New Cornell Center on Democracy will support democratic principles at home and abroad | Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Center on Democracy was launched to strengthen democratic institutions and practices amid global democratic challenges. The center is rooted in the land-grant mission to serve the public good and aims to advance practical, objective, and globally relevant ideas. It mobilizes more than 100 faculty members across social sciences, law, humanities, philosophy, communication, computer and information science, city planning, engineering, and global development. The center focuses on three pillars: strengthening the rule of law and anti-corruption, rebuilding democratic engagement, dialogue, and pluralism, and democratically governing AI and emerging technologies. Its first phase will launch teams addressing real-world research questions with actionable outputs.

"“The Cornell Center on Democracy responds to a moment when democracy is facing challenges in the world,” said Riedl, a professor in the Brooks School and the Department of Government (A&S). “It is also a time when citizens and practitioners are looking for strategies to be more empowered and work across social and partisan divides, to contribute to defending democratic resilience, bolstering human dignity and upholding constitutional checks on governmental power. Applying scientific, empirical methods, the center will engage in research that contributes to strengthening democracy for today and tomorrow.”"

"To investigate those issues, the center brings together more than 100 faculty members spanning the social sciences, law, humanities, philosophy, communication, computer and information science, city planning, engineering and global development, with research and partnerships in U.S. states and around the world. Their work will focus on three core pillars: strengthening the rule of law and anti‑corruption; rebuilding democratic engagement, dialogue and pluralism; and democratically governing AI and emerging technologies."

"The center aims to advance practical, objective and globally relevant ideas to improve democratic institutions and practices across the U.S. and abroad. Rooted in Cornell's land‑grant mission to serve the public good, the center will strengthen democracy through rigorous research, democratic education and public engagement. The first phase will launch teams focused on real‑world research questions pairing scholarship with actionable output."

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