Communicating Risk Across the Political Divide: Assessing institutional Trust Over Time

• In Event: Constitutional Change, Public Opinion, and Judicial Behavior

Brief Overview

Experimental surveys (2021, 2025, Canada & US) test the role of institutions in communicating climate, vaccine, plastic pollution and food pesticide risks. Political institutions, specialized agencies, and private market institutions are compared.

Authors

• Cherie Metcalf, Queen's University, Canada

• Jonathan R. Nash, Emory University