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Snf agora institute

Facilities

SNF Agora Institute building plans unveiled

Published Sept 19, 2019

Architects at Renzo Piano Building Workshop envision 'open, accessible, transparent' building that can host conferences, speakers, art exhibitions, community events

Discourse

SNF Agora director lays out institute's guiding principles

Published June 27, 2019

At Athens workshop, political scientist Hahrie Han says citizens must cultivate the capacity to engage in their democracy

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On peace, tribalism, and conflict

Published June 24, 2019

Beyond Conflict founder Tim Phillips speaks as part of the SNF Agora Institute's "Talking (and Listening) Across Divides" conference Wednesday

Journalist Anne Applebaum joins SNF Agora Institute

Published April 25, 2019

Applebaum, a 'Washington Post' columnist and an expert on the history of communism and post-communist Europe, will also join JHU's School of Advanced International Studies as a senior fellow

Democracy Dialogues

Big tech, China, and the new age of activism

Published April 19, 2019

Zeynep Tufekci and Alec Ross discuss the complex intersection of technology and democracy at event hosted by SNF Agora Institute

Hahrie Han named SNF Agora Institute director

Published April 4, 2019

Han comes to Hopkins from UC Santa Barbara with a research focus on civic and political participation, collective action, organizing, and social change

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Discourse on democracy

Published March 15, 2019

Event co-hosted by SNF Agora Institute, Renew Democracy Initiative brings together leading experts to discuss the rise of populist movements and the threat they pose to democracy around the globe

Diverse lineup of thought leaders to discuss future of democracy

Published March 11, 2019

SNF Agora Institute, Renew Democracy Initiative co-host daylong conference featuring more than 20 leading pundits, policymakers, scholars, and journalists