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✨ This year, we’re celebrating our 20 years of serving as a hub for democracy research, analysis, and discussion at Harvard ✨
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In a recent appearance on CBS News, Linda Bilmes, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, discusses the latest developments in Iran and the economic impacts for the United States.
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"The US should adopt, at the federal and state level, algorithmic impact risk assessment procedures and public comment processes to facilitate a safe, trusted, equitable transformation of government agencies to take advantage of modern technology."
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A new review in The Wall Street Journal explores Danielle Allen's "Radical Duke."
"Allen is to be commended for her own act of resistance. She has written one of the most important, original studies of the American founding ... to appear in many years."
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A recent article in The New Yorker explores a new book by Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, "Radical Duke: How One Aristocrat—and the American Revolution—Transformed Britain."
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In a recent interview with WBUR, Samantha Power, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and former administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), discusses the dismantling of USAID.
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Join the Perry World House on June 16, 10:00–11:00 am ET for “Mobilizing for Protest in India: Lessons from the Anti-CAA and Farmers’ Movements,” part of the Lessons from Global Democratic Resistance series, in collaboration with the Ash Center.
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A recent BBC article highlights Danielle Allen's 2016 research project to catalogue every copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, leading to the identification of a rare 18th century copy in the West Sussex Records Office.
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"A 'majority rule' system ... would preserve elements of elections that Americans are used to, but make election results more representative of public opinion," share Eric Maskin and co-author Robbie Robinette in a recent op-ed for The New York Times.
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Join the Kellogg Institute, June 11, 3:00–4:00 pm ET, for “Democratic Resilience in Brazil: Institutions, Leadership, and Responses to Attempts of Rupture,” part of the Lessons from Global Democratic Resistance series, in collaboration with the Ash Center.
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"Public AI represents a non-monetary mechanism for governments to shape the development of AI, complementary to direct regulation of private actors, one with a far greater chance of influencing corporate behavior towards the public interest."
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A new article co-authored by Taeku Lee, Bae Family Professor of Government at Harvard University and Ash Center affiliate, examines how corporate scandals can act as catalysts for public support of meaningful regulatory reform.
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A new paper co-authored by Ariel Procaccia, Harvard University Professor and Ash Center affiliate, explores how AI can support collective decision-making through text embedding methods that better capture people’s underlying preferences and values.
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In a recent conversation with CNN's Boris Sanchez, Samantha Power discusses the global response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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In a recent research article, Taeku Lee, Bae Family Professor of Government and Ash Center affiliate, and co-authors examine attitudes towards immigrants in host countries, exploring characteristics of potential immigrants that influence public opinion.
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A new report in the American Political Science Review by former Ash Center affiliates Quinton Mayne and Shane P. Singh examines how Americans evaluate electoral system reforms and their consequences.
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Allen Lab Policy Fellow Hillary Lehr recently joined CNN's The Situation Room to discuss the use of artificial intelligence in political campaign ads.
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An upcoming documentary follows Pita Limjaroenrat, Senior Democracy Visiting Fellow at the Ash Center and former leader of Thailand's Move Forward Party, exploring his ongoing campaign to champion democracy in Thailand and across the globe.
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In a recent opinion piece, former Ash Center fellow LaTosha Brown explores potential paths for mobilization following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.
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A new policy brief by Jon Alexander, Non-resident Democracy Fellow at the Ash Center, argues for the development of a Department of Citizen Empowerment (DOCE) at all levels of government around the world.
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"Chilling effects ... not only undermine protected rights and suppress accountability but can promote social change – even without a popular mandate to do so. ... In the near term, this means an increasingly weakened democratic society."
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