Past Events
Summit on Digital Threats and Disinformation in Asia
Thursday, 6/4/2026, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
The event explored a range of challenges shaping the Asia's information environment.
Is There Any Hope to Stop Misinformation?
Tuesday, 4/7/2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Berinsky's talk will explore why efforts to fight misinformation keep falling short, and what it takes to actually make progress
Tuesday, 3/24/2026, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Food for Thought brings together faculty and university affiliates who want to share their research with the broader university community.
Wednesday, 1/21/2026, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
The book's authors will discuss the Twenty-Sixth Amendment and the fight for American Democracy on College Campuses.
The State of Democracy in Trump's America: Year One
Tuesday, 10/21/2025, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
The event will feature speakers who will examine the challenges the current presidency poses to democracy.
Calling All Recent Civil Servants: Design Thinking and Networking Workshop
We Want Your Input into Designing a New Digital Platform Regulator
Friday, 6/13/2025, 1:30pm - 3:30pm
IDDP is inviting recent civil servants—from any US Federal Agency—to join in an afternoon of design thinking and networking.
Defending Democracy: A Conversation with Liz Cheney.
Wednesday, 10/30/2024, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
A Conversation with Liz Cheney regarding the challenges journalists face reporting on elections and politics as threats to democratic norms are ever increasing.
Addressing Researcher Harassment
A Fireside Chat and Panel Discussion to Launch New Researcher Support Tools
Friday, 9/20/2024, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
This event will unveil new researcher support tools and discussions will anchor on how the community can come together to support researchers.
How Science Lost America and How To Get it Back
Thursday, 3/23/2023, 4:00pm - 11:59pm
Science AAAS Journals and GW's Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics, Bright Institute and Digital Trade & Data Governance Hub
Strategies for Protecting the World's Vulnerable People
Thursday, 2/23/2023, 5:00pm - 11:59pm
Governments, humanitarian organizations and private contractors are capturing, storing and sharing an ever increasing volume of identity data.