Ash Center Democracy Fellowship Five-Year Retrospectiveacademic years 2010–11 to 2014–15

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participatory governance participation democratic innovation political actors deliberative democracy technology governance public policy administration in-

stitutional design campaigns and elections the potential of the internet digital transparency policies online citizen participation community-driven development

methods comparative politics political economy urban politics latin american politics popular participation interest representation in the policy making process

the quality of democratic institutions democratic theory democratic institutional innovations the politics of science and technology geospatial technologies in-

teractive maps public e-participation serious digital games for civic engagement the intersection of democratic participation and law modern and contemporary po-

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relations race and gender discrimination and inequality political polarization unequal political participation and representation governmental accountability and

transparency constitutionalism political ethics the history of ideas social innovation democratic governance mass media race gender welfare politics common

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capacity and government performance public administration theory procedural preferences urban inequality social policy democracy in the twentieth century

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policy democracy in the twentieth century state capacity citizenship economics of regulation institutional economics law and economics participatory innovations

direct and deliberative democracy perceived legitimacy participatory democracy citizen participation in representative systems voting procedures information dis-

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The Ash Center’s Democracy Fellowship Program brings together avibrant community of postdoctoral scholars, doctoral candidates,senior scholars, and practitioners in a unique intellectual environmentthat allows academic thought and leadership to flourish.

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your interest in the Democracy Fellowship Program, a corner-stone of the Roy and Lila Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innova-tion at Harvard Kennedy School. The Ash Center advances excellence andinnovation in governance and public policy through research, education, andpublic discussion. Three major programs support our mission: the Programon Democratic Governance, the Innovations in Government Program, and theRajawali Foundation Institute for Asia. Scholars and public leaders look tothe Ash Center not only for ideas, support, and education, but also for con-nection and partnership.

With matching gifts from the Ford Foundation and Roy and Lila Ash, theAsh Center was established in 2003 to study and preserve what Roy Ash calledour “fragile” institution of democracy. The Ash Center became a permanentlocus at Harvard Kennedy School dedicated to “thoughtful and focused atten-tion to the nature, principles, functioning, and continued innovation andadaptations essential to a living and effective democracy.” In 2008, the AshCenter re-envisioned its efforts to improve the quality of democratic gover-nance. Recently appointed the endowed Ford Foundation Professor of Democ-racy and Citizenship, Archon Fung took the lead in developing the Center’sambitious new initiative to advance the reach, depth, and quality of demo-cratic governance. Specifically, the new democratic governance initiativewould fill two gaps in the current state of research on democratic governance.

The new initiative would first address the gap between contemporarypolitical science and concrete concerns about policy and political dilemmas,which often undermines the utility of our insights and arguments in improv-ing democratic governance. To fill the void in current scholarship in demo-cratic governance that yields practical applications, the Ash Center created arange of opportunities and incentives to foster scholarship in democratic the-ory and social science toward research that is not only normatively and em-pirically sophisticated, but also problem-driven and actionable. We believethat scholarship at the intersection of normative, empirical, and practicalconsiderations has a special power and appeal.

Second, current scholarship on democratic governance does not benefitfrom a canon of cumulated research, as do other disciplines. Thus, the initia-tive would create a unique space for the development of a new interdiscipli-nary field of constructive democracy studies and would dedicate its resourcesto scholarship oriented toward a wide range of problems and disciplines.

The program would seek to develop not only intellectual capital andnew scholarship but also human capital and new networks—a critical com-ponent to field-building work.

We began by identifying excellent scholars whose intellectual interestsand research agendas align with our priorities: who are devoted not only tounderstanding democracy’s ailments, but to finding solutions. We supportthese individuals by providing resources and creating an outstanding intel-lectual experience that exposes them to allied work and perspectives in waysthat foster their own development and the development of their scholarship.

This retrospective tells thestory of the first five yearsof the Ash Center’sDemocracy Fellowships:the scope of fellows whohave participated, the na-ture of the program, theunique intellectual com-munity created by the AshCenter, and the impressivecontributions fellows havemade to both scholarshipand practice.

Finally, our human capital strategy includes constructing a geographicallydispersed community of scholars of democratic engagement who will con-tinue to enrich one another, who enjoy academic legitimacy and self-confi-dence that such a community provides, and who champion such research intheir home institutions across the world.

Recognizing that the particular graduate training one receives profoundly shapes one’s intellectual tastes, methods, and projects, the AshCenter’s Democracy Fellowship Program is the heart of the Ash Center’s efforts to build a new field of scholars working to improve the quality of dem-ocratic governance.

The Democracy Fellowship Program welcomes postdoctoral scholars aswell as doctoral candidates, senior scholars, and thoughtful practitionerswho are conducting research related to democratic governance. Our fellow-ships support outstanding scholars and research in the fields of political the-ory, political philosophy, political science, sociology, law, and history thatilluminate aspects of democratic governance. The fellowship program is aninvestment that creates incentives to encourage these scholars to pursue re-search that improves the quality of democratic governance, is multidiscipli-nary, and that includes practical and prescriptive components. The work wesupport provides normative and practical guidance regarding an urgent sub-stantive policy and social problem.

This retrospective tells the story of the first five years of the Ash Center’sDemocracy Fellowships: the scope of the fellows who have participated, thenature of the program, the unique intellectual community created at the AshCenter, and the impressive contributions fellows have made to both scholar-ship and practice. By doing so, we hope not only to celebrate these accom-plishments but also chart our path forward.

Archon FungAcademic DeanFord Foundation Professor ofDemocracy and Citizenship

Tony SaichDirector, Ash Center Daewoo Professor of International Affairs

Some five years ago, the Ash Center re-envi-sioned its Democratic Governance Programas a unique intellectual environment thatwould seriously engage faculty, students,research fellows, senior practitioners, andoutside scholars. This active research com-munity would further the knowledge baseand big ideas as well as the capacity of disci-plines falling within the Ash Center’s newresearch and programmatic agenda.

Archon Fung and Tony Saich set out todraw a cohort of senior and junior faculty working on democratic issues to the Center, including Tarek Masoud, now Sultan of OmanAssociate Professor of International Relations,and many others since. They also involved sen-ior faculty including Jane Mansbridge, AlexKeyssar, and Merilee Grindle in setting researchand program priorities. With an eye towardmaking an impact on both scholarship and pro-fessional practice, the Ash Center’s revitalizedDemocratic Governance Program would focuson understanding democracy’s challenges andtheir solutions through a number of initiatives.In addition to launching the Democracy Fellow-ship Program described in this retrospective,those new initiatives included:

Faculty research grants, to support faculty pur-suing topics consistent with the Center’s newresearch agenda, intended to cover summer

salary and research travel, conference participa-tion, as well as faculty workshops and seminars.

Democracy Seminar Series, to bring scholarsand practitioners to present their researchand engage students and others in livelydebates about topical issues. With speakersincluding Martin Gilens, Francis Fukuyama,Joe Nye, and Niall Ferguson, the series is inte-gral to the Ash Center’s position as a locus forcutting-edge research and exchange on dem-ocratic governance.

Democracy in Hard Places research initiative,to look at the structural relationships in demo-cratic practices in the developed and developingworld, seeking to understand why democraticinstitutions thrive in some countries while theyfail in others. Masoud, for example, studies theroots of the electoral success of Islamic partiesin the Arab world.

Participedia, to foster research that helps usunderstand the character, causes, and conse-quences of participatory governance prac-tices throughout the world. Participedia is awiki-based platform for scholars, students,and practitioners generating a library ofexamples and methods of participatory gov-ernance, public deliberation, and collabora-tive public action.

Transparency Policy Project, directed byArchon Fung, Mary Graham, and David Weil,to conduct in-depth research on government-mandated systems designed to provide thepublic with critical information to improvepublic health and safety, reduce risks toinvestors, minimize corruption, and improvepublic services.

The Ash Center’s Democratic Governance Pro-gram continues to launch new research andprogrammatic initiatives and to welcome newfaculty. For example, Transparency for Devel-opment is a five-year, mixed method researchstudy led by Archon Fung, looking at the use of community scorecards to improvematernal and neonatal health in Indonesiaand Tanzania.

Additional faculty who have sincejoined the Ash Center under the DemocraticGovernance Program include Assistant Pro-fessor of Public Policy Dara Kay Cohen, SeniorLecturer in Public Policy Marshall Ganz, Asso-ciate Professor of Public Policy CandelariaGaray, Assistant Professor of Public PolicyQuinton Mayne (Democracy Postdoctoral Fel-low 2010–2012), Visiting Professor of PublicPolicy Muriel Rouyer, Associate Professor ofPublic Policy Ryan Sheely, and a number offaculty affiliates.

Understanding Democracy’s Challenges and Promising Solutions

Building a Community

While at the Ash Center, Democracy Fellows enjoytime and space away from teaching and other com-mitments that detract from their research and writ-ing. Postdocs prepare a manuscript from theirdissertation, write articles for submission to peer-reviewed journals, gather additional data, or devel-op and collaborate with others on new researchprojects. Senior scholars on sabbatical work onany number of research and writing projects. Doc-toral students are typically refining or completingtheir dissertations. “The Democracy Fellowshipwas the highlight of my time as a doctoral stu-dent,” writes one fellow. “Creating a community oflike-minded scholars was a once in a lifetime expe-rience for learning about the state of the emergingfield of democratic governance, working closelywith faculty such as Archon Fung, and connectingwith external practitioners.”

At the heart of the Democracy FellowshipProgram is the weekly seminar. The seminar actsas a forum through which young scholars gainexperience discussing world events and democrat-ic theory in an interdisciplinary setting. In addition,the seminar provides the fellows with an opportu-nity to present and discuss papers or book chap-ters, and to benefit from faculty guest lecturerswho share their personal brainstorming, research,and writing processes.

Participants have found their fellowships tobe productive times during which most are able toaccomplish their goals, whether completing a dissertation, preparing articles, or launching newprojects. Especially conducive to their work is thecongenial environment, constructive feedback, andongoing staff support. Those who did not meettheir writing and other research goals cite externalcircumstance or their decision to forego some of their writing time to connect to the people andtake advantage of other resources while at the Ash Center.

weekly seminar While advancing research andwriting is the primary pursuit of the fellowship, allDemocracy Fellows also participate in the weeklyDemocracy Fellows seminar led by Archon Fung.This seminar is the glue that brings all of the fel-lows together, no matter their discipline or thestage of their career, and is central to the uniqueintellectual and collaborative environment at theAsh Center.

The weekly seminar is a master class in democratic governance. It is the foundation of thefellowship’s intellectual community. The weeklyseminar’s central objectives are to capture the mov-

ing state of the art and to create a common scholar-ly discourse around problems, texts, and knowledgeof real-world activities in democratic governance.Joined by a small number of Ash Center faculty, theclosed nature of the seminar brings the benefits ofintensity, continuity, and construction of a uniqueenvironment for the Democracy Fellows.

In the fall semester, each weekly seminarbegins with a discussion of current issues in dem-ocratic governance. The second half of the weeklyseminar is a discussion of assigned readings fromthe most relevant and important literature on keythemes. The syllabus, developed by Archon Fung,changes from year to year to reflect the back-grounds of current fellows as well as developmentsin the relevant academic disciplines and innova-tions in institutions and public policies. In thespring semester, each weekly seminar againbegins with a discussion of current issues, whilethe second half features a presentation and dis-cussion of the work of a Democracy Fellow. Overthe duration of the semester, the seminar provideseach fellow an opportunity to present a work-in-progress and to receive substantive feedback use-ful for refining their research and writing.

Fostering interdisciplinary learning is centralto the Democracy Fellowship, and each fellow contributes to this goal. Feedback on the programhas shown that fellows find exchanging views onresearch topics with scholars from different nation-al and disciplinary backgrounds especially stimu-lating. As young scholars, the doctoral studentsfind it helpful to have an opportunity to practiceexpressing their opinions in a diverse intellectualenvironment. Postdoctoral Fellows often use theseminar as an opportunity to practice job talks,receiving valuable feedback from the community of fellows.

“Writing a dissertation is a solitary job,”writes one fellow. “So I cherished the seminarsbecause we could all come together and exploredeep philosophical questions. At the seminars, we would discuss in depth complex topics rangingfrom inequality, to prejudice, to our impact asresearchers, while socializing with other fellowsand learning about their research. The variety of topics we discussed, the contribution each fel-low brought, and Archon’s skillful way of steeringthe discussion made the seminars a truly enrichingand memorable experience.”

The Ash Center servesas a vibrant intellectualenvironment in whichDemocracy Fellows witha diverse set of researchinterests and back-grounds come togetherto generate and exploreexceptional scholarshipon the toughest chal-lenges to democraticgovernance.

Research Collaborations

In addition to collaborating on workshopsand real-world projects, Democracy Fellowshave developed papers and fruitful researchcollaborations with faculty and other fellows,including:

Public deliberation Didier Caluwaerts (Visit-ing Fellow 2013–2014) and Michael MacKen-zie (Visiting Fellow 2013–2015) collaboratedon three papers: “Deliberation, Internal Effi-cacy, and Citizen Influence,” “Deliberationand Long-Term Thinking,” and “The Personal-ity Basis of Environmental Policy Preferences.”

Gender Emma Saunders-Hastings (DoctoralFellow 2012–2013) and Shauna Shames(Doctoral Fellow 2012–2013) collaborated ona journal article on women’s suffrage and de-mocratization.

Democratic quality Quinton Mayne andBrigitte Geißel (Visiting Senior Scholar 2011–2012) coauthored a paper titled “Putting theDemos Back into the Concept of DemocraticQuality” to be published in the InternationalPolitical Science Review in 2016.

Transparency and accountability Hollie Rus-son Gilman (Visiting and Non-Resident Fellow2011–2015), Jennifer Shkabatur (Visiting Fel-low 2011–2012), and Francisca Rojas (Trans-parency Fellow 2010–2013) collaborated ona convening and research project related totransparency and accountability initiatives.

Participatory budgeting Paolo Spada (Post-doctoral Fellow 2011–2013) and Hollie Rus-son Gilman coauthored an article in ForeignAffairs based on their research on participa-tory budgeting with the World Bank.

Empirical analysis Jason Anastasopoulos(Postdoctoral Fellow 2013–2015) initiated mul-tiple research projects with Ash Center facultyincluding Tarek Masoud and Maya Sen.

In addition to the weekly seminar, a numberof other elements combine to create the specialintellectual environment in which the DemocracyFellows engage while at the Ash Center. Theseinclude connection and collaboration with facultyand other fellows, presentations from some of the world’s most notable academics and practi-tioners, opportunities to contribute to the Ash Center community through its many programs,events, and more, and access to resources acrossthe University.

connection and collaboration At the Ash Cen-ter, Democracy Fellows join a vibrant community ofscholars with a diverse set of research interestsand backgrounds, devoted to encouraging leader-ship on democratic governance around the world.Fellows have extensive opportunities to learn from,and interact with, senior Harvard faculty, visitingfellows and researchers, as well as politicians, pol-icymakers, and other practitioners in residence.Fellows consistently name the people and commu-nity of scholars they engage with while at the AshCenter, through the weekly seminars and sharedworkspace, as one of the greatest resources of thefellowship. “It was invaluable to meet with so manygood people, build relationships and exchangeideas on work projects” writes one fellow. Fellowsare often invited to participate in conferences and

workshops organized by HKS faculty. Faculty andaffiliates of the Ash Center meet regularly with fel-lows to discuss questions related to career paths,share professional advice, and offer guidanceabout grant writing, publishing, and communityoutreach.

A collegial atmosphere encourages mentor-ing, idea exchange, and collaboration. DemocracyFellows give public talks and guest lectures; meetwith students and scholars from across the Univer-sity; organize seminars, community outings, andother events; make major contributions to Ash fac-ulty projects like Participedia, the TransparencyPolicy Project, and MyFairElection; and featuretheir work on the Challenges to Democracy blogand other Ash Center communications platforms.Fellows have designed and organized events andprograms related to their research, including Gra-ham Smith (Senior Scholar 2013) and MichaelMackenzie’s collaboration on a daylong workshop“(Re)designing Democracy For The Long Term”;Maggie McKinley’s (Non-Resident Fellow 2013–2014) leadership on #Hack4Congress, a series ofmultidisciplinary hackathons aimed at developingmuch-needed tech platforms to improve lawmak-ing, deliberation, and representation in legisla-tures; and Maija Karjalainen (Visiting Fellow2014–2015) and Rikki Dean’s (Visiting Fellow 2015)organizing of a faculty workshop and public panelon Citizens’ Initiative Reviews.

public seminars and panel discussions TheAsh Center’s Democracy Seminar series bringswell-known leaders in thought and practice to dis-cuss their research and experiences with the Har-vard community. Topics have included politicalparticipation, social policy, equitable economicdevelopment, and democratic outgrowths in for-mer and current authoritarian regimes, along withnew frameworks for viewing democracy. In addi-tion to talks by a number of our Visiting SeniorScholars, past speakers have included Joseph Nyeof Harvard Kennedy School, Congressman JohnSarbanes of Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District,Lawrence Lessig of Harvard Law School, FrancisFukuyama of Stanford University, and many others.

ash center community Fellows are invited to par-ticipate in the varied academic, social, and culturalevents hosted by the Ash Center. Furthermore, they are encouraged to contribute to the Ash Centercommunity by designing and leading workshopsand conferences with scholars from Harvard andother universities, based on their research. Recent

examples include Jason Anastasopoulos’ workshopseries exploring the latest research on immigration,race, and ethnicity, and Yanilda González’s (Post-doctoral Fellow 2014–2016) proposal for a JFK Jr.Forum event on policing for the Center’s Challengesto Democracy public dialogue series, and modera-tion of a seminar in the Center’s weekly StudentSpeaker series. Fellows contribute to ongoing AshCenter research projects such as Participedia and the Transparency Policy Project, they help or-ganize Ash Center cultural events, make presenta-tions to Ash Center colleagues, and contribute blogposts, profiles, and other content for Ash Centermedia. We actively encourage and support ourDemocracy Fellows in disseminating their researchfindings through scholarly publications, local andnational media outlets, and community outreachopportunities.

university-wide resources Fellows enjoy thebenefits and opportunities that come with resi-dence at one of the world’s premier academic insti-tutions. Harvard University and Harvard KennedySchool offer a rich learning environment with manyprograms and initiatives to enhance fellows’ academic and professional development. Fellowsparticipate in campus-wide activities such as lec-tures, seminars, workshops, and programs at otherSchools. The quality and frequency of visitingspeakers and other events across the Universitycontribute to a stimulating intellectual environment.

Fellows mine the world-class collections of Harvard libraries, from Widener Library on Harvard Yard to the Kennedy School and LawSchool Libraries. Access to the library system’s e-resources including online journals and databasesubscriptions are critical resources enjoyed by fellows. They are also able to audit courses in theirareas of interest across the University and at otheruniversities around Cambridge and Boston. Thisopportunity to audit courses is especially popularamong Visiting Fellows who are still in doctoralprograms learning their fields. Harvard KennedySchool also offers training in written communica-tion, oral presentations, research, and other pro-fessional skills.

About the Fellows

All Democracy Fellows are chosen based on thequality, nature, and relevance of their research.Fellows’ work illuminates aspects of democraticgovernance in ways that are innovative and pushthe boundaries of their academic disciplines,whether political theory and philosophy, politicalscience, sociology, law, or history. Furthermore,their research should have the potential for norma-tive or practical relevance regarding urgent sub-stantive policy or social problems related todemocratic governance. One goal of the fellowshipis to help participants develop the confidence andknowledge to move beyond inward-lookingresearch and to think as rigorously about applica-tion and engagement.

The Democracy Fellowship Program is builtaround providing regular opportunities for partici-pants to develop and refine their research throughdiscussion and collaboration with one another.The diversity within the community of fellowsallows for the creation of valuable connectionsbetween scholars from different disciplines. Thecommunity also encourages mentoring relation-ships between senior scholars and younger schol-ars launching their academic careers.

One fellow writes, “The Democracy FellowsProgram manages to combine two objectives thatare more often found in opposition to one another:disciplinary focus and intellectual diversity. In mycohort we had scholars from the United States,Canada, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Egypt, NorthernIreland, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Finland, and many other places as well. We hadeconomists, lawyers, political scientists, policyanalysts, government officials, academics, philoso-phers, and activists. Our common interests revolvearound the promises (and challenges) of democrat-ic governance.”

There are five broad categories of DemocracyFellowships hosted by the Ash Center. No mattertheir discipline or stage of their career, all Democ-racy Fellows are equal members and contributorsto the community. Two of the fellowship categoriesare funded positions: the Postdoctoral Fellowshipand Doctoral Fellowship. The Visiting Fellow, Visit-ing Senior Scholar, and Non-Resident Fellow posi-tions are typically unfunded; fellows find fundingsupport from their home institutions or othersources.

postdoctoral fellowships Since 2010, the AshCenter’s Democracy Postdoctoral Fellowship hassupported postdoctoral scholars who have recentlycompleted their dissertations. As they start theirown academic careers, Postdoctoral Fellows jointhe Ash Center’s academic community and partici-pate in the Democracy Fellows weekly seminar. Thefellowship provides time and space for the fellowsto work on preparing either a book manuscriptbased on their dissertation or related academicpublications. Postdoctoral Fellows receive anannual stipend, health coverage, research budget,and a workstation at the Ash Center over the two-year duration of the fellowship. The Ash Center hasfunded five Postdoctoral Fellows since 2010.

doctoral fellowships The Ash Center offers twoDemocracy Doctoral Fellowships each year. Theaim of this program component is to support well-defined and relevant doctoral work from HarvardUniversity students. Doctoral Fellows have comefrom the Department of Government, the Depart-ment of History, and Harvard Law School. DoctoralFellows have an excellent academic record andhave progressed beyond the conceptual stages oftheir research. In addition to joining a unique aca-demic community, Doctoral Fellows participate inthe weekly seminar and are afforded the time andspace to work on completing their dissertationswithout the obligation of teaching at a critical timein their program. They receive a stipend and workspace at the Ash Center over the one-year durationof the fellowship. The Center has funded sixDemocracy Doctoral Fellows since 2012.

visiting fellowships For its Democracy VisitingFellowship, the Ash Center hosts doctoral candi-dates, postdoctoral students, and senior practi-tioners who have secured outside funding andwhose work addresses substantive concerns andoffers normative or practical guidance regardingthose concerns. Visiting Fellows are often scholarswhose work focuses on two areas: innovations inpublic participation and political participation innon-democracies. The duration of the Visiting Fel-lowship is six months to one year, during whichfellows engage in the Ash Center’s unique academ-ic community and are provided space and otherinstitutional support to work on their research. TheCenter has hosted 17 Democracy Visiting Fellowssince 2009.

Each year, the Democ-racy Fellows comprise abroadly interdisciplinarycohort that draws out-standing scholars con-ducting research thatilluminates aspects ofdemocratic governance.

visiting senior scholars To enrich the intellectu-al resources of its community, the Ash Center hostsSenior Scholars whose backgrounds are compatiblewith the Center’s core research priorities. Typically,the Senior Scholars are faculty on sabbatical fromother universities who come to further their ownresearch. The duration of their stay is six months toone year, during which the Senior Scholars partici-pate in the Center’s academic community andDemocracy Fellows seminar, and are provided spaceand other forms of institutional support. The Centerhas hosted seven visiting senior scholars.

non-resident fellowships Each year, roundingout the community of Democracy Fellows is a smallgroup of Non-Resident Fellows who participate inthe weekly fellows seminars. These fellows oftenenjoy appointments at other Harvard KennedySchool research centers or other schools at Har-vard University, and their work brings new discipli-nary perspectives to discussions on improvingdemocratic governance.

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We have welcomed 44 Democracy Fellows in the program’s first 5 years,representing a diversity of institutions, regions, and research interests.

The Democracy Fellowship Program has attracted some of the best young and

established scholars from 26 of the world’s top universities. The diagram below

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Incoming Democracy Fellows represent a successful

group of scholars and students who had collectively

earned over 150 awards, fellowships, and other

honors. At least seven Democracy Fellows had been

recognized by the Fulbright Program, three by the

European Commission’s Marie Curie Fellowship

Program, and many had been recognized by their

home institution for research, teaching, and more.

Below is a selection of national and international

recognitions of the Democracy Fellows’ work before

they joined the Ash Center.

Awards, Fellowships, andHonors Before Fellowship

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Pre-Diss

tition • American Association for the Advancement of

tion Award in Urban Politics • American Political Scie

Science Association Robert E. Lane Best Book Award

Award • Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow

Research Forum of the Arab Countries, Iran and Turke

European Fellowship • EU Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fe

sortium for Political Research Jean Blondel PhD Pr

Research Fellowship • Fulbright Scholarship for Docto

Top Ten Article • Global Partnership for Social Accou

American Studies Association/Oxfam Martin Diskin D

dation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement G

Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education

List, Order of the British Empire • Rhodes Scholarsh

dation World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship • Soc

tation Fellowship • Social Science Research Council In

of Canada Graduate Scholarship • Social Sciences an

sertation Fellowship • American Association for Public Opinion Research, Student Paper Compe-

f Science Big Data & Analytics Fellowship • American Political Science Association Best Disserta-

ence Association Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award in European Politics • American Political

d in Political Psychology • American Political Science Association Steven M. Block Civil Liberties

wship • Dutch and Flemish Political Science Association Annual PhD Prize Nomination • Economic

ey Research Fellowship • EU Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship • EU Marie Curie Intra-

ellowship • European Commission for Democracy through Law Appointed Member • European Con-

ize • Fulbright Belgium Frank Boas Fellowship • Fulbright Fellowship • Fulbright Pre-Doctoral

oral Students • German Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship • Global Justice Law Review

untability Award • Institute for Humane Studies Fellowship • Irish Research Council Grant • Latin

Dissertation Award • MacArthur Prize Fellowship • Max Weber Fellowship • National Science Foun-

Grant • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention • National

and Research Training Fellowship • National Science Foundation Travel Funds Award • Queen’s

ip • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholarship • Smith-Richardson Foun-

cial Science Research Council/Open Society Foundations Drugs, Security, and Democracy Disser-

nternational Dissertation Research Fellowship • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

nd Humanities Research Council of Canada Dissertation Support • UNICEF Child and Peace Award

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Fellows who were at the Ash Center for more than one year are onlylisted once, under the first year of their fellowship.

2010–11Elena Fagotto, Transparency Fellow (2009–2012) Research Director, Transparency Policy Project, Harvard KennedySchool

Cristiano Ferri Soares de Faria, Visiting Fellow (2009–2010) Director, HackerLab, Brazilian House of Representatives

Quinton Mayne, Postdoctoral Fellow (2010–2012) Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Stein Ringen, Visiting Senior Scholar (2010–2011) Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Oxford

Francisca Rojas, Transparency Fellow (2010–2013) Urban Development Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank

2011–12Nicole Doerr, Visiting Fellow (2011–2013) Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Copenhagen

John Gaventa, Visiting Senior Scholar (2011) Professor and Director of Research, University of Sussex Institute ofDevelopment Studies

Brigitte Geißel, Visiting Senior Scholar (2011–2012) Professor for Political Sciences and Political Social Sciences and Director, Goethe-University ‘Democratic Innovations’ Research Unit

Viviane Petinelli e Silva, Visiting Fellow (2012) Coordinator of Political and Social Programs, Instituto de PolíticasGovernamentais do Brasil

Hollie Russon Gilman, Visiting and Non-resident Fellow(2011–2015) Civic Innovation Fellow, New America Foundation andPostdoctoral Research Scholar, Columbia University School of Inter-national and Public Affairs

Henrik Schober, Visiting Fellow (2011) Acting Head of Customised Education and Executive Programme Development, Hertie School of Governance

Jennifer Shkabatur, Visiting Fellow (2011–2012) Assistant Professor of Government, IDC Herzliya Lauder School ofGovernment, Diplomacy & Strategy, and Specialist on Social Devel-opment & ICT, World Bank

Paolo Spada, Postdoctoral Fellow (2011–2013) Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Southampton

Individual Fellows

All 44 Democracy Fellowswith type of fellowship,year(s) of fellowship, current title, and affiliation.They are grouped by academic year.

2012–13Lindsay Mayka, Postdoctoral Fellow (2012–2013) Assistant Professor of Government, Colby College

Alfred Moore, Visiting Fellow (2012) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cambridge Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

Alenka Poplin, Visiting Fellow (2013) Assistant Professor of Community and Regional Planning, IowaState University

Laura Roth, Visiting Fellow (2012–2013) Visiting Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Emma Saunders-Hastings, Doctoral Fellow (2012–2013) Harper Fellow and Collegiate Assistant Professor, University ofChicago

Shauna Shames, Doctoral Fellow (2012–2013) Assistant Professor, Political Science, Rutgers University-Camden

Graham Smith, Visiting Senior Scholar (2013) Professor of Politics, University of Westminster Department of Poli-tics and International Relations, Centre for the Study of Democracy

Kivanç Ulusoy, Visiting Fellow (2012–2013) Associate Professor of Political Science, Istanbul University Facultyof Political Science, Department of Public Administration

2013–14Jason Anastasopoulos, Postdoctoral Fellow (2013–2015) Assistant Professor, University of Georgia Department of PublicAdministration and Policy and Department of Political Science

Jonathan Bruno, Doctoral Fellow (2013–2014) PhD Candidate, Harvard University Department of Government

Didier Caluwaerts, Visiting Fellow (2013–2014) Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Martin Gilens, Visiting Senior Scholar (2013) Professor of Politics, Princeton University

Oded Grajew, Visiting Fellow (2013) Founder, Our São Paulo Network

Tara Grillos, Visiting Fellow (2013–2015) Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Colorado Boulder Institute ofBehavioral Science

Klemen Jaklic, Visiting Fellow (2013–2015) Visiting Scholar, Harvard University Center for European Studiesand Head Teaching Fellow, Harvard University

Catherine Lena Kelly, Non-resident Fellow (2013–2014) American Council of Learned Societies Public Fellow, American BarAssociation Rule of Law Initiative

Hallie Ludsin, Visiting Fellow (2013–2014) Adjunct Professor, Emory University School of Law

Michael MacKenzie, Visiting Fellow (2013–2015) Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh Department of PoliticalScience

Maggie McKinley, Non-resident Fellow (2013–2014) Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School

Jennifer Pan, Doctoral Fellow (2013–2014) Assistant Professor of Communication, Stanford University

Tomer Perry, Visiting Fellow (2013–2015) Research Associate, Harvard University Edmund J. Safra Center forEthics

Yves Sintomer, Visiting Senior Scholar (2014) Professor of Political Science, Paris VIII University and Senior Fellow,French University Institute

2014–15Emily Clough, Doctoral Fellow (2014–2015) PhD Candidate, Harvard University Department of Government

Rikki Dean, Visiting Fellow (2015) PhD Candidate in Social Policy, London School of Economics

John Dryzek, Visiting Senior Scholar (2014) Centenary Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow, University of CanberraCentre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance

Claire Dunning, Doctoral Fellow (2014–2015) PhD Candidate, Harvard University Department of History

Yanilda González, Postdoctoral Fellow (2014–2016)

Sahar Hassanin, Carnegie Fellow (2014–2015) Founding Member, Egyptian Network for Integrated Development

Maija Karjalainen, Visiting Fellow (2014–2015) PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Turku

Selena Ortiz, Non-resident Fellow (2014–2015) Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar, Harvard Center forPopulation and Development Studies.

Jonathan Rinne, Visiting Fellow (2014–2015) PhD Candidate and Research/Teaching Fellow, Goethe-University ‘Democratic Innovations’ Research Unit

Ash Center

Impact on Fellows

The program’s ability to have an impact on fellows,imbuing a commitment to real-world solutions intheir future career choices and scholarship, relieson meeting three primary objectives: identifyingand attracting outstanding scholars committed topractical solutions, providing a unique intellectualenvironment, and building a global network.

attract outstanding scholars The DemocracyFellowship has been successful in identifying andattracting outstanding scholars whose intellectualinterests and research agendas fit within the Cen-ter’s priorities, and who are devoted not only tounderstanding democracy’s ailments, but to find-ing solutions. We have welcomed 44 scholars asDemocracy Fellows in the program’s first five years.Representing a variety of interests and institutions,their disciplines have ranged broadly from compar-ative politics and democratic theory to history andeconomics. Fellows have come to Harvard fromLatin America, Europe, Middle East/North Africa,Oceania, and across North America.

In 2015, we received an unprecedented 130+applications for just one incoming PostdoctoralFellow position. While the program’s reputationallows it to attract a diversity of backgrounds andinterests, a common thread linking the fellows istheir commitment to improving democratic gover-nance. One fellow remarks, “At Yale I was the onlyone studying democratic innovations, at the AshCenter I was surrounded by people like me for thefirst time. It was incredibly useful.” Another writes,“It was a real pleasure to spend time with anextremely bright and motivated group of doctoraland post-doctoral students all interested in dis-cussing democratic theory and practice. It mayseem odd, but democratic theory and practice is aminor current within political theory and scienceand so it is a rare and wonderful thing to have somany bright minds considering developments inthis field.”

One testament to the Democracy Fellow-ship’s appeal is its ability to welcome senior schol-ars like John Dryzek, John Gaventa, Martin Gilens,and others already well-established in the fields ofdemocratic theory and beyond. Also important isits ability to attract young scholars who have beenso widely recognized in their fields—as evidencedby the sample of awards and recognitions listedabove. Another measure of the program’s appealis the Ash Center’s ability to leverage modestresources (primarily space and administration) to

attract self-funded research fellows and scholars.While the Center provides a stipend to four fellowseach year, it regularly hosts four or more fellowswho have secured their own outside funding.

A 2014 external academic review of the AshCenter, conducted by a multidisciplinary group ofleading scholars from across North America,reported, “Among the many strengths of theDemocracy pillar, the Democracy Fellowship Pro-gram stands out for its long-term contributions tothe study of democracy. It attracts doctoral andpostdoctoral candidates who are doing creative,high-caliber work at the leading edge of theoreticaland methodological contributions to the field.”

provide unique intellectual environment TheDemocracy Fellowship’s greatest success, perhaps,has been in providing a unique intellectual envi-ronment that exposes scholars to allied work and perspectives in ways that foster their own develop-ment and the development of their scholarship.The suite of resources such as space, time, intel-lectual environment, and opportunities for cross-ing disciplines provided by the DemocracyFellowship has evolved and grown over time. Onefellow writes, “A fantastic mix of casual exchangesand serious scholarly examinations. The best forumout there for debating democracy.”

In sharing how the community contributed totheir own development and to the development oftheir scholarship, fellows particularly appreciate theemphasis on normative or practical considerationsand on policy solutions with real-world implications.One fellow shares, “I found our democracy seminarsto be supportive and stimulating. In particular, Iappreciated the focus on the normative elements ofresearch on democracy. I found that the fellowshippushed me to think about the policy implications formy research, and served as a reminder that I shouldnot shy away from my interest in making Latin Ameri-ca a more equitable and democratic place.” Anotherwrites, “It was a model of how to be a scholar-citizenin ways that I hadn’t seen before, and am grateful tohave seen modeled.”

build a global network A long-term goal of theDemocracy Fellowship Program is to construct ageographically dispersed community of scholarsdedicated to the advancement of democracy stud-ies. Membership in this community affords fellowsan academic legitimacy and self-confidence andencourages them to continue to enrich one anoth-

The Democracy Fellow-ship Program’s contribu-tion to democraticgovernance begins withunderstanding its impacton the fellows them-selves and subsequentlythe impact that fellowsgo on to make in their respective fields and institutions.

er. The global network also champions outstandingscholarship on democratic theory and practicethroughout some of the world’s most prestigiousacademic institutions.

One measure of the program’s ability tobuild a global network of scholars is the number offormal collaborations, coauthored papers, friend-ships, and personal connections among fellowsembarked upon both during the fellowship as wellas subsequently. One fellow remarked, “The centeris a fantastic nexus for networking, I now basicallyknow almost everybody in the field of DemocraticInnovations thanks to the relationship and the proj-ects I initiated at Ash.” Many of the coauthoredpapers and other collaborations among fellowslisted above extend beyond the time of individualfellowships and strengthen this unique network.

Democracy Fellows have gone on to makeimpressive strides in improving democracy throughrobust scholarship, through instructing the nextgeneration of political and civic leaders, andthrough practice. A number of Democracy Fellows(non-senior scholars) have launched successfulcareers in academia. Of 11 former Democracy Doc-toral and Postdoctoral Fellows (Ash Center-fund-ed), all are in academic positions: five in laddered

or tenure-track faculty positions and three in post-doctoral fellowships. The other three are still intheir doctoral programs. Among 16 former VisitingFellows who were either doctoral candidates orpostdocs at the time of their fellowship, four are inladdered or tenure-track positions and seven are in other academic positions. Another three are stillin their doctoral programs. Of the remaining fel-lows, nine are senior scholars who were alreadyestablished in their academic careers and sevenare working in non-academic roles. From thesepositions, former Democracy Fellows have gone onto make an impact on scholarship and on practice.

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Impact on Scholarship

Democracy Fellows have a robust set of researchinterests, and are making a real impact in areas ofscholarship including innovations in participation,the mechanics and potential of public deliberation,understanding the influence of digital technology ondemocratic governance, the provision of publicgoods and services in a democratic society, thefrontiers of democratic theory, and the relationshipbetween democratic governance and persistentsocial problems.

One measure of the impact of former Democ-racy Fellows on scholarship is the volume and variety of their work. Since leaving the Ash Center,Democracy Fellows have produced at least 135papers, articles, and other types of publications.These publications include 57 peer-reviewed articlesin esteemed academic journals, 10 books and 23 book chapters, 29 working papers, and 18 policyreports for government and civic organizations.

Democracy Fellows are making notable contri-butions to scholarship and discourse on a numberof pressing social and political problems. For exam-ple, several fellows focus on public participation.

Topics in this field include citizens’ participa-tion in the provision, management, and monitoring ofpublic services; competing discourses of public par-ticipation in policy decisions; how participation influ-ences decision outcomes, and the individuals andgroups that participate; innovations in citizen partici-pation around the social economy and environmentalgovernance; and participatory innovations’ effect onprocedural fairness and outcome satisfaction.

Another common theme is the changing roleof digital technology in government and the influ-ence and challenges it presents to democratic gov-ernance. Topics include digital technology forincreasing and improving citizen advocacy; institu-

tional design for online citizen participation in regu-latory institutions; digital technology, deliberativeand participatory mechanisms in the Brazilian Par-liament; and the impact of telecommunications onmediation of international migration.

A third area of interest among fellows isunderstanding the mechanisms and potential ofdemocratic deliberation, with topics includingdeliberative democracy and global justice; delibera-tive democracy in divided societies/political sys-tems in stress; vulnerability of deliberative andparticipatory decision-making to interest group cap-ture; and preconditions and institutional necessitiesfor societal consultation.

The provision of public services ranging frompublic safety and criminal justice to health and edu-cation is a fourth area ripe with interest among fel-lows. Topics include crime, violence, states’ abilityto provide security, and the experience and practiceof citizenship; the effect of NGOs on the state’scapacity to provide public services; how cognitiveframes influence health and social policy and indi-vidual health care decision-making; nonprofits rolein economic, political, spatial, and social develop-ment of American cities; philanthropy and norma-tive concerns about paternalism and unequalinfluence; and preventive detention.

The complex role that transparency and dis-closure policy can play in reducing consumer riskand improving government performance is anotherfocus of fellows' research. Topics include trans-parency in modern democratic theory and practice;transnational regulatory regimes; and global foodsafety.

Pushing at the frontiers of democratic theoryis a sixth pursuit shared by a number of fellows.Their forward-looking concepts include globaldemocracy; liberal legitimacy; and the question ofrespect.

Subnational politics/policymaking has beenanother issue of concern to Democracy Fellows. Anumber of participants examine the decentraliza-tion of powers from national capitals to city hallsand regional governments; they also look at howparticipatory innovations and technology influenceurban politics.

While there are a number of other challengesand questions guiding the research of fellows, afinal theme worth noting is the relationshipbetween democratic governance and persistentproblems such as injustice, discrimination, andinequality. Topics include the connection betweenrace, gender, and perceptions of politics; and thepolitics of diversity in modern America.

The Democracy Fel-lowship Program is thecentral component of the Ash Center’s ef-forts to fill a void indemocratic theory andsocial science scholar-ship that is both normative and empiri-cal, practical and analytical, multidiscipli-nary and rigorous.

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Impact on Practice

Seven former fellows are working directly on thefrontlines of democratic governance in non-acade-mic roles. As Director of HackerLab in the BrazilianHouse of Representatives, Cristiano Ferri Soares deFaria (Visiting Fellow 2009–2010) has championeda number of pioneering and award-winning proj-ects in leveraging digital technology to promote cit-izen voice and participation, to encourage socialand economic development, and to engage thetech community in improving governance in Brazil.Catherine Kelly (Non-Resident Fellow 2013–2014)is a senior fellow with the American Bar Associa-tion Rule of Law Initiative. Francisca Rojas, a Hous-ing and Urban Development Specialist for theInterAmerican Development Bank in Washington,DC and Buenos Aires, Argentina, writes of the fel-lowship, “Through my practical work in Argentina, Ioften find myself recalling and reflecting on themany discussions we had at Ash, which is to me,an indication of the incredible relevance and pur-posefulness of the fellowship.”

Democracy Fellows pursuing academiccareers are also keeping a hand in practice. KlemenJaklic (Visiting Fellow 2013–2015), for example, wasrecently shortlisted for a Judgeship at the EuropeanCourt of Human Rights in Slovenia. Quinton Mayneis working with Ash Center faculty member Jorrit deJong, Lecturer in Public Policy and Management, ona novel Innovation Field Lab for Harvard KennedySchool students. This partnership with several Mas-sachusetts cities deploys dedicated groups of stu-dents to examine urban problems in a focused andsystematic way, providing technological solutionsbeneficial to the city and its residents.

In addition to being an Assistant Professorat the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy &Strategy in Herzliya, Israel, Jennifer Shkabatur (Vis-iting Fellow 2011–2012) is a Specialist on SocialDevelopment and Information CommunicationTechnology (ICT) with the World Bank.

Already active in community work before hisfellowship, Henrik Schober (Visiting Fellow 2011)shares, “the talks and discussions about practicalimpacts of (political) science are among my dearestmemories of my time at Ash, and they certainly hada great impact on both my professional life and mysocial commitment. . . .” Alenka Poplin (Visiting Fel-low 2013) writes, “I am grateful to Prof. Archon Fungfor this great opportunity which opened up the doorto my productive collaboration with Harvard Centerfor Geospatial Analysis. We now collaborate on test-ing the Harvard WorldMap . . . online mapping sys-tem that is freely available to everyone.”

A number of Democ-racy Fellows have di-rect involvement inpractice, with profes-sional roles on thefrontlines of improvingdemocratic gover-nance in legislatures,think tanks, and devel-opment organizationsacross the globe.

Incubator for Research Agendas and Collaboration

A 2014 external academic review of the Ash Center, conducted by a multidisciplinarygroup of leading scholars from across NorthAmerica, wrote

“The Ash Center’s Democracy Fellows Pro-gram has no equal, anywhere in the world,as a site where democratic theorists andempirical social scientists engage andimprove one another’s work over a sus-tained period . . . Current fellows cited theirweekly seminar, led by Archon Fung, as thecornerstone of their intellectual communityat the Center, helping them to hone theirindividual research agendas by bringingthem into contact with theoretical frame-works with which they would not otherwisehave engaged. It is difficult to overstate thevalue of this program as an incubator forresearch agendas and collaborations thatwill stretch long into the future.”

Looking Forward

Growth over time within the Democracy Fellowshiphas been steady, in particular as the number ofVisiting and Non-Resident Fellows invited to partic-ipate grows (the number of Postdoctoral and Doc-toral Fellows is constant at two each, and thenumber of Visiting Senior Scholars is traditionallyno more than one). Below is a table with the num-ber of Democracy Fellows over the last five years.Because some fellowships span more than oneyear, the total is greater than 44. A cohort size of15 is a good match for both the program designand current space and resource availability.

Based on feedback from former fellows, wehope to engage more Visiting Senior Scholars and senior faculty from across Harvard KennedySchool and Harvard University. This involvementwould create more opportunities for younger schol-ars to benefit from individual mentoring in boththeir research and career development. We couldalso encourage fellows to engage more with thebroader Ash Center community, including informalsocial occasions, with individual faculty, with otherresearch fellows, and with staff from relatedresearch and programs like the Transparency PolicyProject, Transparency for Development, and Partici-pedia. Ash Center staff could work more closelywith fellows in organizing workshops or outreachevents that help further their own research. Wecould also provide additional programming to helpfellows develop useful tools, skills, and ideas suchas writing workshops, methodology-themed semi-nars, one-on-one feedback from senior faculty, andperhaps opportunities to lecture. Another initiativecould be to help connect fellows to practitioners in their fields of interest, for example governmentand civic leaders launching democratic innova-tions, both for research and instructional purposes.

Fellows have expressed a desire to be ableto continue to share recent work, exchange ideas,and perhaps identify new opportunities for collab-oration with other Democracy Fellows after theirfellowships have ended. In September 2015, weheld an informal gathering at the American Politi-cal Science Association’s Annual Meeting.

In some ways, this retrospective commemo-rating the fifth anniversary of the Democracy Fellowship Program has offered a wonderful oppor-tunity to reconnect with some former fellows, andto deepen ties with others, in the process of updat-ing the fellows’ current information including pub-lications and other accomplishments. It will serveas a solid foundation for maintaining and strength-ening the global network of Democracy Fellows.

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Elena FagottoTransparency and Visiting Fellow, 2009–2012

Research Director, Transparency Policy Project Harvard Kennedy SchoolCambridge, Massachusetts

Elena Fagotto’s research interests include information disclosure,regulatory policy, transnational regulatory regimes. Fagotto hasworked with the Transparency Policy Project since its inception,publishing extensively on the role of information disclosure as aregulatory tool and on institutional designs to make transparencymore effective. Earning her PhD in Law and Economics from Eras-mus University Rotterdam, Fagotto’s work has been recognized byLUISS University, Rome, where she is a visiting professor. Fagot-to’s recent publications include “Private Roles in Food Safety Pro-vision: The Law and Economics of Private Food Safety” in European Journal of Law and Economics, 2013 and chapter “AreWe Being Served? The Relationship Between Public and PrivateFood Safety Regulation” in The Changing Landscape of Food Gov-ernance, 2015.

Writing a dissertation is a soli-tary job. So I cherished the semi-nars because we could all cometogether and explore . . . complextopics ranging from inequality, toprejudice, to our impact asresearchers, while socializingwith other fellows and learningabout their research.

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Fellow Profiles

Individual profiles of all 44 fellows, organized byacademic year.

Quinton MaynePostdoctoral Fellow, 2010–2012

Assistant Professor of Public Policy Harvard Kennedy School Cambridge, Massachusetts

Quinton Mayne was the Ash Center’s first Democracy PostdoctoralFellow. His research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of comparative and urban politics, particularly in how the designand reform of democratic political institutions affect how citizensthink and act politically. His dissertation, entitled “The SatisfiedCitizen: Participation, Influence, and Public Perceptions of Demo-cratic Performance,” won the American Political Science Associa-tion's 2011 Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award in EuropeanPolitics as well as the 2011 Best Dissertation Award in Urban Poli-tics. Now an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at HarvardKennedy School, Mayne is working on a book project explainingwhy some societies are more content than others with the overallfunctioning of their political systems. His work has appeared or isforthcoming in the Journal of Politics, Comparative Politics Studies,and the International Political Science Review.

Cristiano Ferri Soares FariaVisiting Fellow, 2009–2010

Director, HackerLab Brazilian House of RepresentativesBrasilia, Brazil

Cristiano Ferri Soares Faria has served as a senior official in theBrazilian House of Representatives since 1993. Ferri completedhis PhD at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, where he studiedhow ICT is empowering legislators to leverage crowdsourcing intheir lawmaking. His research interests include transparency, pub-lic policy, innovation in public administration, ICT, and e-democ-racy. Ferri’s work has been recognized by Global Voices’ BreakingBorders Awards, the Vitalizing Democracy Reinhard Mohn Prize,and the Ibero-American Secretary-General. His recent publicationsinclude The Open Parliament in the Age of the Internet: Can thePeople Now Collaborate with Legislatures in Lawmaking?, 2013,and “Progress and Challenges of e-Democracy Project of theBrazilian Chamber of Deputies” in Parlamentos Abiertos a laSociedad: Participación y Monitorización, 2013.

Besides accessing fantastic libraries and resources in Harvard, the attendance of theseminars and the connectionwith scholars in the Ash Centerwere fundamental to amplify my mindset and increase skills to face the challenges of my research and work.

Looking back over the past fiveyears, it becomes clear just howmuch the Democracy Program—thanks to the vision and guidinghand of Archon Fung—hashelped me think differentlyabout my own work and what Ihope it can accomplish as wellas the purpose and import ofpolitical science in helpingunderstand and address press-ing social need.

Francisca RojasTransparency Fellow, 2010–2013

Housing and Urban Development SpecialistInterAmerican Development BankWashington, DC and Buenos Aires, Argentina

Francisca Rojas’s research interests lie at the intersection of urbandevelopment and technology. Her work has been recognized by the MIT SENSEable City Lab and the MIT Department of UrbanStudies and Planning, where her dissertation, “The New York Talk Exchange,” investigated how telecommunications mediateinternational migration. At the Ash Center, Rojas contributed to the Transparency Policy Project with research on open data adop-tion in transit systems and the transparency provisions in the2008 Recovery Act. Rojas currently leads projects on metropolitangovernance, urban upgrading, and smart cities for the InterAmeri-can Development Bank in Argentina. Her recent publicationsinclude “Recovery Act Transparency: Learning from States' Experi-ences” with the IBM Center for the Business of Government, 2012,and “An Analysis of Commuter Rail Real-Time Information inBoston” in Journal of Public Transportation, 2015.

Stein RingenVisiting Senior Scholar, 2010–2011

Professor of Sociology and Social PolicyUniversity of OxfordOxford, United Kingdom

Stein Ringen’s research interests include comparative government,welfare, poverty, and inequality. Among other recognitions, Ringenreceived a Doctor Honoris Causa from Masaryk University and wasgranted honorary professorships at Central China Normal Universityand Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, in 2014. At the AshCenter, Ringen conducted research for Nation of Devils: DemocraticLeadership and the Problem of Obedience, published by Yale Uni-versity Press in 2013, in which he explores how a government dis-penses necessary rule to its population, and how the populationprotects itself from excess rule. Other publications include WhatDemocracy Is For: On Freedom and Moral Government, 2009, andThe Korean State and Social Policy, 2010.

The fellowship was of decisiveinfluence in my work towardsNation of Devils, notablybecause of the intellectual generosity of the Center and thewider Harvard community.

This fellowship was such a spe-cial experience for me because itachieved that rare balance offostering a generous communityof scholars who delighted inexploring the hard questions ofdemocracy while offering a wel-coming space for forward-think-ing research that could providesome answers to those questions.

John GaventaVisiting Senior Scholar, 2011

Professor and Director of ResearchUniversity of Sussex, Institute of Development StudiesBrighton, United Kingdom

John Gaventa is known for his articulation of a “three-dimensional”approach to the study of power, which examines the capacity to influence expectations about social outcomes as a measure ofpower. A former Rhodes Scholar and MacArthur Prize Fellow,Gaventa was awarded an Order of the British Empire in 2012 for hisservice to Oxfam Great Britain. While at the Ash Center, Gaventawrote multiple papers and articles on citizen engagement and par-ticipatory governance, and published “Mapping the Outcomes ofCitizen Engagement” in World Development, 2012. His recent booksinclude Globalizing Citizens, 2010, and Citizen-Led Innovation for aNew Economy, 2015.

Nicole DoerrVisiting Fellow, 2012–2014

Associate Professor of SociologyUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagen, Denmark

Nicole Doerr’s research interests include deliberative politics,multilingual social movements, migration, gender, race/ethnici-ty, and class. Her book project, Political Translation: AddressingInequality and Marginalization within Deliberative Politics,explores how global justice activists, local community organiz-ers, unionists, LGBTQ organizers, and immigrant rights groups in the United States work together across boundaries of race,class, gender, and linguistic differences. Doerr’s work has beenrecognized by EU Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship Program,German Research Foundation, London School of Economics, and the International Post-Doc Initiative of Technische Univer-sität Berlin. Doerr’s recent publications include “Empathetic Lis-teners’ Ambiguous Power and Opposition in TransnationalArenas of Discourse and Politics” in Globalizations, 2011, and“Translating Democracy: How Activists in the European SocialForum Practice Multilingual Deliberation” in European PoliticalScience Review, 2012.

2011–2012

Inspiration, inspiration, inspira-tion! It was a great time andinspiring to work together withthe group of researchers, fellows,and people at Ash Center.

The fellowship came at an impor-tant time for me, where I was fin-ishing a number of projects, andneeded some space to write, aswell as to interact with otherswho shared similar interests. Igot both . . . My only regret wasthat I could not spend more time.

Viviane Petinelli e SilvaVisiting Fellow, 2012

Coordinator of Political and Social ProgramsInstitute of Government Policies Brazil Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Viviane Petinelli e Silva’s research interests include participation,policy, and deliberative democracy. As a Democracy Fellow,Petinelli worked on her dissertation, which examined the impact of participatory and deliberative institutions on policy outcomes,agenda-setting, and decision-making processes. Completed in2014, Petinelli’s research was honored by the Faculty of Philoso-phy and Human Sciences at the Federal University of Minas Gerais.Her recent publications include Analysis of the Factors that Influ-ence the Capacity of Public Policy Conferences on the RespectiveSectorial Policy Programs: The Case of 1st CAP, 1st Concidades, 1st,1nd EC CMA, 1st CPM and 1st CPIR, 2014, and “Assessing the Influence of Public Policy Conferences on Policy Programs” in Pub-lic Opinion, 2015.

Sharing knowledge with other fellows and scholars about avariety of issues in the weeklyseminars enabled me to grow intellectually and have a morecritical and better-informedopinion about the topics underdiscussion.

Brigitte GeißelVisiting Senior Scholar, 2011–2012

Professor for Political Sciences and Director of ‘Democratic Innovations’ Research UnitGoethe UniversityFrankfurt, Germany

Brigitte Geißel focuses her research on participation, democraticinnovation, and political actors. In 2008, Geißel was awarded the Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship, and she has been a vis-iting professor at Vietnamese German University and Berlin SocialScience Research Center. At the Ash Center, Geißel completed an edited volume on democratic innovations in Europe to betterunderstand the potential and the risks of democratic innovations tocounter democratic malaise. Geißel’s current research projects,funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), focus on delib-erative procedures as well as on (new) claims of representation.Her recent publications include “Dialogue-oriented ParticipationProcess: Effective or Senseless Innovations? The Example of Partici-patory Budgeting” in Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 2015, and“Putting the Demos Back into the Concept of Democratic Quality,”with Quinton Mayne, in International Political Science Review, 2016.

My stay at the Ash Centerreminded me what academia isall about—a space dedicated towisdom, and a community driv-en by a common desire to findsolutions to public problems andto make the world a better place.

Henrik SchoberVisiting Fellow, 2011

Acting Head of Customized Education and Executive Programme DevelopmentHertie School of GovernanceBerlin, Germany

Henrik Schober’s research interests include participation, delibera-tive democracy, and campaigns and elections. As a Visiting Fellow,Schober studied the foundations of societal consultation and the social preconditions and institutional necessities for success-fully applying modes of societal consultation. Schober has beenrecognized by the European Consortium for Political Research andthe League for European Research Universities, and a civil societyorganization he co-founded, Third Generation East, has beenawarded multiple times. Schober’s recent publications include edit-ed volume The Governance of Large-Scale Projects—Linking Citizensand the State, 2013, as well as papers on the pluralism of policyadvice, social media usage of politicians, and smart parties.

Being a Democracy Fellow, dis-cussing about important ques-tions and experiencing thatacademic work and social com-mitment can speak to each otherand improve each other surelyhad a great impact on my work.

Hollie Russon GilmanVisiting Fellow, 2011–2013, Non-Resident Fellow, 2013–2015

Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Columbia University School of International and Public AffairsPostdoctoral Civic Innovation Fellow, New America FoundationNew York, New York

When Hollie Russon Gilman completed her PhD at Harvard Univer-sity in 2013, her dissertation was the first academic study of par-ticipatory budgeting in the United States. Russon Gilman’sbroader research interests include democratic innovations, tech-nology, governance, citizen engagement, public policy, adminis-tration, and institutional design. After Harvard, Russon Gilmanserved in the Obama Administration as the Open Government andInnovation Advisor at the White House Office of Science and Tech-nology Policy. Her work has been recognized by the Edmond J.Safra Center for Ethics, the Fulbright Program, and the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science. Russon Gilman’srecent publications include a chapter titled “Technology forDemocracy in Development: Lessons from Seven Case Studies” inDeliberation and Development: Rethinking the Role of Voice andCollective Acton in Unequal Societies, 2015, and the book Democ-racy Reinvented: Participatory Budgeting and Civic Innovation inAmerica, 2016.

The fellowship enabled me tounderstand not only the biggestchallenges facing democraticgovernance, but also the workand personal stories ofresearchers and practitionersworking to bring new ideas intothis space.

Paolo SpadaPostdoctoral Fellow, 2011–2013

Postdoctoral FellowUniversity of SouthamptonSouthampton, United Kingdom

Paolo Spada has studied participatory budgeting and other demo-cratic innovations in Brazil, Italy, United States, Cameroon, Ice-land, Canada, and most recently in the United Kingdom, where heis managing the implementation of two citizens assemblies as aPostdoctoral Fellow at the University of Southampton. Spada’sresearch interests include community-driven development, meth-ods, public policy, comparative politics, political economy, urbanpolitics, and Latin American politics. His work has been recog-nized by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council ofCanada and the São Paulo Research Foundation. Spada’s recentpublications include “Who Moderates the Moderators? The Effectof Non-neutral Moderators in Deliberative Decision Making” inJournal of Public Deliberation, 2013, and a chapter titled “TheRole of Redundancy and Diversification in Multi-Channel Demo-cratic Innovations” in In/Equalities, Democracy and the Politics ofTransition, 2014.

