Stanford
Democracy Hub

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

  • Deliberative Democracy Lab

    The Deliberative Democracy Lab at Stanford University conducts research and experiments focused on enhancing democratic practices and citizen engagement.

  • Mapping Militant Organizations

    The Mapping Militants Project identifies patterns in the evolution of militant organizations in specified conflict theatres and provides representations of changing relationships among groups.

  • Existential Risks Initiative

    The Stanford Existential Risks Initiative is dedicated to mitigating existential risks, such as extreme climate change, nuclear winter, global pandemics (and other risks from synthetic biology), and risks from advanced artificial intelligence.

  • European Security Initiative

    The European Security Initiative focuses on the Russia challenge to Europe’s security and steps that the United States and its European partners can take to maintain and strengthen European security.

  • 2020 Elections Oral History Project

    This oral history and corresponding policy paper attempts to capture their experiences and offer a path forward for healing the election community and protecting our democracy.

  • Political Economy and Governance Project

    The Political Economy and Governance stream within the Center on China's Economy and Institutions is focused on understanding the interaction of politics, economy and society in China.

  • Global Digital Policy Incubator

    The mission of the Global Digital Policy Incubator at the Stanford Cyber Policy Center is to inspire policy and governance innovations that reinforce Democratic values, universal human rights, and the rule of law in the digital realm.

  • Program on Platform Regulation

    The Program on Platform Regulation focuses on current or emerging law governing Internet platforms, with an emphasis on laws’ consequences for the rights and interests of Internet users and the public.

  • Program on Identity, Democracy, and Justice

    The Program on Identity, Democracy, and Justice (IDJ) at CDDRL advances innovative research on the multifaceted dimensions of identity and their role in democratic development, struggles for recognition, social justice, and inclusion.
  • Program on Governance and Emerging Technologies

    Program on Governance and Emerging Technologies

    The Program on Governance of Emerging Technologies aims to build a path for future research and policymaking in order to explore the impacts of emerging technologies on democratic governance, rule of law, and socioeconomic inequality.

  • Program on Capitalism and Democracy

    The Program on Capitalism and Democracy seeks to address the crisis in democratic capitalism, marked by public disaffection with the system and perceived market and political failures.

  • Program on Arab Reform and Democracy

    Examines the different social and political dynamics within Arab countries and the evolution of their political systems, focusing on the prospects, conditions and possible pathways for Democratic reform in the region.
  • Cyber Policy Center

    Cyber Policy Center

    Stanford University's research center for the interdisciplinary study of issues at the nexus of technology, governance and public policy focused on digital technologies impacting democracy, security, and geopolitics globally.