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Videos

  • "The process of involving people, even if they have different points of view, maybe conflicting points of view, is very important."

    Svetlana Chernikova

  • Coping With the Cost of Health Care:

    What Is The Public Voice?

    Video Podcast

  • "We can improve the conversation and that directly impacts people's lives."

    Martin Carcasson

  • DDEX

  • Ibtesam, Rhanda Slim

    Mideast Network

  • "In our research, we look at what ideas community leaders have about the role of the public in deliberating issues and forming policy."

    Alberto Olivas

  • "When I'm working with the different Pacific Island communities, I must make sure that their way of being is always respected and regarded."

    Moerangi Falaoa

  • "You can't sustain an urban community without the voice of its citizens."

    Louise Spiegel

  • "Students have more of a sense that 'maybe we can do that, too.'"

    Katy Harriger

Podcasts

  • David Mathews discusses Education Research
  • Speaking of Politics Interview

Institutions and Professions

Kettering studies the role in a democracy of specialized, highly skilled, often very technical professionals and of the institutions and organizations in which they function. In this research area, the foundation asks: in a global, expert-driven world, can citizens really do anything that will make a significant difference?

In addition to schools and government, other institutions affect the public’s ability to govern itself. These institutions—the media, higher education, philanthropic institutions, and NGOs—and the professions they rely on, can unintentionally weaken self-rule by rely on expert knowledge instead public knowledge or by not using civic action and public work to reinforce institutional action.

The Institutions, Professions and the Public program area is made up of four distinct subgroups:

Media and Democracy
Public Academy
Philanthropy in Democracy
NGOs and the Citizenry

In all of these subgroups, Kettering seeks to learn more about how professional and institutional routines affect the work of citizens and how these routines could better align with democratic practices.

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