Dr. Mona Lena Krook is an award winning political scientist who currently serves as the Chair of Women and Politics PhD Program at Rutgers University. A political science professor, Krook studies the ...

Allen Lab Affiliate Benjamin A. Barsky examines alternative emergency response programs — arguing for a democratic model of public safety governance in which responses to nonviolent incidents are ...

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 ...

Join us for a screening of the documentary film “Kiss the Future.” The screening will be followed by a discussion with Bill Carter, the film’s protagonist and screenwriter. Join us for a screening of ...

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 ...

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

The proliferation of artificial intelligence has the potential to upend our democracy — for better or worse. AI tools could allow for new forms of participation while at the same time facilitating the ...

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 ...

You’re invited to join Avidit Acharya, Professor of Political Science at Stanford University, for an American Politics Speaker Series discussion sponsored by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance ...