Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Populism/Threats to Democracy

"A Congress Dissolved in Peru: Causes and Consequences" Speaker: Salvador del Solar, former Minister of Culture (2016-2017) and former Prime Minister of Peru (2019). Moderator: Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard...

"Overcoming Political Polarization" Speakers: Robert Putnam, Malkin Research Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University. Jane Mansbridge, Charles F. Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values, Harvard Kennedy School. Arturo...

"Navigating a Populist World: Responses to the Global Rise of Populism" Presenters: Claire Berlinski, Freelance Journalist; Senior Fellow for Turkey, American Foreign Policy Council; Manhattan Institute Scholar. Erin Jenne, Professor of International...

"Is Identity Politics a Threat to Democracy?" Speakers: Frances Fukuyama, Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI); Mosbacher Director of FSI's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law...

"Institutional Solutions to Democracy’s Challenges?" Speakers: David Altman, Professor of Political Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Lee Drutman, Senior Fellow, Political Reform Program, New America. Elaine Karmack, Senior Fellow...

"Challenges to Multiracial Democracy" Speakers: Rafaela M. Dancygier, Associate Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University. Robert Mickey, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Contact: Jessica...

"Can Democracy Survive 21st Century Capitalism?" Speakers: Sheri Berman, Professor of Political Science, Barnard College. Torben Iversen, Professor of Government, Harvard University. Robert Kuttner, Editor, The American Prospect; Ida and Meyer Kirstein...

"Challenges to Democracy in Big Middle Income Countries: Brazil, India, South Africa" Speakers: Frances Hagopian, Faculty Associate. Jorge Paulo Lemann Senior Lecturer on Government, Department of Government, Harvard University. Tariq Thachil, Associate...

"Global Competition, Attitudes, and Voting Behavior in Western Europe" Speaker: Italo Colantone, Assistant Professor of Economics, Bocconi University. Contact: Jessica Barnard jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu Chairs: Bart Bonikowski, Director, Undergraduate...

"Multiple Paths to the Populist Radical Right: Voting for Populist Radical Right Parties in Cities and the Countryside" Speaker: Sarah de Lange, Professor of Political Science; Dr. J.M. Den Uyl Chair, University of Amsterdam. Please note: This event does...