Congratulations to ABS Principle Director Yun-han Chu on his election as an Academician of the Academia Sinica. Prof. Chu joins fellow ABS Principle Director Fu Hu as the second political scientist Academician in Taiwan.
(updated July 6, 2012)

ABS third wave data is expected to be released on June 30 for the second group of countries ( the Philippines, Thailand, Mongolia, Singapore and Vietnam).
(updated June 27, 2012)

The World Journal reported from the "How the Public Views Democracy and its Competitors in East Asia: Taiwan in Comparative Perspective" conference at Stanford University with a headline on Prof. Yun-han Chu's comments on the influence of Taiwan's democracy on mainland China and Hong Kong. A link to the article (Chinese) can be found here: http://www.worldjournal.com/view/full_news/18734268/article-
(updated May 29, 2012)

The Program for East Asia Democratic Studies is organizing on an international conference on "How the Public Views Democracy and its Competitors in East Asia: Taiwan in Comparative Perspective" between May 25 and 26, 2012 in conjunction with the Stanford Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL). Click here to read more information.
(updated May 14, 2012)

A workshop for the South Asia survey was held between February 15 and February 16 in Delhi. A photo of the event can be viewed here.
(updated February 29, 2012)

SAGE has made the Quality of Democracy in Asia-Pacific special issue (International Political Science Review 32/5, November 2011) available for free access until the end of February. The issue features articles based on the Asian Barometer Survey data and can be accessed through the following the link: http://ips.sagepub.com/content/current 
(updated February 6, 2012)

A Global Barometer Survey meeting attended by representatives from Arab Barometer, Asian Barometer, Latinobarómetro, Afrobarometer and Eurasia Barometer was organized by the Research in Social Science Education of Jain University, Centre for Public Policy, IIM-B, Institute of Contemporary Studies, Bangalore, India on December 6 and December 7 . A link to the Hindu newspaper report on the meeting can be found here.    <Photo>
(updated December 12, 2011)

The third wave Taiwan data is now available. Click here to read the conditions for access and complete an application form.
(updated December 2, 2011)

Progress report from the third wave of the Asian Barometer Survey:
Taiwan, the Philippines, Mongolia,  Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and South Korea have already completed interviews.
(updated September 19, 2011)

Progress report from the third wave of the Asian Barometer Survey:
Taiwan, the Philippines, Mongolia,  Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and South Korea have already completed interviews.
(updated September 19, 2011)

The Asian Barometer South Asia Survey meeting took place in Nepal in September. Please click here for photographs from the meeting.
(updated September 19, 2011)

An Asian Barometer business meeting took place in Taipei on August 21. Please click here for photographs from the meeting.
(updated September 19, 2011)

The International Conference on Democracy in East Asia and Taiwan in Global Perspective in Taipei has concluded. We would like to express our thanks for the support we received from many different organizations and individuals that made the event such a success. For detailed information, please visit our website.
(updated September 9, 2011)

The International Political Science Association (IPSA) has agreed to a GBS proposal to establish a Research Committee on Election, Citizens and Parties under the auspices of the IPSA. In the future, regular conferences and round table discussions will be held. Prof. Yun-han Chu will represent Asia as a committee member.
(updated May 11, 2011)

The Asian Barometer Survey expresses its condolences for victims of recent disasters in Japan. ABS wishes to express its condolences for the victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. We have been in touch with Japan-based ABS scholar Ken'ichi Ikeda, and he has let us know that he and his family are safe and well. Click here to read the letter from Prof. Ikeda.
(updated March 15, 2011)

ABS working paper series No. 47, "Are Democracy and 'Good Governance' Always Compatible? Competing Values in the Thai Political Arena" is recommended to read by the Information Resource Center of U.S. Embassy in Bangkok. Click here to read more information.
(updated March 1, 2011)