I am a Professor in the Departments of Communication and Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. My research focuses on political communication, political psychology, and the relationships between public policy, public opinion, and mass media. I have been particularly interested in negativity (and positivity) in news coverage, and the role of mass media in representative democracy. This site includes descriptions of these ongoing Projects, published Research (including data and content analytic tools), my Lab & Teaching, and links to recent News & Blogs related to my work.
Did my PhD on Tuberculosis and my post-doc in Health Economics. I've been at the Institute for Future studies and active in the World Values Survey network since the early 90's. Worked in Sophia Antipolis, Southern France for many years as professor of Future studies and communication strategies. Most recent project: A Migrant World Values Survey in Sweden. We have data from more than hundred countries on values and social norms in the World Values Survey, but we lack representative data on people migrating from one country to another. We have now completed the very first migrant WVS in Sweden, with 6,500 respondents from the main non-european migrant countries.
Christian Haerpfer is Associate Professor (Reader) of Politics and Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen, UK. He is also Director of the European Centre for Comparative Survey Research (ECCSR) at the University of Aberdeen.