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Steve Pickering @sdpick

'A political scientist with too much time on his hands' - The Times. University of Amsterdam, and Hon. Professor, Brunel University of London. Prev: 神戸大学.

Joined April 2012
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Steve Pickering@sdpick
26 Jul 2024
Replying to @mou_amnijika
BBCは東京2020を楽しみました！
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Steve Pickering@sdpick
May 27
New in @PLOSONE: ethnic differences in healthcare trust and patient satisfaction in England. We find clear gaps in care, ethics and perceived discrimination. With m'co-authors @MartinEjnar @sunaharay @tjscotto @JasonReifler @hdorus @Dorothy_Yen doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone…
Blue NHS logo sign on a light tiled wall, representing England’s National Health Service.

ALT Blue NHS logo sign on a light tiled wall, representing England’s National Health Service.
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新しい論文が公刊されました。@sdpick と@MartinEjnar との共著で、行政におけるAI利用についての日英比較です。 Full article: Support for AI in Public Administration: A Comparative Study of the United Kingdom and Japan tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Support for AI in Public Administration: A Comparative Study of the United Kingdom and Japan

As public administrations increasingly adopt AI, understanding citizens’ attitudes toward algorithmic decision-making has become important for maintaining legitimacy and public trust. We find that ...

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Would you trust AI in public administration? @MartinEjnar , @sunaharay and I find out in our new article in the International Journal of Public Administration @ijpa2022 doi.org/10.1080/01900692.202… TrustTracker.org
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Yosuke SUNAHARA@sunaharay
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新しい論文が刊行されました。@sdpick @MartinEjnar との共著で、日英両国で一貫して、オーガニック食品への支払い意思や、品質の評価に、政府への信頼やリスクを受容する態度が関わっていることを論じるものです。 link.springer.com/article/10…

Trust, risk and organic food: Evidence from the UK and Japan

Organic Agriculture - Why do some consumers choose pricier organic options while others pass them by? Drawing on large, harmonised survey samples from the United Kingdom (n = 1,276) and...

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Why do people buy organic food? @MartinEjnar, @sunaharay and I find it’s less about taste and more about trust. New paper in Organic Agriculture, plus explainer in @ConversationUK. doi.org/10.1007/s13165-026-0… theconversation.com/embargo-…

Trust, risk and organic food: Evidence from the UK and Japan

Organic Agriculture - Why do some consumers choose pricier organic options while others pass them by? Drawing on large, harmonised survey samples from the United Kingdom (n = 1,276) and...

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Most people support academic freedom (in principle). But once we move beyond principles, politics kicks in. Our new research (by @MartinEjnar, @sunaharay and me) is featured in this piece in The Conversation. theconversation.com/how-poli…

How political leanings affect views on academic freedom – new research

Right-leaning respondents were consistently more supportive of academic freedom.

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Trust in the @BBC is taking a hammering. In my @ABCaustralia interview with Suzanne Hill, I explain that while there are things the BBC can fix, there are other things out of their control. You can hear the full interview here: trusttracker.org/media_main.…
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Very happy to see our research published in @Newsweek_JAPAN !
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19 Nov 2025
【公共放送】NHKとは「決定的な違い」が…トランプ演説「改ざん」疑惑で揺れるBBCに「足りないもの」とは？ ＜トップ辞任で終わらない。目を向けるべきは、イギリス政治の構造変化と「公共放送は誰のものか」という正統性の問題だ＞ newsweekjapan.jp/stories/wor…
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Who trusts doctors and scientists? My colleagues @MartinEjnar, @hdorus, @JasonReifler, @tjscotto, @sunaharay, @Dorothy_Yen and I find out in our new TrustTracker.org research in Public Understanding of Science: doi.org/10.1177/096366252513…
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Resident doctors are striking again. My research with @MartinEjnar shows strikes by medical workers have high levels of public support, shaped strongly by trust in the NHS and political identity. Right-leaning and Conservative voters are less supportive. trusttracker.org/pb_main.php…

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An international collaboration looking at trust across society

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Honoured that the research by @MartinEjnar , @sunaharay and I forms part of this important report.
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13 Nov 2025
📢 We have published our report, ‘Is Working from Home Working?’ We found that hybrid working has the potential to be the "best of both worlds", but only if it is well managed. committees.parliament.uk/com…
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Honoured to see our UK-Japan TrustTracker.org research (with @MartinEjnar & Yosuke Sunahara) cited in the House of Lords report "Is working from home working?" committees.parliament.uk/com… The inequalities in who can work from home matter just as much as productivity debates.
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Tim Davie and Deborah Turness have resigned from the BBC. Our data suggest this moment has deep roots: trust in the BBC has become divided along political lines. The BBC's challenge isn’t managerial; it’s cultural and political. theconversation.com/trust-in…

Trust in the BBC is heavily tied to political identity

Tim Davie and Deborah Turness have resigned over complaints of institutional bias but external perspectives on the broadcaster are far from uniform.

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Is it ok for politicians to use AI? @TomTugendhat has made his views clear to fellow MPs, but what about members of the public? That's what my colleagues @MartinEjnar, @sunaharay and I find out in our new research. theconversation.com/is-it-ok…

Is it ok for politicians to use AI? Survey shows where the public draws the line

The public feel ok about some uses of AI in parliament, but they’re very opposed to it making decisions.

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Would you trust politicians to use AI to help them with their work? What about a robot making decisions for them? My colleagues @MartinEjnar, @sunaharay and I found out in our new publication in Parliamentary Affairs! @HansardSociety doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsaf050
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Thank you, Amsterdam ! The third time I've run the Amsterdam Marathon, and time to hang up my running shoes!
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The BBC is a partisan battleground, but Japan's NHK isn't. My colleagues @MartinEjnar, @sunaharay and I find out why in this piece for The Conversation. doi.org/10.64628/AB.73vnefyf…
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Yosuke SUNAHARA@sunaharay
19 Sep 2025
新しい論文が公刊されました。@sdpick @MartinEjnarと共著で、2年間続けていた調査を使ってNHKとBBCを比較しながら、そのガバナンス構造について議論したものです。 doi.org/10.1515/commun-2024-…

Examining trust in public service news providers: A comparison of the BBC and NHK

This study examines trust in public service broadcasters (PSBs), traditional news media, and social media news by comparing the BBC in England and NHK in Japan. Using 19 months of survey data, we...

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Our new paper on who trusts the BBC vs NHK finds that while UK Conservatives really don't trust the BBC, there is no partisan divide in trust for NHK in Japan. doi.org/10.1515/commun-2024-… @MartinEjnar @sunaharay #MediaTrust #BBC #NHK #UK #Japan
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To find out more, visit our project website, TrustTracker.org

TrustTracker.org

An international collaboration looking at trust across society

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