Georgetown Democracy Initiative

The Georgetown Democracy Initiative fosters the generation of new, actionable knowledge about democracy in the United States and around the globe. 

It serves as a platform to disseminate that knowledge and contributes to the development of strategies to address democracy’s erosion. Specifically, the initiative supports research, teaching, and programming across the university related to democracy and its evolution, and it serves as a neutral platform for academic-practitioner discussion and debate about democracy’s histories and futures.

As a Catholic and Jesuit university guided by the value of advancing the common good, and with an enduring commitment to building connections between research and practice, Georgetown University is uniquely situated to guide and contribute to conversations about democracy’s futures. The Georgetown Democracy Initiative is a university-wide effort supported by the Office of the Vice President for Global Engagement.