This interdisciplinary panel explores contemporary challenges facing democracy and human rights. In a world shaken by emboldened autocrats, climate change, pandemics, and wars, how can we maintain the confidence in our ability as citizens to change things for the better?

The panel is organized by Philipp Kneis (Oregon State University) and Allison Davis-White Eyes (Fielding Graduate University). It is sponsored by OSU’s School of History, Philosophy, and Religion and OSU’s School of Public Policy, in cooperation with the Fielding Graduate University’s Global Democracy and Human Rights Initiative.