Allen Lab Fellow Jeremy McKey reflects on India’s AI Impact Summit, exploring the theme of diffusion and the implications for ...

Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy, The University of Chicago, for an American Politics Speaker Series discussion sponsored by the Ash Center for Democratic ...

Amanda Litman, the president and founder of Run for Something, joins co-hosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to talk about why she believes democracy needs a generational makeover.

Organizations—from government agencies to private companies—don’t always live up to public expectations. One way to address this gap is through targeted transparency: policies and tools that make ...

Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellow and Boston College Associate Professor Ali Kadivar joins Terms of Engagement hosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to discuss the prospects for democracy in Iran now ...

Join Erica Chenoweth and Steven Levitsky for the sixth session of The Breakdown, a webinar series on the ongoing struggle for American democracy. Join Erica Chenoweth and Steven Levitsky for the sixth ...

Working to understand and foster the conditions for sustained, self-determined social and economic development among American Indian nations. After decades of being shut out from resources that help ...

Protest is the bedrock of democracy. But why do people take to the streets, and how do protestors achieve change? At the Ash Center, we’re working to answer these questions. From the Boston Tea Party ...

The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation develops ideas and fosters practices for equal and inclusive, multiracial, and multiethnic democracy and self-government.

Civic engagement — from voting to volunteering — is the engine that drives democracy forward. Robust citizen participation at every level of government provides the feedback that democratic systems ...