a research, teaching, & policy collaboration
Amid alarming levels of political polarisation, politicians, civil society, and ordinary citizens alike call for greater empathy between partisans. But is empathy really an effective tool for …
Continue Reading about Is Empathy Really an Effective Tool for Reducing Polarisation? →
In the digital age, it is plausible that a minor tweak in an algorithm could erode democracy as successfully as a charismatic demagogue. Juggernaut tech corporations have monopolized the markets of …
Through the first two months of 2022, Canada has been in the midst of one of the most unforeseen political stories to emerge in years, a Vaccine mandate protest which has grown so confrontational in …
Continue Reading about Canada in Crisis…Or Not: Trudeau, Emergency Powers, and the Freedom Convoy →
The current state of global democracy is in shambles. Liberal democratic institutions are in decline and the erosion of global democracy in recent years has only accelerated. As such, the liberal …
On March 3rd, 2022, in the midst of the Russian invasion into Ukraine, the only independent TV news channel in Russia, Dozhd TV (also known as TV Rain), stopped broadcasting. Its editor-in-chief fled …
Continue Reading about The Fall of the Dozhd TV: The Last Independent TV News Channel in Russia →
Gender-based quotas require that a certain number of women either run for or have seats in the legislature. Currently about 110 countries have rules that boost women’s chances to get elected. The main …
Continue Reading about The Democratic Case for Gender Quotas →
Violent threats against election officials in the U.S. were at an all-time high during and following the 2020 election cycle — elected officials are leaving their jobs in what has been described as a …
Sometimes it can feel like too much of the energy put into defending American democracy is being spent on symbolic fights. Democrats rail against voter ID laws that don’t do all that much hamper …
Continue Reading about Partisan Elections — An Overlooked Threat to American Democracy →
