Apollo Academic Surveys

See these and more results at our website apollosurveys.org/bioethics/ Or read the publication in the American Journal of Bioethics! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Findings are based on a survey of 824 professional bioethicists.

4. 15% of bioethicists thought it was ethically permissible to offer payment in exchange for organs (e.g. kidneys).

New survey: Bioethicists influence policy in medicine, science, and public health. But what do they actually believe? @leah_pierson and colleagues set to find out. apollosurveys.org/bioethics/

Our article, Bioethicists Today: Results of the Views in Bioethics Survey (VIBeS), is now out in AJOB! We surveyed 824 US bioethicists on: (1) Major issues in bioethics, like medical aid in dying, paying organ donors, abortion, and many others (2) Their backgrounds 🧵

To improve our forecasts, experts emphasized the need for investment in the heliosphere compared to other physical domains, with 47% of experts ranking the heliosphere as having the highest return on investment.

In the event of a major storm, 40% of participants thought that it was “highly unlikely” or “somewhat unlikely” that space weather forecasts would be “sufficiently accurate” for power company operators to take effective action.

New survey results on space weather, in collaboration with @mathewjowens and @L_A_Barnard 51% of experts think we could see geomagnetic storms significantly larger than the largest storms over the past 200 years, including the 1859 Carrington Event. apollosurveys.org/space-weather/

Curious about expert opinion on space weather? @L_A_Barnard and I recently worked with @ApolloSurveys to canvas 144 scientists on risks and forecasting of extreme geomagnetic storms. The full results are here: apollosurveys.org/space-weather/

You can read more in this article at The Guardian. theguardian.com/world/2023/jul…

2. But critically, disruptive protests only really work for issues that already have high public support (e.g. climate change):

New survey results on social change and protests, led by @JamesOzden at the Social Change Lab. 1. Experts thought the most important tactical and strategic factor for a social movement’s success is “the strategic use of nonviolent disruptive tactics” apollosurveys.org/social-change-…

NEW RESEARCH 📢 Our expert survey of 120 social movement academics finds broad support for disruptive climate protest! 69% of experts surveyed thought that disruptive protests were at least “somewhat effective” for making progress on climate change theguardian.com/world/2023/jul…

@juliaoftoronto @hbottemiller @royalsociety @JohnSpeakman4 Last month we polled nutrition experts on the cause of the obesity epidemic. Consensus was low, although changes in food composition was most frequently ranked as the biggest cause. apollosurveys.org/food-nutrition… @wamasters

Thread 🧵 So what causes #obesity ? I recently attended a meeting in London @royalsociety about this deceptively simple question. And what was the conclusion? “There’s no consensus whatsoever about what the cause of it‌ is," as @JohnSpeakman4 put it.

Cool dataviz of the event (ab)normality ratings from our latest @BrightLineWatch report brightlinewatch.org/american-democ…

Complete results can be found at Apollo apollosurveys.org/threats-to-dem… A full synopsis can be found at Bright Line Watch brightlinewatch.org/american-democ… A big thanks to @BrendanNyhan for generously sharing their data.

Experts estimated a 70% probability that in at least two statewide elections in 2022, Republican candidates who lose the election would refuse to concede defeat.

In advance of the 2022 US midterms, Apollo is reporting an expert survey on threats to American democracy. The survey was conducted by @BrightLineWatch, which has generously shared their data with us. apollosurveys.org/threats-to-dem…