Promoting Teaching and Learning to Address Democratic Erosion
Overview
Teaching & Learning About Democratic Erosion
Since 2017, faculty at more than 75 universities around the world have taught our joint course on democratic erosion using a shared syllabus and collaborative assignments. We offer a complete curriculum with readings, lecture slides, discussion questions, and other materials, and manage a listserv for faculty to share ideas and coordinate cross-university activities.
Course
Democratic Erosion
Course
We make it easy for faculty to start teaching about democratic backsliding by offering a full curriculum, which includes a syllabus, readings, lesson plans, reading summaries, and in-class activities and assessments, as well as ideas for how to adapt the course to different student populations and class formats.
Universities
Meet our Faculty Affiliates
Since 2017, our course on democratic erosion has been taught at more than 75 universities in the United States and abroad. Our instructors teach at a range of institutions, including public and private universities, liberal arts colleges, community colleges, and HBCUs.
STUDENTS
Fellowship Program
The Democratic Erosion Consortium Fellowship trains undergraduate and Master’s students to conduct research, write policy briefs, and build the Democratic Erosion Event Dataset (DEED).