Join us for a conversation with accomplished storytellers from a wide array of mediums about how they bring democracy issues to their audiences in creative ways. Renee DiResta, associate research ...

The Ash Center invites you to a book talk with Lorissa Rinehart, author of Winning the Earthquake: How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress. The discussion will be ...

Join the next GETTING-Plurality Research Workshop with Emillie de Keulenaar, Luke Thorburn, and Glen Weyl, as they discuss their recent paper “Prosocial Media.” Emillie de Keulenaar is a PhD candidate ...

Tyler Fisher is an experienced civic entrepreneur and strategist. Tyler is the Founder and Principal of Trailmark Strategies. He advises philanthropists, advocacy organizations, and early stage ...

In this report, Matthew Cebul, Lead Research Fellow for the Nonviolent Action Lab, examines the effectiveness of nonviolent action movements in supporting democratic resilience globally. Identifying ...

The national awards program Honoring Nations, flagship program of the Harvard Project, announces the recipients of the 2025 Honoring Nations Awards, recognizing 6 governmental initiatives for ...

The year 2024 was dubbed “the largest election year in global history” with half the world’s population voting in national elections. Earlier this year, we hosted an event on “AI and the 2024 ...

Alberto Alemanno is the Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law at HEC Paris. One of the leading voices on Europe’s democratization, Alberto’s scholarship has been centered on how law and policies ...

Archon Fung and Stephen Richer are joined by Michelle Feldman, political director at Mobile Voting, a nonprofit, nonpartisan initiative working to make voting easier with expanded access to mobile ...

Mary conducts research aimed at enhancing the availability, accessibility, and usefulness of information essential to informed decision-making in our roles as consumers, parents, community members, ...

At the Ash Center, students are front and center. The Ash Center and its faculty are committed to enriching the educational experience for students at the Kennedy School. In addition to teaching ...

The Electoral College is viewed as a democratic anachronism in modern-day America, yet it has persisted for over two centuries despite repeated attempts to reform or abolish the institution. Ash ...