The center is a fantastic nexusfor networking, I now basicallyknow almost everybody in thefield of Democratic Innovationsthanks to the relationship andthe projects I initiated at Ash.

Jennifer ShkabaturVisiting Fellow, 2011–2012

Assistant Professor of Government, IDC Herzliya ICT & Social Development Consultant, World BankHerzliya, Israel

Jennifer Shkabatur’s research interests include the potential of theInternet, digital transparency policies, and online citizen participa-tion. In addition to her faculty appointment at IDC Herzliya, Shka-batur consults for the World Bank on issues of open data, big data,e-government, and ICT for development. Her work has been recog-nized by the Fulbright Program, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics,Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and the Israel Science Foun-dation. Shkabatur’s recent publications include “Six Models forInternet & Politics” in International Studies Review, 2013, “OGDHeartbeat of Cities: Cities’ Commitment to Open Data” in Journal ofeDemocracy, 2015, and “Viral Engagement: Broad, Thin, and Power-ful, but Good for Democracy?” in Transforming Citizens: Youth, NewMedia, and Political Participation, forthcoming.

Alfred MooreVisiting Fellow, 2012

Postdoctoral Research FellowUniversity of Cambridge Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and HumanitiesCambridge, United Kingdom

Alfred Moore studies democratic theory, democratic institutionalinnovations, and the politics of science and technology. His workhas been recognized by the Marie Curie Fellowship, Irish ResearchCouncil for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Economicand Social Research Council. He is currently working on a Lever-hulme-funded project “Conspiracy and Democracy” on the relation-ship between transparency and suspicion of democracy. Moore’srecent publications include “Following from the Front: TheorizingDeliberative Facilitation” in Critical Policy Studies, 2012, “Deferencein Numbers: Consensus, Dissent and Judgement in Mill's Accountof Authority” in Political Studies, 2014, and book Critical Elitism:Expertise, Deliberation and Democracy, forthcoming.

One of most useful aspects of the fellowship program was theopportunity to discuss work in progress with a diverse groupof smart people. I remember hav-ing a practice presentation for a job talk and getting a range ofthoughtful, provocative and critical questions.

Lindsay MaykaPostdoctoral Fellow, 2012–2013

Assistant Professor of GovernmentColby College Waterville, Maine

Lindsay Mayka’s research interests include popular participation,interest representation in the policymaking process, and the qual-ity of democratic institutions. Mayka’s work has been recognizedby the Latin American Studies Association/Oxfam Martin DiskinDissertation Award, Social Science Research Council, FulbrightProgram, and Javits Foundation. Mayka is completing a book man-uscript, entitled Building Participatory Institutions in Latin Ameri-ca, which examines the divergent trajectories of nationallymandated participatory institutions in Brazil and Colombia, whichis based on two years of field research. Her recent working papersinclude "The Reform Origins of Empowered Participatory Institu-tions," "The Partisan Roots of Colombia's Weak Participatory Insti-tutions," and "The Resilience of Liberal Democracy in Colombia."

I found that the fellowshippushed me to think about thepolicy implications for myresearch, and served as areminder that I should not shyaway from my interest in makingLatin America a more equitableand democratic place.

2012–2013

Laura RothVisiting Fellow, 2012–2013

Visiting ProfessorUniversitat Pompeu FabraBarcelona, Spain

Originally from Argentina, Laura Roth received her PhD in Law fromthe Universitat Pompeu Fabra where she is now a Visiting Profes-sor in the Department of Law. Roth’s research interests lie at theintersection of democratic participation and law, ranging from thephilosophical foundations of criminal law to political legitimacyand culture. Her work has been recognized by the University ofStirling, the Cluster of Excellence at Goethe Universität Frankfurt,and the Spanish Ministry of Education. Most recently, Roth isstudying the relationship between democratic legitimacy and thejustification of criminal punishment, and working on a projectabout the 15M movement in Spain and the political culture of newdemocratic movements.

The months I spent at the AshCenter were a great experience.Working in such a stimulatingenvironment gave me the oppor-tunity to focus on my work andto improve it.

Alenka PoplinVisiting Fellow, 2013

Assistant Professor of Geoinformation Science and GeoDesign Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa

Alenka Poplin’s research interests include geospatial technologies,interactive maps, public e-participation, and serious digital gamesfor civic engagement. At the Ash Center, Poplin worked at the inter-section of online public participation and Geographic InformationSystems, developing online platforms to identify communitydesires and convey municipal plans. Poplin’s recent publicationsinclude “Digital Serious Game for Urban Planning: B3—Design YourMarketplace!” in Environment and Planning B: Planning andDesign, 2014; “How User-Friendly are Online Interactive Maps? Sur-vey Based on Experiments with Heterogeneous Users” in Cartogra-phy and Geographic Information Science, 2015; and an editedvolume The Virtual and The Real: Perspectives, Practices and Appli-cations for The Built Environment, forthcoming.

The discussions in our researchseminar were not only inspiring,but intellectually very stimulat-ing. It was a lifetime experience I will never forget.

Shauna L. ShamesDoctoral Fellow, 2012–2013

Assistant Professor, Political Science Rutgers University-CamdenCamden, New Jersey

Shauna Shames’ research interests include American politicalbehavior, with a focus on race, gender, and politics. During her fellowship, Shames worked on her dissertation “The Roots of Politi-cal Ambition: Race, Gender, and the Expectations of Eligible Candi-dates,” investigating the perceptions of and expectations aboutpolitics held by elite law and policy school students. A member ofthe Scholars Strategy Network, Shames’ work has been recognizedby the Center for American Political Studies, the Institute for Quantitative Social Science, and Taubman Center for State andLocal Government at Harvard Kennedy School. Shames’ recent pub-lications include a chapter titled “What, if Anything, Is to be Done?”in The Un-Heavenly Chorus: Unequal Political Voice in America,2012, "Making the Political Personal" in Politics & Gender, 2014,and a book from NYU Press, forthcoming.

Ash gave me some breathingspace to think, to work, and tolearn from the amazing other fel-lows. It also gave me personalencouragement that political sci-ence/democracy studies wasworth the effort I was putting in!

Emma Saunders-HastingsDoctoral Fellow, 2012–2013

Harper Fellow and Collegiate Assistant Professor University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois

Emma Saunders-Hastings’ research interests include modern andcontemporary political theory, democratic theory, distributive justice, and feminist theories. Her dissertation "Private Virtues,Public Vices: Governing Philanthropy," linking philanthropy to nor-mative concerns about paternalism and unequal influence andasking what kinds of public regulation of philanthropy are appro-priate, won the Senator Charles Sumner Dissertation Prize fromthe Harvard University Department of Government. Saunders-Hastings’ work has also been recognized by the Social Sciencesand Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Edmond J. SafraCenter for Ethics, and Stanford University Center on Philanthropyand Civil Society. Saunders-Hastings’ recent publications include“No Better to Give than to Receive: Charity and Women's Subjec-tion in J.S. Mill” in Polity, 2014, and a response in the “The Logicof Effective Altruism” Forum in Boston Review, 2015.

The fellowship enabled me tounderstand not only the biggestchallenges facing democraticgovernance, but also the workand personal stories ofresearchers and practitionersworking to bring new ideas intothis space.

Jason AnastasopoulosPostdoctoral Fellow, 2013–2015

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Georgia Department of Public Administration and Policyand Department of Political ScienceAthens, Georgia

Jason Anastasopoulos’ research interests include race and genderdiscrimination and inequality, political polarization, unequalpolitical participation and representation, and governmentalaccountability and transparency. Anastasopoulos’ work has beenrecognized by the National Science Foundation and University ofCalifornia, Berkeley School of Law. As a Democracy Fellow, he col-laborated on a number of research projects and organized aseries of workshops on immigration, race, and ethnicity. Hisrecent publications include “Detecting and Punishing Uncon-scious Bias” in Journal of Legal Studies, 2013, and working papers“Diversity, Migration and Geographic Polarization” and “(When)Race Matters: The Effect of Immigrant Race and Place on Supportfor Anti-Immigration Laws Abstract.”

Kivanç UlusoyVisiting Fellow, 2012–2013

Professor of Political ScienceIstanbul University Faculty of Political Science Department of Public Administration Istanbul, Turkey

Kivanç Ulusoy’s research interests include regime change anddemocratization, Turkish politics, and Turkey-EU relations. Ulu-soy’s work has been recognized by the Fulbright Program, RobertSchuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European UniversityInstitute in Florence, and Madrid Diplomatic School. He has affili-ated with Middle East Technical University, Bogazici University,Sabanci University, Granada University, Stockholm University, andTsukuba University. Ulusoy’s recent publications include “TheEuropeanization of the Religious Cleavage in Turkey: The case ofthe Alevis” in Mediterranean Politics, 2013, a chapter titled“Manipulative Deliberation in Turkey: Alevi’s Defective PoliticalEngagement and Remedying Strategies” in Democratic Delibera-tion in Deeply Divided Societies: from Conflict to Common Ground,co-edited by Didier Caluwaerts, 2014, and a chapter "Electionsand Regime Change in Turkey: Tenacious Rise of Political Islam",in Elections and Democratization in the Middle East: The Tena-cious Search for Freedom, Justice and Dignity, 2014.

Ash Center is a center of excel-lence, knowledge and friendship.

2013–2014

Didier CaluwaertsVisiting Fellow, 2013–2014

Assistant Professor of Public PolicyVrije Universiteit BrusselBrussels, Belgium

Didier Caluwaerts’ research interests include democratic innovationand social innovation, with an emphasis on deliberative and participatory democracy. His work has been recognized by the Euro-pean Consortium for Political Research, the Dutch and FlemishPolitical Science Associations, Fulbright Program, Belgian AmericanEducational Foundation, and KU Leuven Public Governance Insti-tute. At the Ash Center, Caluwaerts studied the causes of delibera-tive stress in political systems, and collaborated on a number ofresearch projects. Caluwaerts’ recent publications include “Build-ing Bridges across Political Divides: Experiments on DeliberativeDemocracy In Deeply Divided Belgium” in European Political Science Review, 2014, edited volume Democratic Deliberation inDeeply Divided Societies: From Conflict to Common Ground, 2014, and “Is It Gender, Ideology or Resources? Individual-LevelDeterminants of Preferential Voting for Male or Female Candidates”in Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties, 2015.

The format of the weekly semi-nars was genuinely brilliant, thediscussions were very intenseand profound, the interactionswere always constructive, andthe energy in the room wasextremely stimulating.

Jonathan BrunoDoctoral Fellow, 2013–2014

PhD CandidateHarvard University Department of GovernmentCambridge, Massachusetts

Jonathan Bruno is a political theorist and legal scholar whoseresearch interests span democratic theory, constitutionalism,political ethics, and the history of ideas. His doctoral researchexamines the arguments for and against transparency in demo-cratic politics. A former fellow of Harvard's Edmond J. Safra Centerfor Ethics, and an affiliate of the Minda de Gunzburg Center forEuropean Studies, Bruno is also an award-winning teacher. Mostrecently, he was awarded Harvard's ABLConnect Teaching Innova-tor Prize. Bruno’s recent publications include “The Weakness of the Case for Cameras in the United States Supreme Court” inCreighton Law Review, 2015.

During my year as a fellow, Iforged strong connections withfellow political theorists in theprogram, and learned so muchfrom my empirically-minded colleagues.

Oded GrajewVisiting Fellow, 2013

Founder and General CoordinatorOur São Paulo Network São Paulo, Brazil

Oded Grajew is a businessman and social entrepreneur whoworks to bring together both business and civil society organiza-tions to strengthen Brazil’s democracy and to address serioussocial problems in Brazil’s large cities. Grajew founded the WorldSocial Forum and various social movements and institutions,most recently the Our São Paulo Network’s Sustainable Cities Pro-gram. He was awarded the Cidadão Paulistano (citizen of SãoPaulo) title, the GPSA Award for Leadership in Social Accountabili-ty, and received the UNICEF Child and Peace award in 1998 forrecognition of child advocacy in action in Brazil. At the Ash Cen-ter, Grajew engaged experts within and outside the Harvard com-munity to explore new ideas to strengthen democracy, such asusing technology to engage with citizens and to make the govern-ment more transparent.

