Promoting Teaching and Learning to Address Democratic Erosion
Overview
Teaching & Learning About Democratic Erosion
Since 2017, faculty at over 75 universities have taught our joint course on democratic erosion using a shared syllabus and collaborative assignments. We also manage a faculty list-serve, and offer an online short course (coming soon!) on democratic erosion for practitioners and policymakers.
Course
Democratic Erosion
Course
We make it easy for interested faculty to start teaching about democratic backsliding by offering a full curriculum, which includes a syllabus, lesson plans, reading guidelines, 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 university course on democratic erosion has been taught at over 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.
SHORT COURSE
Virtual Short Course for Policymakers & Practitioners
Coming soon! We are developing an online short course on democratic erosion that is specifically tailored to the learning needs of policymakers and practitioners. Gain access to both academic theories of backsliding as well as cutting-edge research on the most effective strategies to curb erosion as it happens.
STUDENTS
Fellowship Program
The Democratic Erosion Consortium Fellowship Program trains undergraduate students to conduct research, write policy briefs, and build the Democratic Erosion Event Dataset (DEED).