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The Centre for the Future of Democracy is a research institute at the University of Cambridge that was founded by David Runciman and Roberto Stefan Foa[1] in January of 2020.[2]

History

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At its launch,[3] the Centre released a report examining worldwide trends in satisfaction with democracy since the late twentieth century.[4] Centre reports rely upon data synchronization to merge and combine public opinion data from across the world and over time in order to reveal generalizable trends in global attitudes. The finding that democratic legitimacy had reached a fifty-year low led to coverage in the BBC,[5] The Atlantic,[6] and Politico,[7] and a second event was held two weeks later with Canadian politician Michael Ignatieff.[8]

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centre switched from live events to press releases, podcasts,[9] videos and data feeds to publications including the Financial Times and The Economist.[10] The Centre's second annual report, on the topic of youth and democracy, revealed declining satisfaction across generations.[11] On its release, it reached the number one most popular thread worldwide on Reddit,[12] as well as coverage in The Guardian, Financial Times,[13] The Times,[14] the Daily Telegraph,[15] Reuters,[16] CNN,[17] the Hindustan Times[18] and the BBC.[19]

A third report was released in January 2022 in partnership with the Luminate Group and YouGov examining how the global COVID-19 pandemic had affected support for democracy, political trust, and populism,[20] and was widely covered across UK[21][22][23] and global media.[24][25][26][27][28] In the wake of the war in Ukraine, the Centre released its fourth report a year later, examining trends in global attitudes towards the United States, Russia and China,[29] finding a growing divide between western democracies and the Global South.[30][31]

Since 2023 the Centre’s work has focused on the war in Ukraine, including published and non-published reports for UK government and international partners.[32][33]

Public Impact

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In addition to media coverage, the Centre is notable for engagement with global policy and decision makers, including the Biden administration Summit for Democracy,[34] the 2022, 2023 and 2024 Council of Europe World Forum for Democracy,[35] the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the 2024 Report of the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs.[36] Members have provided testimony to the UK House of Lords,[37] the UK Cabinet Office, Ministry of Defence, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and European Commission.

The public work of the Centre has been cited in books that discuss the state of global democracy, including authors such as Martin Wolf,[38] Yascha Mounk,[39] Alastair Campbell[40], Gideon Rachman,[41] and Moises Naim.[42]

References

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  1. ^ Amiguet, Lluís (2024-07-11). ""Roberto Foa: Researcher of Populism at the Centre for the Future of Democracy"". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  2. ^ "The Centre for the Future of Democracy". Bennett Institute for Public Policy. 2020-01-28. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  3. ^ "Centre for the Future of Democracy - Launch Event". Bennett Institute for Public Policy. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  4. ^ "Episode 218 - Are We Losing Faith in Democracy?". Talking Politics. 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  5. ^ "Dissatisfaction with democracy 'at record high'". BBC. 25 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Confidence in Democracy is at a Low Point". The Atlantic. 29 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Democratic dissatisfaction at highest level in 25 years: report". Politico. 29 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Michael Ignatieff on the future of democracy". Bennett Institute for Public Policy. 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  9. ^ "Episode 285 - Are Young People Losing Faith in Democracy?". Talking Politics. 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  10. ^ "Will Young People Let Democracy Die?" (video). youtube.com. The Economist. October 17, 2024.
  11. ^ "Youth and Satisfaction with Democracy". Bennett Institute for Public Policy.
  12. ^ "Millennials Less Satisfied with Democracy". Reddit. 19 October 2020.
  13. ^ Smith, Alan (16 December 2020). "Tomorrow's world in charts: Gen Z, climate change, China, Brexit and global trade". Financial Times.
  14. ^ "Millennials all over the world have lost faith in democracy". The Times. 20 October 2020.
  15. ^ Smith, Alan (20 December 2020). "Young Tories 'least likely millennials to believe you can be judged based on politics'". Daily Telegraph.
  16. ^ "Millennials get little satisfaction from democracy - Cambridge study". Reuters. 20 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Millennials are losing faith in democracy, study suggests". CNN. 20 October 2020.
  18. ^ Sonwalkar, Prasun (20 October 2020). "Global youth losing faith in democracy: Cambridge study". Hindustan Times.
  19. ^ "Newsday - BBC Sounds". BBC.
  20. ^ "The Great Reset". University of Cambridge File Repository. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  21. ^ Blakely, Rhys (17 January 2022). "Populism has been a victim of the Covid pandemic". The Times. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  22. ^ Trilling, Daniel (29 January 2022). "As the tide of populism recedes, is it taking our civil liberties with it?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  23. ^ Wolf, Martin (18 January 2022). "Business Leaders Have to Play a Better Political Role". Financial Times.
  24. ^ "Populism may be Losing its Influence". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  25. ^ "Populism on the ropes as divisions ease". China Daily. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  26. ^ "Populist Politics Lost Support During the Pandemic". CNBC. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  27. ^ Fricke, Thomas (28 January 2022). "Zwei Jahre Corona: Droht ein Comeback der Populisten? - Kolumne". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  28. ^ "Populism May Be Losing Its Influence Over Markets". Washington Post. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  29. ^ "A World Divided: Russia, China and the West". Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  30. ^ Douthat, Ross (12 April 2023). "Opinion | the World Could Move Toward Russia and China". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  31. ^ "The West Can't Afford Hubris About Russia's War in Ukraine". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  32. ^ "Online search data shows Russian morale remained low and 'tacit dissent' spiked after invasion of Ukraine". 17 May 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  33. ^ "Piercing the Fog of War – Tracking Public Opinion with New Online Data". Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship. 16 October 2024.
  34. ^ "Cambridge Centre for the Future of Democracy - Global Summit for Democracy" (PDF). The Summit for Democracy. 2 March 2022.
  35. ^ "Council of Europe Forum for Democracy". 6 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  36. ^ "Full House at the CIDOB Barcelona Centre for International Affairs". LinkedIn. 18 October 2024.
  37. ^ "House of Lords Constitution Committee Reports". UK Parliament.
  38. ^ Wolf, Martin. The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism. Penguin Random House.
  39. ^ Mounk, Yascha. The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure. Penguin Random House.
  40. ^ Campbell, Alastair. But What Can I Do?. Hutchinson Heinemann.
  41. ^ Rachman, Gideon. The Age of the Strongman. Penguin Random House.
  42. ^ Naim, Moses. The Revenge of Power: How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century. Macmillan.
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