Join us for the WVS webinar on May 27, where our guest speaker, Junji Kageyama from Meikai University, Japan, will explore national parochialism by introducing a survey-based measurement approach using data from the World Values Survey and European Values Survey, allowing for broader cross-country analysis with rich demographic and socioeconomic insights. The study validates this new measure by confirming its alignment with experimental findings and identifying key demographic and political correlates, such as sex, education, political ideology, native status, age, and economic security, showing that individuals in socially insecure positions tend to be more parochial. Additionally, the research uncovers that the COVID-19 pandemic heightened national parochialism, highlighting both the potential and limitations of policy interventions aimed at mitigating its effects.