarma (Australian National University) - Australia Polarization and Policy Agenda-Setting in Indian Parliament: A Textual Analysis of Lok Sabha Debates (1985–2014) SWARN RAJAN (IIM K) - India Presidential Unilateral Action and Blame Attribution Under Unified versus Divided Government: A Survey Experiment in South Korea Sunwoo Kwak (Yonsei University) - Korea, Rep. Jaeu Im (Yonsei University) - Korea, Rep. Jeong Hyun Kim (Yonsei University) - Korea, Rep. Public Participation in Free Trade Agreements: Challenges and Perspectives on Remanufactured Medical Devices in Thailand Kamonwan Kiewnin (Mahidol University) - Thailand Thammarat Marohabutr (Mahidol University) - Thailand Session Name: CLIMATE AND GENERAL TOPICSSession ID: 29 Time: 13:30-15:00 Session Chair: Mihirani Dissanayake Room: D502 Papers: Mapping the Landscape of Public Opinion Research: Insights from IJPOR(1989-2024) Kihong Moon (Yonsei Univercity) - Korea, Rep. Jibum Kim (Sungkyunkwan University) - Korea, Rep. Sori Kim (Sungkyunkwan University) - Korea, Rep. Misperceiving public opinion on climate change: A diversity science perspective Jonathon Schuldt (Cornell University) - United States Socioeconomic Determinants of Climate Policy Support: A Cross-National Analysis of Income and Wealth Effects Ana Carolina Penha (Luleå Technical University ) - Sweden Yanyan Chen (Fukuoka Institute of Technology) - Japan Studying Climate change and economic transformation policies in Kuwait Methodology, Results and Recommendations Samir Abu Rumman (World of Opinions) - Kuwait Abdulrazzak Al Shayji (Kuwait University ) - Kuwait Sara Yehia (Cairo Uni.) - Egypt Surge and Absence: Using Bibliometric and Topic Modeling Methods to Trace Global Patterns in Public Opinion Research Kross WEN (University of Texas at Austin) - United States Baiqi Li (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) - China Dengquan Yang (Hunan University of Technology) - China
Sunday, November 23	15:00-16:00		Coffee break
Sunday, November 23	15:00-16:00		Poster Session Name: Poster Session 2Session ID: 6 Time: 15:00-16:00 Session Chair: Yasuyuki Saito Room: Lobby Papers: Do Working Conditions Sustai Occupational Gender Segregation? Evidence from Panel Takehiro Ikeda (Rikkyo University ) - Japan Introducing SmartNews, Media, Politics, and Public Opinion Survey (SMPP Survey) SmartNews Media Research Institute SmartNews Media Research Institute (SmartNews Media Research Institute) - Japan SmartNews Media Research Institute SmartNews Media Research Institute (SmartNews Media Research Institute) - Japan Measuring Ocean and Water Literacy Among School Students: Insights from the ProBleu Survey Egle Butkeviciene (Kaunas University of Technology) - Lithuania Ricardo González (Kaunas University of Technology) - Lithuania Aiste Balzekiene (Kaunas University of Technology) - Lithuania Audrone Telesiene (Kaunas University of Technology) - Lithuania Vaidas Morkevicius (Kaunas University of Technology) - Lithuania The Impact of Information on Educational Inequality on Public Opinion toward Education Policy: An Online Survey Experiment Using Different Framings Taichi Morisaka (Graduate School, Tohoku University) - Japan Tracking Monthly Economic Issues through Media Text Analysis: A Case from Korea JOOHEE CHO (KOREA DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ) - Korea, Rep. EUNHEE KIM (KOREA DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ) - Korea, Rep. YONG SOO LEE (KOREA DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ) - Korea, Rep. BOYOUNG HAN (KOREA DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ) - Korea, Rep. Understanding Public Opinion on Minimum Wage Policy : A Case from Korea A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Media and Survey Data in Korea EUNHEE KIM (KOREA DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ) - Korea, Rep. JOOHEE CHO (KOREA DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ) - Korea, Rep. YONG SOO LEE (KOREA DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ) - Korea, Rep. BOYOUNG HAN (KOREA DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ) - Korea, Rep.
Sunday, November 23	16:00-17:30		Concurrent sessions G