World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR)

The World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) is an international organization of individual members who are engaged in public opinion research and the development of survey research methods. It was founded in 1947 to promote and improve the quality of these kinds of activities around the world. WAPOR collaborates with both the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) and the European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research (ESO-MAR), with which it respectively shares its annual conferences every other year. This typically means that in alternating years, the WAPOR conference is held in North America and then in Europe. WAPOR is also affiliated with the United Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) through which it promotes a variety of social science efforts and ...