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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…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
List(e)n Documentary on Connecting Across Political Differences | Tues. Nov. 19 at 12:30
Can political opposites put their differences aside and connect at a human level? And can we learn to?
The award-winning documentary by independent filmmaker Juliana Tafur captures a true…
Matthew Weil, Kathleen Clyde Discuss Election Security
Matthew Weil, Director, of the Elections Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, and Kathleen Clyde, Portage County Commissioner, presented a panel discussion on election security Tues. Oct…
What Deliberative Democracy Can (and Can't) Do
Deliberative democracy’s leading theorist calls deliberative constituent engagement the “most promising” thing we can do right now to counter polarization.
In an interview with Ezra Klein of…
Michael Neblo Testifies Before Select Committee on Modernization of Congress
IDEA Director Michael Neblo testified before the Select Committee for the Modernization of Congress June 5 at 11 am ET. Dr. Neblo was asked to discuss findings from his research that…