Through our books, case studies, journal articles, papers, and surveys, the Ash Center is home to some of the world’s most advanced research and publications on issues related to democratic governance and self-governance.
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Case Study
In this case study of democratic innovation at the local level, the authors answer the questions: Why, in 2022, was voting representation and democratic reform firmly on Portland’s agenda? Did this shift contribute to Portlanders passing Measure 26-228?
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When AI is seen as a source of truth and scientific knowledge, it may lend public legitimacy to harmful ideas about identity.
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The Ash Center and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) hosted a discussion of Our Common Purpose, a report issued by the Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship.
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The Ash Center Democracy Postdoctoral hosted Fellow Pauliina Patana and a global panel of experts for a discussion on how to make sense of these deep geographic divides, similarities and differences in spatial patterns across countries, strategies parties are using to mobilize voters across space and place, and other pertinent questions.
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Zoé Alejandro Robledo, Director General of the Mexican Institute of Social Security, joined the Ash Center at Harvard Kennedy School to discuss the country’s experience with COVID-19, including both the successes and the many challenges its leaders have encountered as they sought to bring the crisis to an end.
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The Hon. Harjit S. Sajjan, Canada’s Minister of National Defence, joined Juliette Kayyem, Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security and Faculty Director of the Homeland Security Project at Harvard Kennedy School, to discuss these and other experiences in Canada’s response to COVID-19.
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