The Communiqué, the Ash Center’s bi-annual magazine, is a chronicle of the Center’s latest research and news. Dear friends and colleagues, Welcome to the first-ever digital-only issue of the Ash ...

The national awards program Honoring Nations, flagship program of the Harvard Project, announces the recipients of the 2025 Honoring Nations Awards, recognizing 6 governmental initiatives for ...

In this report, Matthew Cebul, Lead Research Fellow for the Nonviolent Action Lab, examines the effectiveness of nonviolent action movements in supporting democratic resilience globally. Identifying ...

Archon Fung and Stephen Richer are joined by Michelle Feldman, political director at Mobile Voting, a nonprofit, nonpartisan initiative working to make voting easier with expanded access to mobile ...

Tyler Fisher is an experienced civic entrepreneur and strategist. Tyler is the Founder and Principal of Trailmark Strategies. He advises philanthropists, advocacy organizations, and early stage ...

Sports facilities are uniquely positioned to provide an enjoyable voting experience and strengthen civic engagement. A new report by Tova Wang, Director of Research Projects in Democratic Practice, ...

This session will explore the recent U.S. executive order on elections and its implications for electoral processes and how states are working to ensure secure, transparent, and accessible elections ...

The Electoral College is viewed as a democratic anachronism in modern-day America, yet it has persisted for over two centuries despite repeated attempts to reform or abolish the institution. Ash ...

Alberto Alemanno is the Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law at HEC Paris. One of the leading voices on Europe’s democratization, Alberto’s scholarship has been centered on how law and policies ...

The year 2024 was dubbed “the largest election year in global history” with half the world’s population voting in national elections. Earlier this year, we hosted an event on “AI and the 2024 ...

Join the next GETTING-Plurality Research Workshop with Emillie de Keulenaar, Luke Thorburn, and Glen Weyl, as they discuss their recent paper “Prosocial Media.” Emillie de Keulenaar is a PhD candidate ...

Aaron Berger is the co-founder and CTO of DonorAtlas. He previously did research in agricultural robotics and vision systems at Carnegie Mellon University, working on projects with the USDA and NASA.