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Fall Study Group: How Should Democracies Govern Scarce, Life-Saving Resources? The Case of Organ Transplantation

This in-person study group led by Aditya Pawar, Ash Center Democracy Visiting Fellow, and Santiago Creuheras, Ash Center ...
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A Civic Rite of Passage for Every Young Person?

Join the Askwith Education Forum for a conversation about what it takes to create meaningful civic experiences and rites of passage — from the earliest years through adulthood — that prepare every ...
Harvard Medical School

Terms of Engagement: Should Voting Be Mandatory in the U.S.?

Archon Fung is the Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. His ...
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Terms of Engagement Episodes

On this week’s episode of “Terms of Engagement,” Miles Rapoport, former Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy at the Ash Center, joins cohosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to discuss ...
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Nathan Davies

The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation develops ideas and fosters practices for equal and inclusive, multiracial and multiethnic democracy and self-government.
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We Surveyed 50,674 Americans. This Is What Brings Them Together.

Seventy-six percent of American adults are sports fans, and about two-thirds of them say their fandom is central to their identities. This helps explain why 96 of the 100 most-watched television ...
Harvard Medical School

Content Creators, Election Administration, and Voting: Can Social Media Be Used to Improve the Voter Information Environment?

In this webinar moderated by Tova Wang, director of democratic research projects at the Ash Center, panelists Julia Angwin, Amanda Yarnell, Tommy Gong, and Brianna Wiggity Weck explore how election ...
Harvard Medical School

How Sports Fandom Strengthens Community Connection

New research from More in Common explores how sports connect Americans across differences and strengthen their community ties. The Ash Center’s Reimagining Democracy Program recently announced its ...
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Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation Announces Sports, Democracy, and Civic Health Program

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Reimagining Democracy Program at Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation today announced a program examining how professional sports and ...
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In Appearance Before Congress, Stephen Richer Testifies at House Hearing on Alleged Noncitizen Voting in New Jersey

On Tuesday, September 15, 2026, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing featuring testimony from Stephen Richer, a former Maricopa County, Arizona, Recorder, election ...
Harvard Medical School

Leadership Seminar: Chief Lynn Malerba

Please join the Harvard Kennedy School Project on Indigenous Governance and Development for a seminar with Chief Lynn Malerba (Mohegan), the 2026–2027 Kalt Senior Fellow at the Ash Center for ...