“There’s so much more in common that we have than what divides us." Cheryl Graeve, Program Director at the Natl Inst Civil Disc, is helping to launch America Talks – an online event where Americans are set up to talk with those with different backgrounds and beliefs.

Our very own Nicole Curato talks about deliberative voting and calls for the agonistic friend-adversary dichotomy as antidote to cancel culture. All translated for a GenZ audience in a podcast hosted by one of the PH's top influencers 😀 facebook.com/iamsuperbianca…

Virtual Global Democracy Champions Summit starts at 9 am ET today! Register now at bit.ly/global-democra… Check out SNF Agora's Hahrie Han 한 하 리 and Yordanos Eyoel op-ed on "It’s time to build a global pro-democracy movement" thefulcrum.us/big-picture/Le…

Civic engagement is not a privilege, it's a right for every American who wants to make a difference in their community. The committee and its members will continue to work towards lowering barriers & expanding those opportunities for all Americans. #ModernizeCongress

It was an honor for IDEA's director Michael Neblo to testify before Select Committee on Modernization (Archived) on ways to make town halls and other forums more deliberative and representative.

Longtime collaborator and friend of IDEA CMF's Brad Fitch cites Politics With the People, which documents the groundbreaking results of Deliberative Town Halls in his testimony today before Select Committee on Modernization (Archived)

Former KF resident Seth Odongo reflects on the important role deliberation can play in a political culture. Debate, he says, encourages winners and losers, but it does not always lead to understanding or working together. vimeo.com/553429923

'Many of the criticisms against deliberative democracy are similar to those that were first levelled against universal suffrage in another age.' Claudia Chwalisz on citizens' assemblies Noema Magazine

IDEA's director, Michael Neblo, is in London today with MPs Alex Norris and Graham Allen for discussions on adapting our Deliberative Town Hall model to the Westminster system. Very excited for this opportunity for transatlantic collaboration!

Our friends at @OSU_Law are hosting a panel discussion on the future of the two-party system in the US, which often shuts out consensus candidates from the general election, plus possible solutions, perhaps some form of Ranked Choice Voting. Reg here: osu.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

📣🚨new publication Representation: my #openaccess article on Participedia : Mapping Democratic Innovations: A Bottom-up Empirical Perspective, Thanks DelDemUCan, Business, Government & Law @ UC @zdaarau IPZ - Political Science UZH tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New report from Beyond Conflict, Renewing American Democracy: Navigating a Changing Nation, that explains the need to expand our focus beyond polarization to explore a broader range of psychological processes that drive social division & threaten American democracy.

IDEA is proud to present Alexander Heffner, host of PBS series 'the Open Mind' on February 7th, 5:30-7pm in the Glenn Policy Center. Hit the link below or scan the flyer QR code to register! osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9L…

UPDATE: Our event with Alexander Heffner on February 7th has been rescheduled from 5-6:30pm to 7-8:30pm in the Glenn Policy Center. Sorry for any inconvenience, please check out the updated flyer below for details. Hope to see you there!

Great news! Select Committee on Modernization (Archived) was widely recognized as one of most functional, bipartisan, and innovative in Congress, even doing a Deliberative Town Hall with IDEA and a rep sample of citizens on how to improve Congress. Hopeful the subcommittee will continue to make progress!

We our pleased to announce that our next speaker will be Adam Seth Levine! He will be discussing collaborative relationships and how they can be utilized as a tool for change. Be sure to swing by the Spencer Room, March 21st at 1pm!

IDEA's Connecting to Congress program got a shout-out recently by John Maxwell Hamilton & Kevin R. Kosar in their article featured in Real Clear Politics! Hit the link to find out more: realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/…

REMINDER: Don't miss out on IDEA's event, happening TODAY with Adam Seth Levine. Swing by the Spencer Room (Derby Hall, 2nd Floor) at 12pm for more!

Our next speaker for IDEA's Civil Discourse Project is Bailey Flanagan! Her event, "The Societal Benefits of Public-Spirited Voting", focuses on how consideration of the common good affects voting patterns and will take place April 11th at 12pm in the Spencer Room of Derby Hall.

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