What does research save when it skips real people, and what does it risk? Katrina Noelle makes the case for in-person research and explains how to defend its value in your next budget discussion.

AI adoption puts research quality and trust to the test. For World Standards Day, we explore how standards, ethical codes and human oversight guide the profession’s next steps.

Disclosing weak data is not enough. Jordon Peugh explains why researchers need to challenge sample quality, act on fraud risks and ask whether their data can support the decision at hand.

AI is moving too fast for organisations to learn only from their own experience.

We listened to every recorded session of Esomar Congress 2025 and 2026. AI is no longer one topic on the programme: it has become the setting for almost everything else.