The Middle East Council on Global Affairs (ME Council) and Arab Barometer signed Memorandum of Understanding to integrate public opinion research into regional policy dialogue and promote evidence-based decision-making across the Middle East and North Africa. Through this partnership, the two institutions will combine the ME Council’s deep expertise in public policy, regional dialogue, and convening power with Arab Barometer’s…
Events & Updates
Amid Persistent Challenges, Iraqis Express Cautious Optimism in Latest Survey
For Immediate Release **Please credit Arab Barometer** A new Arab Barometer survey reveals the evolving views of Iraqis on pressing national and regional issues. This Wave VIII survey provides insights into public concerns, including economic hardship, corruption, gender equality, and climate change, as well as reactions to the ongoing Gaza crisis and shifting geopolitical dynamics. The findings underscore cautious optimism…
Mark Tessler Symposium
Join us for a research symposium honoring the career of Mark Tessler Presentations by: Michael D. Robbins, Project Director & Co-Principal Investigator, Arab Barometer, Princeton University Amaney Jamal, Dean, Princeton School for Public and International Affairs, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University Diana Greenwald, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, City College…
Youth Outlooks: Life Quality and Economic Conditions (Press Release)
In this two-part Arab Pulse blog series, Arab Barometer’s research specialist, Maitha Alsuwaidi, explores MENA youth’s outlook on their quality of life and economic conditions. Here are nine key findings from the two-part blog series: MENA Youth’s (ages 18-29) perceptions on quality of life and their countries’ economies are not different from the perceptions of older age groups. When it…
Confounding and confirming expectations on the “care economy” in MENA
Press Release Key findings from Salma Al-Shami and Maitha AlSuwaidi‘s new blog: -Arab Barometer findings from 12 countries surveyed in the seventh wave (2021-2022) partially confound expectations on unpaid care work in the region. The latest findings disrupt patriarchal preconceptions with respect to sharing childcare responsibilities but reinforce them when it comes to insisting that budgeting and spending are the…
Female Political Participation Inspires Confidence In Female Political Leadership in MENA
Press Release Key findings from MaryClare Roche, PhD‘s new blog : Levels of disagreement with the idea that men make better political leaders than women is at an all-time high in eight of the eleven countries for which Arab Barometer has trend data. However, these changes are not just young people with more equal gender views coming of age. Instead,…
CPP hosts e-workshop on governance in Mena region
The College of Public Policy (CPP), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), in collaboration with Brookings Doha Center (BDC) hosted an e-workshop on ‘Governance in the Mena Region: What Can we Learn from Responses to COVID19?’. The e-workshop addressed the institutional and governance challenges facing countries of the Mena region that have been exacerbated and exposed as a result…
PEER REVIEW: Arab Barometer
The Arab Barometer is a nonpartisan research network, hosted at Princeton University, which provides insight into the social, political, and economic attitudes and values of people across the Arab world. They have been conducting high quality and reliable public opinion surveys in the MENA region since 2006 and make the data publicly available (free of charge) on their website. The Arab Barometer is currently updating…
What it is like to live in the Arab world today?
Join CEPS next Tuesday, January 28,2020, to discuss our latest wave of survey findings with Michael Robbins, Director of the Arab Barometer, MEP Isabel Santos, Chair of the Delegation for Relations with the Mashreq Countries and Rosamaria Gili, Head of Division Maghreb, EEAS.
Unpacking Perceptions and Attitudes: Arabs on the Economy, Women’s Leadership and Youth
On September 19th, 2019, The Wilson Center will be hosting a panel discussion of the Arab Barometer’s 2019 Surveys of the Arab world focused on perceptions and attitudes towards the economy, women’s leadership and Arab youth.
Call for Applications for a Two-Year Program of Research and Training
“Contributing to solutions for marginalized communities in the Arab region: A Two-Year Program of Research and Training” January 2019 – September 2020 The University of Michigan and Princeton University are pleased to announce a Call for Applications for early-career Ph.D.s (advanced graduate students will also be considered) for a two-year program consisting of four workshops focused on developing or enhancing…
The Arab Barometer
In 2005, Amaney Jamal, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics and director of the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, and Mark Tessler, a political science professor at the University of Michigan, jointly launched the Arab Barometer, a project designed to document and record public sentiment through polling in countries across the Middle East and North Africa. Now…