Topic: Interventions to Strengthen Democracy

Speakers:

1) Jamie Druckman, PhD, Martin Brewer Anderson Professor of Political Science, UR

2) Cameron Hecht, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, UR

Description: American politics is more divided than at any point in recent history. Scholars and practitioners have proposed a large range of behavioral interventions to de-polarize partisans and strengthen democratic norms. This project discusses the results from a mega-study that tested 25 interventions. At the conclusion of this presentation participants should be able to:

1) Discuss what polarization means and how it relates to democratic stability

2) Discuss interventions to de-polarize

3) Understand an intervention about shifting attribution and building common identity