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Fellow Spotlight: Maxwell Kiernan
When Maxwell Kiernan talks about what drew him to public service, he doesn't start with a class or a textbook. He starts with his mom.
An Air Force pilot and career civil servant, she spent…
IDEA Hosts Dr. Miller for Talk on Evaluating Democratic Citizens
On March 25, 2026, IDEA welcomed Prof. Benjamin Miller, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, for the IDEA Speaker Series talk titled …
IDEA Launches Second Raven
IDEA, in collaboration with the Machine-Assisted Human Decision-making (MAHD) Lab directed by Dr. Ryan Kennedy, has launched Second Raven, a new Substack newsletter for anyone…
IDEA Partners with FIDE North America for Launch of Deliberative State Governance Initiative
On February 18, IDEA partnered with FIDE North America and Meridian International Center to launch the Deliberative State Governance initiative in Washington, D.C., a program designed to…
Deliberative Town Halls and Development Priorities in Malawi
What does it look like when the First and Second Deputy Speakers of a national parliament open their doors to a new kind of democratic experiment?
Next month, Jack Fernandes will travel to…
Dr. Annelise Russell Visits IDEA to Discuss Congress's Communication Crisis
What happens when the institution responsible for governing a nation cannot keep up with the speed of its own information environment? That is the question at the heart of Dr. Annelise Russell's…
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
From a Genetics Lab to the Heart of Democracy: A Conversation with Dr. Amanda Robinson
A cold call to a future Nobel laureate, a childhood in rural Alabama, and sixteen years of…
A Conversation with Marco Castradori
"This Was the First Time I Felt Like a Real Citizen": What Nigeria's Deliberative Town Halls Revealed About the Hunger for Democracy
In January 2024, IDEA brought its…
IDEA Research Spotlight: Dr. Ryan Kennedy
When Competition Becomes Demonization
What keeps a democracy researcher up at night? For Dr. Ryan Kennedy, IDEA research expert, it's this:
"How competition has quickly…