Events

When Violence Breaks the Surface: The Kirk Incident as a Warning for American Democracy

By Stavros Ligris The shooting of Charlie Kirk during a university event in Utah this September has been described as shocking, tragic, and...

The Democratic Erosion Consortium (DEC), with support from American University’s Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies (CCPS) and the...

The Democratic Erosion Consortium (DEC) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) came together to host an in-person panel discussion on...

Watch our latest virtual panel as academics and practitioners discuss the findings and recommendations of our DEE-Brief on "Correction...

Watch our virtual roundtable on democracy and the U.S....

In partnership with the National Democratic Institute (NDI), the DEC hosted an in-person convening of academic researchers, policymakers and...

Watch our virtual panel as academics and practitioners discuss the findings and recommendations of our DEE-Brief on Media Literacy Interventions...

Watch our interdisciplinary panel of legal scholars, media experts, and political scientists who came together to discuss and debate pressing...

Watch our Virtual Roundtable about the role that race and ethnicity play in the rise of polarization, populism, and other emerging challenges in...