Martin GilensVisiting Senior Scholar, 2013

Professor of Political SciencePrinceton University Princeton, New Jersey

Martin Gilens has written extensively on the role of money in Ameri-can politics and its impact on representational inequality. Hisresearch interests include inequality, democratic governance, massmedia, and race, gender, and welfare politics. Gilens received the2013 Woodrow Wilson Award from the American Political ScienceAssociation for Affluence & Influence: Economic Inequality andPolitical Power in America, in which Gilens explores how politicalinequality in the United States has evolved over time and how thisdisparity has been shaped by interest groups, political parties, andelections. Gilens’ recent publications include “Testing Theories ofAmerican Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens” inPerspectives on Politics, 2014, and “Descriptive Representation,Money, and Political Inequality in the United States” in Swiss Politi-cal Science Review, 2015.

The time I had as a DemocracyFellow helped me to enhanceand enrich my work with ourSustainable Cities Programme,sensitizing municipal managersto turn our Brazilian cities intomore accountable, transparentand democratic ones.

Klemen Jaklic Visiting Fellow, 2013–2015

Visiting Scholar, Harvard University Center for European Studies Head Teaching Fellow, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts

Klemen Jaklic’s research interests include constitutional law,human rights law, European integration, EU law, theories of justice,ethics, and democracy. Currently at the Harvard University Centerfor European Studies, he is working on his next monograph onEuropean constitutionalism and the future development of the ideaof democracy in the context of a just global order. Jaklic is therecipient of the Harvard Mancini Prize for "best work in the field ofEuropean law and legal thought" and has been teaching at Harvardin various roles since 2008. He was an appointed member (forSlovenia) of the European Commission for Democracy through Law.As one of four nominees of the President of Slovenia, he wasrecently in the running for selection as Slovenia's next Judge at theEuropean Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Jaklic’s recent pub-lications include Constitutional Pluralism in the EU, published byOxford University Press, 2014.

A truly fantastic mix of casualexchanges and serious scholarlyexaminations. The best forum outthere for debating democracy.

Tara GrillosVisiting Fellow, 2013–2015

Postdoctoral ResearcherUniversity of Colorado Boulder Institute of Behavioral ScienceBoulder, Colorado

Tara Grillos’ research interests include common pool resourcemanagement, public goods provision, empowerment, and collec-tive action in the context of international development. During herDemocracy Fellowship, Grillos worked on her dissertation “Partici-pation, Power and Preferences in International Development,”exploring how different forms of participation influence variousdevelopment outcomes differently under a range of circum-stances. Grillos has received research grants from the US Depart-ment of Education, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Law School,and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies,amongst others. Her recent publications include “Youth Lead theChange: The City of Boston's Youth-Focused Participatory Budget-ing Process-Pilot Year Evaluation,” 2014, and “Enhancing Gover-nance to Support Drought Resilience in Marsabit County:Recommendations for the BOMA Governance Program,” 2014.

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The Democracy Fellows groupwas not only intellectually stimu-lating, but also remarkably sup-portive. They provided some ofthe most helpful and construc-tive feedback I received at anypoint during my doctoral studies.

Hallie LudsinVisiting Fellow, 2013–2014

Adjunct ProfessorEmory University School of LawAtlanta, Georgia

Hallie Ludsin specializes in international humanitarian law andinternational human rights Law. As a human rights lawyer, sheserved as Research Director at the South Asia Human Rights Docu-mentation Centre in India, and as a legal consultant to theWomen’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling in the West Bank,amongst other international postings. Ludsin’s work has been rec-ognized by the Global Justice Think Tank, Georgetown UniversityLaw Center, and Case Western Law School. Ludsin's recent publica-tions include “Relational Rights Masquerading as IndividualRights” in Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, and her book Pre-ventive Detention and the Democratic State, published in 2016 byCambridge University Press.

The fellowship fostered creative,intellectual thinking and addeddepth to my understanding ofdemocracy beyond my academicfocus on human rights anddemocracy.

Catherine Lena KellyNon-Resident Fellow, 2013–2014

American Council of Learned Societies Public FellowAmerican Bar Association Rule of Law InitiativeNew York, New York

As a Democracy Fellow, Catherine Lena Kelly worked on her disser-tation “Why (So many) Parties? The Logic of Party Formation inSenegal,” investigating why hundreds of Senegalese politicians arecreating their own parties and how the logic of party formationaffects opposition party trajectories and presidential turnover.Kelly’s work has been recognized by the Fulbright program, WestAfrica Research Association, Harvard University Weatherhead Cen-ter for International Affairs, and the American Political ScienceAssociation. Her recent publications include "Senegal: What WillTurnover Bring?" in the Journal of Democracy, reporting on WestAfrica for Freedom House's Freedom in the World 2016, and theworking paper "Sufi Islamic Orders and the Politics of Democratiza-tion in Senegal."

Maggie McKinleyNon-Resident Fellow, 2013–2014

Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on LawHarvard Law School Cambridge, Massachusetts

Maggie McKinley (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe)researches and writes on legislation, theories of interpretation,minority rights and representation, the architecture of lawmakinginstitutions, and federal Indian law. As a Democracy Fellow, McKin-ley advised the OpenGov Foundation as a member of their advisoryboard on the design and development of their Project Madisonplatform. As a Climenko Fellow, McKinley founded and designed#Hack4Congress, a series of collaborative events on democracyand technology. Her work has been recognized by the Steven M.Block Civil Liberties Award, the American Political Science Associa-tion, and the Warren E. Miller Fellowship in Electoral Politics.McKinley’s recent publications include “Lobbying and the PetitionClause” in Stanford Law Review, 2016, and “Brief for Amici CuriaeHistorians and Legal Scholars, Dollar General Corporation v. Missis-sippi Band of Choctaw, United States Supreme Court No. 13-1496.”

Michael MacKenzieVisiting Fellow, 2013–2015

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science University of PittsburghPittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Michael MacKenzie’s research interests include democratic theo-ry, intergenerational relations, deliberation, political representa-tion, institutional design, and public engagement. Much of hiscurrent work focuses on the political theory of intergenerationalrelations and the challenges of making long-term decisions indemocratic systems. MacKenzie has received fellowships from theSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Univer-sity of British Columbia. As a Democracy Fellow, MacKenzieworked closely with Archon Fung on Participedia, an online plat-form for cataloging participatory political processes. He has pub-lished articles in the Canadian Journal of Political Science and theJournal of Public Deliberation, and chapters in edited volumeswith Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press.MacKenzie’s forthcoming publications include two chapters in anedited volume entitled Political Institutions for Future Genera-tions: "Institutional Design and Sources of Short-Termism” and “A General-Purpose Randomly Selected Second Chamber.”

Scholars at the Ash Center, and at the Har-vard Kennedy School more generally, striveto make both academic and practical con-tributions to our political world. This cre-ates an enriched intellectual environmentthat is also well grounded . . . I cannot thinkof a better place to have spent two years asa visiting fellow. My time at the Ash Centerwas enriching: intellectually, politically, andpersonally.

Tomer PerryVisiting Fellow, 2013–2014, Non-Resident Fellow 2014–2016

Research Associate, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts

Tomer Perry is a political theorist whose research interests includeglobal justice, democratic theory, just war theory, and internation-al relations. Perry’s dissertation, “Democratic Justice in GlobalPolitics,” revises democratic theory to address questions of glob-al justice. His work has been recognized by the Stanford Humani-ties Center, McCoy Center for Ethics in the Society, and StanfordUniversity Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. Perry’s recentpublications include “Thucydides as a Prospect Theorist” in Polis:The Journal for Ancient Greek Political Thought, 2014, and workingpapers “Autonomy, Culture and Nationality: The Failure of LiberalNationalism” and “The All-Affected Principle: A Pluralistic Interpretation.”

The Democracy Fellowship was areally terrific experience for me.The discussions have enrichedmy perspective on democratictheory and had an impact on myresearch.

Jennifer PanDoctoral Fellow, 2013–2014

Assistant Professor of CommunicationStanford UniversityStanford, California

Jennifer Pan’s research examines the strategies authoritarianregimes employ to perpetuate their rule, including censorship,redistribution, and responsiveness, using large-scale data from tra-ditional and digital media as well as experiments on media plat-forms. Pan’s work has been recognized by the Midwest PoliticalScience Association, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, andNational Science Foundation. As a Democracy Fellow, Pan pursuedher doctoral research, which explored how the Chinese governmentcensors information available to citizens and gathers informationabout citizens. Recent publications include “How Censorship inChina Allows Government Criticism but Silences Collective Expres-sion” in American Political Science Review, 2013, and “ConditionalReceptivity to Citizen Participation: Evidence from a Survey Experi-ment in China” in Comparative Political Science, 2014.

The Democracy Fellowship wasthe source of some of the mostengaging and thought provokingdebates about the real-world relevance of research during mytime at Harvard.

Graham SmithVisiting Senior Scholar, 2013

Professor of PoliticsUniversity of Westminster Centre for the Study of DemocracyLondon, United Kingdom

Graham Smith studies and writes extensively on participation,innovation, democratic theory, and environmental politics. He hasheld a visiting fellowship at the European University Institute in Florence and received funding from bodies such as the Economicand Social Research Council in the UK and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. As a Visiting Scholarat the Ash Center, Smith helped lead Participedia and initiated anumber of writing projects. Smith’s recent publications include“Deliberation, Democracy and the Systemic Turn” in Journal of Polit-ical Philosophy, 2015, a chapter titled “Defining Mini-Publics” inDeliberative Mini-Publics: Involving Citizens in the DemocraticProcess, 2014, and “The Potential of Participedia as a Crowdsourc-ing Tool for Comparative Analysis of Democratic Innovations” in Policy and Internet, 2015.

It may seem odd, but democratictheory and participatory gover-nance is a relatively minor cur-rent within political theory andscience, and so it is a rare andwonderful thing to have so manybright minds considering devel-opments in this field.

Yves SintomerVisiting Senior Scholar, 2014

Professor of Political Science, Paris VIII UniversitySenior Fellow, French University InstituteParis, France

Yves Sintomer studies deliberative democracy, participatorydemocracy, and political representation in Europe and in a globalperspective. Sintomer advises a number of academic journalsincluding International Political Science Review and InternationalJournal of Urban and Regional Research, and his work has beenrecognized by the European University Institute and the FrenchUniversity Institute. As a Visiting Senior Scholar at the Ash Center,Sintomer completed a collaborative edited volume, ParticipatoryDemocracy in Southern Europe: Causes, Characteristics and Con-sequences. Other recent publications include “Florence (1200–1530): The Reinvention of Politics” in French Political ScienceReview, 2014, Deliberation: Values, Processes, Institutions, 2015,and Participatory Budgeting in Europe: Democracy and PublicGovernance, 2016.

Ash Center seminars and con-tacts with Chinese doctoral stu-dents and scholars, and thepublic events organized byArchon Fung with political andcivil society actors . . . helped meto better understand Americanpolitics and global democracy inthe 21st century.

Rikki DeanVisiting Fellow, 2014

PhD Candidate in Social PolicyLondon School of EconomicsLondon, United Kingdom

Rikki Dean studies approaches to public participation in socialpolicy decision-making. His dissertation examines the competingdefinitions of participatory governance, along with individuals'participation preferences, situating these within alternative con-ceptions of democracy and public administration. Dean’s researchinterests include welfare, poverty, inequality, democratic theory,public administration theory, and procedural preferences. He hasbeen recognized for outstanding work in social policy by theRichard Titmus Prize at the London School of Economics. Dean’srecent publications include “Beyond Radicalism and Resignation:The Competing Logics of Public Participation in Policy Decisions”in Policy & Politics, 2016, as well as working papers on adolescentsocial exclusion and accountability in local governance.

