Renewing Democratic Participation
Successful democracies cannot thrive without an open and diverse civic culture. Yet, rising political and societal polarization has eroded the effectiveness of American representative democracy.
To address this challenge, Columbia World Projects has partnered with the Ash Center for Democracy at Harvard and the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University to establish Renewing Democratic Participation. Under the initiative, a network of experts examines the critical links between the state and society: political parties, deliberative instruments, and civic associations.
Supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Renewing Democratic Participation moves beyond diagnosis to generate new thinking and tangible solutions for democratic renewal.
Project Team
Thomas Asher
Director of Research and Engagement, Columbia World Projects
Archon Fung
Director, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School
Fred Harris
Class of 1933 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
Ira Katznelson
Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University; Deputy Director, Columbia World Projects
Kate Krimmel
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Barnard College
Priya Kurup
Project Officer, Columbia World Projects
Madhav Khosla
B. R. Ambedkar Professor of Indian Constitutional Law, Columbia Law School
Nadia Urbinati
Kyriakos Tsakopoulos Professor of Political Theory, Columbia University
