Participation · Deliberation · Democracy
Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government at Harvard Kennedy School. Director, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.
Understanding how citizen engagement, deliberative processes, and government openness can strengthen contemporary governance.
Explore Books & Writing →
Photo: Marina Qu / The Harvard Crimson
Selected articles, commentary, and new publications.
With Bailey Flanigan, Florian Foos, and Charles Stewart. APSA Preprints.
With Michelle Bosché, Rachel Krust, and Aditya S. Pawar. American Journal of Public Health.
With Max Kiefel and Nick Chedli Carter. Ash Center Occasional Papers.
With Sean W.D. Gray. Cambridge University Press. Open access.
With David Moss and Odd Arne Westad. Oxford University Press. Open access.
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.
With Dennis Thompson. Governance.
With Larry Lessig. The Conversation.
With Joshua Cohen. Constellations.
Selected volumes on participation, transparency, and democratic governance.
How the All-Affected Principle reshapes democratic rules amid global interdependence.
Read more →
Eleven episodes of democratic breakdown from ancient Athens to present-day autocracies.
Read more →
The perils and promise of transparency across education, pollution, security, and healthcare.
Read more →
A weekly livestream exploring the pressing questions of democratic governance, citizen participation, and public policy. Each episode brings together scholars, practitioners, and engaged citizens for candid conversation about making democracy work better.
Watch on YouTube →
Co-founder of participedia.net — a global network and crowdsourcing platform for researchers, educators, practitioners, and anyone interested in public participation and democratic innovations. Hundreds of cases, methods, and organizations catalogued worldwide.
Explore Participedia →