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University of Houston students train as moderators for its Deliberation Testbed project. (Ryan Kennedy)
December 23, 2022

Deliberative Programs Featured in Inside Higher Ed

IDEA and our colleague Ryan Kennedy at the University of Houston were featured last week in an Inside
Higher Ed article titled “Not like Cable News.” The article detailed Ryan Kennedy’s…

Dr. Michael Neblo
March 26, 2021

Dr. Michael Neblo Testifies Before the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress

On March 25th, 2021, Professor Michael Neblo of the Ohio State University’s Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability (IDEA) testified for the second time to the House of…

AOC town hall
December 10, 2020

What COVID Has Taught Congress About Constituent Communications

Congress remain captive to tech that requires them to stretch limited budgets to do even basic outreach.  Deliberative Town Halls, a free resource IDEA offers Members of Congress as part of our…

Town Hall illustration
December 4, 2020

What Makes a *Deliberative* Town Hall different?

IDEA Director Michael Neblo explains how Connecting to Congress Deliberative Town Halls are decidedly different from regular town halls.

IDEA Director Michael Neblo was interviewed by Columbus…

Dr. Neblo Briefing Senator Portman's Office
September 28, 2020

OSU Insights: "A Novel Idea for Fixing our Political System: Talk it Through"

Recently, IDEA Director Dr. Micheal Neblo discussed the implications of IDEA’s current Connecting to Congress Initiative on the state of political discourse in the United States with  Ohio State…

Rep. John Lewis
July 30, 2020

John Lewis, An Ongoing Inspiration to IDEA

"Many worry that calls to make political discourse more civil and substantive are, at best, naive and complacent. At worst, they abet a fundamentally broken system. Ongoing protests highlight the…

Beatty and Hamilton Official Photos
July 23, 2020

WATCH: Dr. Darrick Hamilton, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, "From Protest to Policy"

Video from July 7 webinar.

On July 7, The Institute for Democratic Engagement & Accountability (IDEA) and Center for Ethics and Human Values (CEHV) were proud to host…

Beatty and Hamilton Official Photos
June 30, 2020

IDEA Hosts Congresswoman Joyce Beatty and Dr. Darrick Hamilton on how to translate the energy from protests around George Floyd’s death into concrete policy change - July 7

The Ohio State University’s Institute for Democratic Engagement & Accountability (IDEA) and Center for Ethics and Human Values (CEHV) are proud to host U.S. Representative Joyce Beatty (OH-3)…

Photo of George Floyd Mural and memorial
June 18, 2020

IDEA stands in solidarity with The Movement for Black Lives

We at the Institute for Democratic Engagement & Accountability (IDEA) were horrified by George Floyd’s murder, just the latest in a long line of Black Americans killed by those sworn to serve…