The Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD) invites members of the Princeton University community to a lecture and High Tea featuring David M. Beasley, former Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) and former Governor of the state of South Carolina on May 10, 2023 at 4:00 pm. Mr. Beasley will be in…
A growing consensus suggests that an underlying cause of anti-democratic attitudes and support for partisan violence is that partisans misperceive the other side. That is, they vastly exaggerate the extent to which members of the other party are obstructionist, anti-democratic, and supportive of violence. When these…
Professor Patrick Devine-Wright’s expertise spans human geography and environmental psychology with a primary interest in the social acceptance of energy infrastructures, community engagement and place attachment. He is Director of the ESRC-funded ACCESS (Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science) leadership…
How can moments with potential for transformational change be recognized and acted upon? What can be learned from the dramatic change in efforts to loosen the grip of organized crime on public institutions in America in the 1960s, the reform of the Teamsters Union in the 1970s-1990s, and the current battle against corruption in…
Join us for lunch and a conversation with Jim McCloskey who, since 1983, has freed 67 men and women who were serving life or death sentences for crimes they did not commit. “We take on the hard cases – those that have no DNA available to prove our clients’ innocence. We re-investigate the crime, uncovering lost evidence,…
American society is continually evolving, and Congress is struggling to keep pace. Deepening polarization in Washington has only worsened the gridlock, and the need for congressional reform has never been greater. Hear US Representative Derek Kilmer and Former US Representative Mickey Edwards explain their ideas to improve…
Join us for the next FOCUS Speaker Series event in Robertson Hall, at 4:30 pm on Thursday, March 30, 2023. In collaboration with the School of Public and International Affairs, ODUS will feature Judge Zahid Nisar Quraishi in conversation with Professor Udi Ofer of the SPIA department.
Olesya Shmagun has been working on major global anti-corruption exposes including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Panama Papers. She will reflect on 7 years covering high corruption in Russia. During those years, Putin became even more powerful while the citizens of Russia became more oppressed. All public critics of Putin ended up…
