Publications

More in Common took shape from work undertaken since 2016 to understand why so many societies were dividing around debates about their identity and belonging, and why people were being increasingly persuaded to see debates about immigration, refugees and diversity through the lens of ‘us-versus-them’. Since then, we have broadened our research agenda and incorporated several layers of social psychology research to provide a deeper analysis of the different factors contributing to polarization and social fracturing.

More in Common’s published studies of public attitudes in several European countries and the United States are already regarded as among the most insightful and actionable analyses of public opinion. Our team also published papers on polarization, social media and the psychology of political behavior.

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The Public's Verdict

November 2024

More in Common's latest polling finds a mixed and conflicted public response to Labour's first budget.

Between Hesitation and Hope

October 2024
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As a major technological development with wide reaching implications, GenAI is poised to profoundly impact American psychology, society and politics. More in Common seeks to elevate Americans’ voices at this inflection point, particularly as private and public actors make decisions that shape AI’s potential to affect trust, social cohesion, and division.

Doom Loop

October 2024

More in Common's pre-budget briefing finds a public deeply anxious ahead of the Budget this week

Tackling hardship

October 2024

New research with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows that the public expects meaningful action from our new government on tackling hardship

Conservative comeback

October 2024

At Conservative Party Conference, we reveal new polling showing how the Conservatives can rebuild trust and plot a path to power by 2029

October 7, one year later: what impact on anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in France?

October 2024
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The study by Destin Commun, based on a quantitative survey and focus groups with French people of Jewish and Muslim faiths, sheds a nuanced light on the opinion of the French one year after the October 7 massacres in Israel, which sparked the conflagration in the Middle East. This study debunks the vision of a France polarized around this conflict, and deciphers the perceptions, among the French as a whole but also among the French of each of the two communities concerned, with regard to anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

(Non)divisive relationships: Polish women and men on the rights of same-sex couples

September 2024
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The issue of regulating the legal status of same-sex couples in permanent relationships has long been a source of heated disputes in public debate. However, the tensions that appear in the political and media space only to a limited extent reflect the emotions of Polish society. Most Polish women and men support the introduction of civil partnerships and also see the need to regulate the situation of children raised by such couples.

Wheelbarrow politics

September 2024

At Labour Party Conference, our polling and modelling reveals the scale of the challenge that Labour is up against on the path to 2029 - and how they can overcome it

Promising Revelations: Undoing the False Impressions of America’s Faithful

September 2024
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Is America still religious? Our research says yes—just not in the way you might expect. With input from over 6,000 Americans, focusing on Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities, this study explores and dispels three major myths about faith in America: Faith is driven by politics Faith is becoming irrelevant Religious people are intolerant

Green and Global Britain

September 2024

New polling and focus group research exploring how the public navigate public opinion on climate foreign policy.