Events

Upcoming Events

Tue., March 3, 2026

AI and Jobs with Bharat Chander and Rob Reich

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’26

Tue., March 10, 2026

Ending the Russia–Ukraine War with Samuel Charap and Gabrielius Landsbergis

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’26

Past Events

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Tue., February 24, 2026

Proportional Representation with Bruce Cain and Lee Drutman

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’26

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Tue., February 17, 2026

Restrictions on Demonstrations at Private Universities with Richard Shweder and Shirin Sinnar

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’26

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Tue., February 10, 2026

Internet Regulation (The TAKE IT DOWN Act) with Eric Goldman and Jim Steyer

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’26

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Tue., February 3, 2026

Fetal Personhood with Rachel Rebouché and Chris Tollefsen

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’26

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Tue., January 27, 2026

Gender-Affirming Care with Alex Byrne and Amy Tishelman

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’26

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Tue., January 20, 2026

COVID Policies in Retrospect with Sara Cody and Stephen Macedo

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’26

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Tue., January 13, 2026

Israel–Palestine: The Future of Palestine with Dennis Ross and Shibley Telhami

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’26

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Tue., January 6, 2026

The Administrative State with Brian Fletcher and Saikrishna Prakash

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’26

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Tue., May 20, 2025

Town Hall: Universities and Government in the Court of Public Opinion

Past Event

Tue., March 11, 2025

Why African American Relative Disadvantage in U.S. Society Persists with Joshua Cohen and Glenn Loury

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’25

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Tue., March 4, 2025

Professionalization of College Athletics with Pamela S. Karlan and Condoleezza Rice

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’25

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Tue., February 25, 2025

Wealth Tax with Emmanuel Saez and Lawrence H. Summers

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’25

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Tue., February 18, 2025

U.S.–China Policy with Thomas Fingar and Glenn Tiffert

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’25

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Tue., February 11, 2025

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives with Brian Lowery, Iván Marinovic, and Eboo Patel

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’25

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Tue., February 4, 2025

Presidential Immunity with Michael McConnell and Bernadette Meyler

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’25

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Tue., January 28, 2025

Composition of the Supreme Court with William Baude and Daniel Epps

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’25

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Tue., January 21, 2025

College Admissions Policy with John Etchemendy and David Grusky

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’25

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Tue., January 14, 2025

Hate Speech with Nico Perrino and Jeremy Waldron

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’25

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Tue., January 7, 2025

Reparations with Daniel Fryer and Christopher Lewis

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Winter ’25

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Tue., June 4, 2024

Applying What We've Learned

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Spring ’24

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Tue., May 28, 2024

Immigration with Ran Abramitzky

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Spring ’24

Past Event

Tue., May 21, 2024

Protecting Children on Social Media with Jeff Hancock and Anna Lembke

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Spring ’24

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Tue., May 14, 2024

Government Regulation of Social Media with Aaron Mackey and Zephyr Teachout

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Spring ’24

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Tue., May 7, 2024

Meritocracy with Richard Epstein and Daniel Markovits

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Spring ’24

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Tue., April 30, 2024

Israel and Palestine with Salam Fayyad and Alon Tal

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Spring ’24

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Tue., April 23, 2024

Gun Regulation with John Donohue and Eugene Volokh

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Spring ’24

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Tue., April 16, 2024

Institutional Neutrality with Emily Levine, Robert Post, and Diego Zambrano

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Spring ’24

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Tue., April 9, 2024

Kidney Markets with Alvin Roth and Debra Satz

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Spring ’24

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Tue., April 2, 2024

Legacy Admissions with Richard Banks and Dustin Schroeder

From the Series: Democracy and Disagreement Spring ’24

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Thu., December 7, 2023

Innovation with MacArthur Fellow Heidi Williams

From the Series: Big Ideas

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Thu., November 30, 2023

Natural Language Processing with MacArthur Fellow Dan Jurafsky

From the Series: Big Ideas

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Thu., November 16, 2023

Bioorthogonal Chemistry with MacArthur Fellow and Nobel Laureate Carolyn Bertozzi

From the Series: Big Ideas

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Thu., November 9, 2023

Experimental Physics with MacArthur Fellow Monika Schleier-Smith

From the Series: Big Ideas

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Thu., November 2, 2023

Auctions with Nobel Laureates Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson

From the Series: Big Ideas

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Thu., October 26, 2023

Pediatric Neuro-oncology with MacArthur Fellow Michelle Monje

From the Series: Big Ideas

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Thu., October 19, 2023

Energy and Climate Change with Nobel Laureate Steven Chu

From the Series: Big Ideas

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Thu., October 12, 2023

Causal Inference with Nobel Laureate Guido Imbens

From the Series: Big Ideas

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Tue., October 3, 2023

Urban Ethnography with MacArthur Fellow Forrest Stuart

From the Series: Big Ideas

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Thu., September 28, 2023

Market Design with Nobel Laureate Alvin Roth

From the Series: Big Ideas

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Tue., April 27, 2021

Scientific espionage, open exchange, and American competitiveness

Past Event

Wed., April 7, 2021

The Science of Herd Immunity

Past Event

Tue., November 17, 2020

Big Challenges for the Next Decade

From the Series: Democracy Matters

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Tue., November 10, 2020

The Election Results and What's Next

From the Series: Democracy Matters

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Tue., October 27, 2020

U.S. Health Policy in the COVID Era and Beyond

From the Series: Democracy Matters

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Tue., October 20, 2020

Diversity, polarization, and racial injustice

From the Series: Democracy Matters

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Tue., October 13, 2020

Immigration and the American Dream

From the Series: Democracy Matters

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Tue., October 6, 2020

Inequality and the American Dream

From the Series: Democracy Matters

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Tue., September 29, 2020

How the Pandemic is Changing the Economy

From the Series: Democracy Matters

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Tue., September 22, 2020

The Challenges Posed by COVID-19 —and What Policy Makers Can Do About It

From the Series: Democracy Matters

Past Event

Tue., September 15, 2020

Challenges Facing Democracy in the U.S.

From the Series: Democracy Matters