Fellows Share Research on Participation, Culture, and Democratic Resilience

The 2024 fellows conducted research this spring on a range of pressing challenges and opportunities for democracies today. Students shared their research this week, giving presentations on the role of public participation, civic and constitutional culture, and democratic resilience in preserving and advancing democracy.

Student research has explored current findings on these topics globally, as well as the sociopolitical, legal, and constitutional dynamics shaping these issues in Latin America.

Fellows Andreana Faucette and Paulina Licon analyzed the role of public participation and the right to resistance as a counterbalance to political power, drawing on experiences across Latin America.

Fellows Paulina Licon (left) and Andreana Faucette (right) discuss how resistance movements have shaped democratic participation across Latin America.

Fellows Bourne and Geraldine Fandiño explored civic and constitutional culture, using Panama as a case to understand how civic culture shapes democratic health and Chile as a case of constitutional reform as a path to democratic renewal.

Fellows Geraldine Fandiño (left) and Bourne (right) discuss the foundations for civic and constitutional culture in democracies.

Fellows María Gómez and Ariana Guerrero analyzed factors that contribute to successful democratic resilience in Latin American countries today, comparing trends across Latin America.

Fellows María Mercedes Gómez (left) and Ariana Guerrero (right) explain the concept of democratic resilience and how it has manifested in Latin American countries.

Students will continue their research on these and other topics while working at International IDEA in Panama and Chile this summer.