The Harvard Project on Indigenous Governance and Development’s Honoring Nations program is thrilled to announce the selection ...

Dr. Christopher Wiley Shay is a Research Associate at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he contributes to the work of the Crowd Counting ...

The 2024 election saw Donald Trump make significant gains among young voters, increasing his support among 18- to 29-year-olds by 10 percentage points. This report aims to investigate the deeper ...

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Anyone who is a fan of a professional sports team in the United States understands the strong bond many Americans have with their sports, teams, athletes – and their fellow fans. Sports teams are in a ...

Through our books, case studies, journal articles, papers, and surveys, the Ash Center is home to some of the world’s most advanced research and publications on issues related to democratic governance ...

Public polling is a critical function of modern political campaigns and movements, but it isn’t what it once was. Recent US election cycles have produced copious postmortems explaining both the ...

Additional Resource Nov 20, 2024. Watching the Generative AI Hype Bubble Deflate. As a part of the Allen Lab’s Political Economy of AI Essay Collection, David Gray Widder and Mar Hicks draw on the ...

Commentary Oct 29, 2024. The Electoral College and Our Broken Presidential Election System. Roughly 80 percent of the population who do not live in “swing states” lack a clear notion of what they ...

Governments throughout history have used detention as a tool to silence dissent, isolate marginalized groups, and punish with impunity – often targeting people based on race, status, or supposed ...

I have been either a university student or professor for almost 40 years. Over that time, I’ve witnessed many waves of student protest and civil disobedience: against apartheid in South Africa in the ...

Over the past week, the size of the crowds at rallies featuring the U.S president or candidates for that office has once again become a subject of intense scrutiny and debate.Lots of factors can ...