How democratic are ordinary citizens in Western democracies? Academic research has extensively studied this question recently. This 🧵summarizes some of the most important findings from the past 10 years in 22 short tweets 👇🏾

Thought-provoking The New York Times column on polarization & anti-democratic attitudes in the US. Thanks to @Edsall for the mention of our work (look for the "Braley intervention" 🤣) Gabriel S. Lenz Dhaval Adjodah Hossein Rahnama Alex Pentland nytimes.com/2023/02/08/opi…

I am speaking at SPSP 2023 Annual Convention. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! #SPSP2023

🚨🚨🚨What are the most effective interventions to reduce partisan animosity & anti-democratic attitudes in the US? At our #SPSP2023 symposium today at 11am (Hyatt: Centennial 4) feat Nick Stagnaro, Robb Willer Julia Minson🇺🇦 Alia Braley Samantha Moore-Berg @MikeyPasek, you can find out!

#SPSP2023 was a great chance to learn more about the impressive research programs underlying some of the best performing interventions in the Strengthening Democracy Challenge! You can watch the symposium @ shorturl.at/fpqy2 or read the papers in the 🧵thread🧵below

New work from Alia Braley et al. finds that U.S. voters’ misperceptions about opposing partisans’ commitment to democracy may unintentionally contribute to democratic backsliding. Gabriel S. Lenz Dhaval Adjodah Hossein Rahnama Alex Pentland nature.com/articles/s4156…

"You can increase people’s willingness to adhere to democratic norms by lowering their fear of the other side." - Alia Braley So much of our extreme division comes down to faulty perceptions we have of each other. Learn more about this research: news.berkeley.edu/2023/05/22/ber…

Take a look at our blog post for the Nature Portfolio "Behind the Paper" series that also links to our new article in Nature Human Behaviour on potential ways to strengthen democracy amid toxic polarization. Gabriel S. Lenz Dhaval Adjodah Hossein Rahnama Alex Pentland socialsciences.nature.com/posts/why-vote…

Avoiding a "death spiral for democracy": Research from Alia Braley, Gabriel S. Lenz, Dhaval Adjodah, Hossein Rahnama, + Alex Pentland suggests that showing people their political opponents value democratic norms can reduce partisan fear + willingness to subvert those norms. news.mit.edu/2023/facing-de…

Another Aletheia paper by Alia Braley, Gabriel S. Lenz et al. on "The Subversion Dilemma" was a huge success: aletheia-platform.netlify.app/publication/br… 4/n

As we bid adieu to these terrific outgoing scholars, we're thrilled to welcome a new folks this Fall: Alia Braley, Will Blakey, Izzy Gainsburg, Jonas Schöne, as well as new undergrad RAs: Sebastian Kane, Ben Kinder, Lavanya Sundar & Tiffany Saade.

Continuing our work with strengthening democracy - how GenAI can promote civil discourse with a framework for opportunities & risks w/ platform integration. Proud to collaborate with Alex Pentland, Lily Tsai, José Ramón Enríquez, Lula Chen, and Anka Reuel | @ankareuel.bsky.social mit-genai.pubpub.org/pub/mn45hexw/r…

Excited to be part of this conversation next week. Click here to register for free! …monwealthclub.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/insta…

🚨🚨Call for Submissions🚨🚨 For the “Structural Democratic Reforms Project” we are gathering ideas from a diverse range of academics, practitioners, and concerned citizens. Submit your ideas for reforms to improve our political system NOW! democratic-reforms.org/submit 1/

Our work in Ohio getting a little attention already! "Americans are divided. Can getting to know each other better help?" signalcleveland.org/americans-are-… via Signal Cleveland