How can faith-based efforts contribute to a more inclusive and resilient democracy? A panel of spiritual leaders discusses how religious belonging can inform civic culture.
This workshop brings together scholars to explore how social contagions can be used to understand how AI and related digital technologies may challenge or, potentially, fortify democratic institutions and practices.
U.S. Senator John Cornyn of Texas reflects on the important role Congress plays in meeting Americans’ needs.
Watch now: Privacy sheds light on how AI systems impact privacy and consider pathways for addressing the challenges they raise.
How does the ongoing search for healthy relationships with a changing landscape influence Indigenous approaches to democracy, governance, and policymaking?
Archon Fung (Harvard Kennedy School), editor of Empowering Affected Interests, explores with Kirsten Gelsdorf (UVA Batten School) how democracy could be reconfigured in a world defined by increasing global interdependence.
Watch now: Critically examining the implications of integrating AI systems into museums as spaces of interdisciplinary learning, creativity, research, and intercultural dialogue.
Public trust in government institutions and faith in democracy itself have eroded over six decades. Why has this happened, and what can we do about it?
Matthew Continetti of the American Enterprise Institute shares his insights about the pressures that have shaped conservative thought and the conflicts between a desire for mainstream acceptance and the pull of extremism and populism.
Michele Norris delivers UVA's 2025 Community MLK Celebration keynote address, followed by a discussion with Melody Barnes, executive director of UVA’s Karsh Institute of Democracy.