Registration link: https://bit.ly/FaithbyNumbers
Description:
Researching religious communities is uniquely complex. Faith communities often span cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and theological differences that can make traditional survey methods difficult to apply. In this webinar, leading researchers from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, NORC at the University of Chicago, the Pew Research Center, and the Public Religion Research Institute will discuss how they design and conduct surveys of religious communities and what makes polling religion different from other forms of social research. The conversation will also explore how journalists can responsibly interpret and use religion data, and what newsrooms should know if they want to conduct their own polling. Co-hosted by Institute for Social Policy and Understanding and Religion News Association
The moderator is Saher Selod, ISPU Director of Research. The speakers are:
- David Dutwin, AmeriSpeak Executive Director and Senior Vice President (NORC)
- Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center Senior Researcher
- Allison Norton, Hartford Institute for Religion Research Co-Director
- Diana Orcés, PRRI Director of Research
Date: June 3, 2026 from 12:30-1:30 PM ET
Audience: Journalists; Academics
Social collaboration confirmed for all parties:
- Hartford social: https://www.facebook.com/exploringthepandemicimpact; https://www.facebook.com/FaithCommunitiesToday
Pew social: @pewresearch on most platforms (X, Instagram, Threads, YouTube) and @pewresearch.org on Bluesky. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/pew-research-center/