I left the fellowship buzzing withnew ideas. The many seminarsand workshops, particularly theweekly seminars, as well asinformal conversations with theother fellows over coffee ordrinks, helped me to improveboth my thesis and my ideas forfuture post-doctoral research.

Emily Ruhamah CloughDoctoral Fellow, 2014–2015

PhD CandidateHarvard University Department of GovernmentCambridge, Massachusetts

Emily Clough’s research interests include comparative politics,political economy of development, state capacity and governmentperformance, and the relationship between civil society/third-sec-tor actors and democratic accountability. Clough’s dissertationexamines the effect of NGOs on the state’s capacity for provision ofbasic health care and education in India using data collectedthrough interviews, village case studies, and large-n surveys duringa year of fieldwork. Clough’s work has been recognized by theSmith-Richardson Foundation, International Society for Third-SectorResearch, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and DerekBok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University. Recentpublications include a chapter titled “The Politics of Food Labelingand Certification” in Oxford Handbook of Food, Politics, and Socie-ty, 2015, and “Reclaiming the Third Sector from Civil Society” inSociology of Development, 2015.

The Democracy Fellowship pro-gram was a uniquely collegial,productive, intellectual spacewhere I exchanged ideas anddeveloped my work in a commu-nity of diverse scholars.

2014–2015

Claire DunningDoctoral Fellow, 2014–2015

PhD CandidateHarvard University Department of HistoryCambridge, Massachusetts

Claire Dunning is a social and political historian of the UnitedStates interested in urban inequality, social policy, and democracyin the twentieth century. Her dissertation examines the history ofthe American welfare state and the rise of nonprofit organizationsin urban governance, taking Boston as a case study. Dunningshows how the proliferation of nonprofits and public-private part-nerships between government and nonprofits shaped the econom-ic, political, spatial, and social development of cities. Sheaddresses questions about democratic accountability, inequality,and capitalism. Dunning’s work has been recognized by The TobinProject, Foundation for the National Archives, Rockefeller ArchiveCenter, Taubman Center for State and Local Government at HarvardKennedy School, and History Department at Harvard University.

With the common themes ofdemocracy and participation, weall came to the table (literallyand figuratively) with somethingin common despite differentapproaches or methodologies.

John DryzekVisiting Senior Scholar, 2014

Centenary Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow University of Canberra Center for Deliberative Democracy and Global GovernanceCanberra, Australia

John Dryzek is recognized for his work in both democratic theoryand practice, as well as environmental politics. Dryzek was rankedamong the top 20 “scholars doing excellent work today whosework will be influential during the next 20 years” according to anational survey published in Political Science & Politics. As aDemocracy Fellow, Dryzek primarily worked on two research proj-ects on “Deliberating the Anthropocene” and “Deliberative GlobalJustice.” Dryzek’s forthcoming publications include “DeliberativeEngagement: the Forum in the System” in Journal of Environmen-tal Studies and Sciences, “Institutions for the Anthropocene: Gov-ernance in a Changing Earth System” in British Journal of PoliticalScience, and “Can there be a Human Right to an Essentially Contested Concept? The Case of Democracy” in Journal of Politics.

One of the highlights was cer-tainly the Democracy Fellowsseminar, what a remarkablegroup of people.

Sahar Tohamy HassaninCarnegie Fellow, 2014–2015

Director of Programs, Egyptian Network for Integrated DevelopmentCairo, Egypt

Sahar Hassanin is a founding member and Director of Programs ofthe Egyptian Network for Integrated Development (ENID), whereshe is working to implement a hands-on integrated economicdevelopment approach in Upper Egypt’s southern governorates.Her current research interests are concentrated in the areas of theeconomics of regulation, institutional economics, and law andeconomics. Prior to her affiliation with ENID, Dr. Hassanin wasEconomic Advisor to Egypt’s Minister of Housing, Utilities, andUrban Development and Technical Policy Coordinator for the Min-isterial Group for Social Development. Hassanin’s recent publica-tions include a chapter titled “Judicial Review and WeakRegulatory Independence in Public-Private Business Relations inEgypt: Evidence from Administrative Court Rulings in GovernmentTenders and Bids Law Cases,” in The Political Economy of PrivateSector Dynamism in the MENA Region, forthcoming.

Participating in the Ash Center DemocracyFellowship was a valuable opportunity to bepart of. Rich discussions of the work ofscholars from different backgrounds, disci-plines, and overall professional experiencesleft me with the conviction that no matterwhat problems a community faces, the onlyway forward is when all individuals feelincluded or represented in devising a solu-tion—be that in a local, national, or inter-national setting.

Yanilda María GonzálezPostdoctoral Fellow, 2014–2016 (current)

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Yanilda González’s research interests include comparative politics,Latin American politics, state capacity, and citizenship. Gonzálezcompleted her PhD at Princeton University, where her dissertationfocused on police reform, state capacity, citizenship, and crime inArgentina, Brazil, and Colombia. She is currently working on a bookmanuscript titled Authoritarian Coercion by Democratic Means: TheParadox of Police Reform in Latin America, which examines whydemocratic states frequently exercise authoritarian patterns of coer-cion. González’s work has been recognized by the Social ScienceResearch Council, Open Society Foundation, Fulbright Program, andthe Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice at PrincetonUniversity. Recent publications include "Varieties of ParticipatorySecurity: Assessing Community Participation in Policing in LatinAmerica" in Public Administration and Development, forthcoming,and working papers “Reform as a Safety Valve: The Rise of Commu-nity Participation in Policing in Latin America” and “Democracy InAn Era Of Insecurity: Crime, Fear, And Constrained Citizenship InLatin America.”

I knew the Ash Center would be my kind ofplace when our first discussion at theDemocracy Fellows seminar focused on bigideas and emancipatory social science. It's been very gratifying for me to work in an environment where people are commit-ted not only to rigorous scholarship but also to tackling pressing social and politicalchallenges.

Selena OrtizNon-Resident Fellow, 2014–2015

Assistant Professor, Gregory H. Wolf Professor of Health Policy and AdministrationPennsylvania State UniversityState College, Pennsylvania

Selena Ortiz employs a mixed methodology to examine how cog-nitive frames and the underlying values embedded in framesinfluence health and social policy agenda-setting and individualhealth care decision-making. Her work has been recognized bythe FrameWorks Institute, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, andthe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Ortiz’s recentpublications include “Weighing In: The Taste-Engineering Frame inObesity Expert Discourse” in American Journal of Public Health,2015, and “The Quality of Diabetes Management among MexicanAdults in California: Does Generational Status Matter?” in MedicalCare, 2015.

This supportive and creativeenvironment was due in part toArchon’s thoughtful facilitation ofdiscussion, which, for me, oftenleads to new perspectives, partic-ularly around health policy. Par-ticipating in the seminars wasalways a highlight of my week!

Maija KarjalainenVisiting Fellow, 2014–2015

PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science University of Turku Turku, Finland

Maija Karjalainen’s research interests include participatory inno-vations, direct and deliberative democracy, and perceived legiti-macy. As a Democracy Fellow, Karjalainen worked on herdissertation “Can Participatory Innovations Foster PerceivedLegitimacy? Possibilities for Participation, Procedural Fairnessand Outcome Satisfaction in Finnish Municipalities.” Kar-jalainen’s work has been recognized by the Council of Europe,Fulbright Program, and Turku Urban Research Programme. Herrecent publications include “Does Crowdsourcing LegislationIncrease Political Legitimacy? The Case of Avoin Ministerio in Fin-land,” in Policy & Internet, 2015, and “Democratic Innovations tothe Rescue? Political Trust and Attitudes toward Democratic Inno-vations in Southwest Finland” in International Journal of PublicAdministration, 2015.

As a fellow, one has doubtsabout one’s capacities, strengthof ideas, and what is feasiblewithin a new organizational cul-ture of a well-known university.The encouragement from the fellowship staff and a successfulevent was a very empowering experience.

Jonathan RinneVisiting Fellow, 2014–2015

PhD Candidate, Research and Teaching Fellow‘Democratic Innovations’ Research UnitGoethe UniversityFrankfurt, Germany

Jonathan Rinne’s dissertation explores how citizens’ preferencescan be translated into policies in today’s democracies. Rinne is theoretically developing and experimentally analyzing a newapproach for institutionalized citizen participation that addressesthe limits and challenges of both traditional electoral politics andof newer participatory institutions. His broader research interestsinclude participatory democracy, citizen participation in representa-tive systems, and voting procedures. At Goethe University, Rinneworks for former Democracy Fellow Professor Brigitte Geißel. Hewas also a Visiting Fellow at Åbo Akademi in Finland. Rinne’s recentpublications include “Multivariate Themed Elections: Reflections ona New Instrument of Direct Democracy,” 2012, and “ParticipatoryProcesses and Their Impact on Political Systems" in Participation inTransition, 2014.

I am very grateful to have beenpart of the community at the AshCenter. For me, it is a place ofinspiration, wisdom, and sinceri-ty second to none.

about the ash center

The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation strives tomake the world a better place by advancing excellence and innova-tion in governance and public policy through research, education,and public discussion. By training the very best leaders, developingpowerful new ideas, and disseminating innovative solutions andinstitutional reforms, the Center’s goal is to meet the profound chal-lenges facing the world’s citizens.

directorAnthony Saich, Daewoo Professor of International Relations

executive directorsMarty Mauzy, Arnold Howitt

affiliated facultyAlan Altshuler, Ruth and Frank Stanton Professor in Urban Policy andPlanning

Matthew Baum, Marvin Kalb Professor of Global Communications,Professor of Public Policy

Robert Behn, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy

Dara Kay Cohen, Assistant Professor of Public Policy

Edward A. Cunningham, Director of Ash Center's China Programs, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy

David Dapice, Economist, Vietnam Program

Jorrit de Jong, Lecturer in Public Policy, Academic Director of the Innovations in Government Program

John D. Donahue, Raymond Vernon Senior Lecturer in Public Policy

Archon Fung, Academic Dean, Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship

Marshall Ganz, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy

Candelaria Garay, Associate Professor of Public Policy

Stephen Goldsmith, Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government, Director of Innovations in Government Program

Merilee Grindle, Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development, Emerita

Arnold M. Howitt, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy

Elaine Kamarck, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy

Steven J. Kelman, Albert J. Weatherhead III and Richard W. Weatherhead Professor of Public Management

Alex Keyssar, Matthew W. Stirling, Jr. Professor of History and SocialPolicy

Herman (Dutch) B. Leonard, George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of PublicManagement

Jane J. Mansbridge, Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values

Tarek Masoud, Sultan of Oman Associate Professor of InternationalRelations

Quinton Mayne, Assistant Professor of Public Policy

Mark Moore, Hauser Professor of Nonprofit Organizations

Pippa Norris, Paul. F. McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics

Dwight Perkins, Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy

Richard N. Rosecrance, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy

Jay K. Rosengard, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Academic Directorof the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia

Muriel Rouyer, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Professor of Political Science, University of Nantes

Maya Sen, Assistant Professor of Public Policy

Ryan Sheely, Associate Professor of Public Policy

Moshik Temkin, Associate Professor of Public Policy

Arne Westad, S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations

Christopher Winship, Diker-Tishman Professor of Sociology

Kenneth Winston, Lecturer in Ethics, Emeritus

Leah Wright Rigueur, Assistant Professor of Public Policy

acknowledgements

Many thanks for contributions from:Jessica EngelmanTim Glynn-BurkeHannah HilligossDan HarshaBruce JackanAllen JuddMarty MauzyQuinton MayneMaisie O’BrienJuanne Zhao

designKarin Fickett, forminform (print)Sophie Chou, Castronaut Design (web)

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