Reimagining Democracy Program Ash Center

Director, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation; Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government Director of Research Projects in Democratic Practice Senior Associate Director, Center-wide Democracy Initiatives Ash Center Seminar Room 225, Suite 200, 124 Mount Auburn Street 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST In the season finale, author and political theorist Laura Field joins co-hosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to unpack the ideas and beliefs of the New Right and their impact on elections, race, and... Join Freedom House, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, the George W.

Bush Institute, and Issue One for 360° conversations that are forward-thinking and dedicated to one of the most important issues of our time. The program is free and open to the public, and features journalist-led conversations with the thinkers, activists, policymakers, and organizations envisioning what a more vibrant and inclusive democracy in America could look like -... Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, formerly known as the Ash Institute, was established in 2003 and is part of the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United... The Center's mission is to advance public discussion and public policy research on key issues of democratic governance worldwide, as well as recognize and promote innovations in government that are improving the lives of... In April 2001, the Ford Foundation announced a $50 million endowment to the Harvard Kennedy School. This endowment was the largest single endowment ever made by the Ford Foundation at that time.

Susan Berresford, then president of the Ford Foundation, explained that the endowment would enable much-needed recognition of numerous innovative government programs in the United States and worldwide. The grant enabled Harvard Kennedy School to launch the Innovations in American Government Awards in 1985 which recognizes and supports state, local, tribal, and territorial government initiatives. Many past award winners have been replicated around the country including: In 2003, Harvard Kennedy School received a substantial gift from benefactors Roy and Lila Ash. Designed to enhance the Innovations in American Government Awards Program by emphasizing the connection between innovation and democratic governance, the gift created the Ash Center. Roy Ash's own experience in the public and private sector made him aptly positioned to set the vision for the new Ash Center.

Ash served as a cabinet member in two U.S. government administrations and is the founder of the modern Office of Management and Budget. Larry Diamond is William L. Clayton Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), and a Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education at Stanford University. His research focuses on global trends affecting freedom and democracy, and US and international policies to advance democracy and counter authoritarian influence. He was the founding co-editor of the Journal of Democracy, and he remains a consultant to the National Endowment for Democracy.

Among his books is Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency. His new co-edited book (with Sumit Ganguly and Dinsha Mistree) is The Troubling State of India’s Democracy. Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy, February 2025 - November 2025 Non-resident Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy, December 2025 - November 2026 Democracy Visiting Fellow, Reimagining Democracy Program, AY2024-2025 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nonviolent Action Lab, AY2025-2026 Non-resident Democracy Fellow, AY2025-2026

Senior Democracy Visiting Fellow, AY2025-2026 Now open! The Ash Center’s Reimagining Democracy Visiting Fellowship is now accepting applications until January 10th for 2025-2026 year! The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation invites faculty, doctoral, and postdoctoral students to apply to its Democracy Visiting Fellowship Program and further their research on substantive democratic governance issues. For more information on where to apply, including eligibility, expectations & benefits, please visit the link below ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/esWmVZXb Dr.

Danielle Allen is a seasoned nonprofit leader, democracy advocate, tech ethicist, distinguished author, and mom. Danielle’s work to make the world better for young people has taken her from teaching college and leading a $60 million university division to driving change as board chair for a $6 billion foundation,... “Danielle Allen is a towering political philosopher of the democratic art of being and a force for good.”―Dr. Cornel West, author of Democracy Matters: Winning the War on Imperialism Currently the James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center, Allen co-chaired the Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship, formed... Its final and bipartisan report, Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century, was released in June 2020 and includes six strategies and 31 ambitious recommendations to help the nation emerge as...

During the height of COVID in 2020, Allen’s leadership in rallying coalitions and building solutions resulted in policies adopted in federal legislations and a Biden executive order. Her book Democracy in the Time of Coronavirus, “a trenchant call for reimagining how America functions in a time of crisis” (Publishers Weekly), builds off this scholarship to offer a plan for creating a... With Justice by Means of Democracy, Allen offers a bold and urgent articulation of a new political philosophy: power-sharing liberalism. At a time of great social and political turmoil, when many residents of the leading democracies question the ability of their governments to deal fairly and competently with serious public issues, and when power... The surest path to a just society in which all have the support necessary to flourish is the protection of political equality, and recognizing this leads to an alternative strategy for the project of... By showing how we all might fully share power and responsibility across politics, economy and society, Allen advances a culture of civic engagement and empowerment, revealing the universal benefits of an effective government in...

Allen brings the analytical skills of a philosopher, the voice of a gifted memorialist, and the spirit of a soulful humanist.—Joseph J. Ellis, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Founding Brothers In the season finale, author and political theorist Laura Field joins co-hosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to unpack the ideas and beliefs of the New Right and their impact on elections, race, and... Co-hosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer unpack the latest developments in the Epstein saga and explore what they reveal about shifting political alignments, growing demands for accountability, and the relationship between power and public... Co-hosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer look back at the last five months of headlines as they celebrate the twentieth episode of Terms of Engagement. Ash Center Seminar Room 225, Suite 200, 124 Mount Auburn Street 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST

Applications are now open for the Reimagining Democracy Visiting fellowship! The Ash Center invites faculty, doctoral, and postdoctoral students to apply to its Democracy Visiting Fellowship Program and further their research on substantive democratic governance issues. Click below to learn more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/esWmVZXb

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