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SNF Agora Institute launches search for next director

Published Nov 25, 2025

Political scientist Hahrie Han, who has led the institute since 2019 and recently received a MacArthur Fellowship, will step down from the role this summer to focus on her scholarship

14 contemporary people stand on the pieces of a shattered United States flag, with some of them using mobile devices, in this conceptual illustration representing challenges faced by the country

Politics+Society

Study: Americans deeply concerned about U.S. democracy

Published Nov 23, 2025

Across party lines, 84% of survey participants say democracy is in crisis or facing serious challenges, with distinct divides emerging within the Republican Party

President Daniels, center, speaking in front of the gathering for the Democracy and Freedom Festival

Politics+Society

Democracy thrives with communication, connection

Published Oct 21, 2025

Panelists at SNF Agora Institute's fifth-annual Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival say tapping into our shared humanity is the key to finding common ground in a divisive time

Faculty honors

Political scientist Hahrie Han receives genius grant

Published Oct 8, 2025

Han, who studies political organizing and collective action and who has led the university's SNF Agora Institute since 2019, among 22 individuals to receive coveted MacArthur Foundation recognition

A drawing of a coronavirus in grey watercolor background to illustrate dangerous cases of a pandemic

Voices

Experts to debate legacy of U.S. COVID-19 response

Published Sept 12, 2025

Second debate in the Hopkins Forum series will be held on Sept. 17 with Tom Frieden, Jerome Adams, Dara Kass, and Mike Varshavski

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at a press briefing June 14

Q+A

The rise of politically motivated violence

Published June 23, 2025

Johns Hopkins political scientist Lilliana Mason explains how political violence is eroding American democracy

The incoming SNF Agora Institute Visiting Fellows are (top row, from left) Amy B. Becker, Rosy Sunshine Galvan, Masha Lisitsyna, Felix Maradiaga, Rev. Johnnie Moore, (second row, from left) Reuben Ng, David Park, Gabriel Rossman, Daniel Sabet, (bottom row, from left) Eugene Scott, Nigel Semaj, Benjamin Storey, Jenna Silber Storey, and Jon Temin.

SNF Agora Institute announces visiting fellows

Published May 28, 2025

Leaders in democratic development, public-minded AI, and civic life—including the institute's inaugural Artist in Residence—will join JHU for the next academic year