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"The process of involving people, even if they have different points of view, maybe conflicting points of view, is very important."
Svetlana Chernikova
Coping With the Cost of Health Care:
What Is The Public Voice?
Video Podcast
"We can improve the conversation and that directly impacts people's lives."
Martin Carcasson
DDEX
Ibtesam, Rhanda Slim
Mideast Network
"In our research, we look at what ideas community leaders have about the role of the public in deliberating issues and forming policy."
Alberto Olivas
"When I'm working with the different Pacific Island communities, I must make sure that their way of being is always respected and regarded."
Moerangi Falaoa
"You can't sustain an urban community without the voice of its citizens."
Louise Spiegel
"Students have more of a sense that 'maybe we can do that, too.'"
Katy Harriger
Podcasts
David Mathews discusses Education Research
Speaking of Politics Interview
Experiments Around the U.S and the World
Kettering studies have been drawn from and used by such institutions as those represented by the National Conference of State Legislatures, the Southern Growth Policies Board, the American Bar Association, and the Colorado and Kentucky state school board associations.
One of the most notable experiments is going on in Hawaii, where the legislature has asked a faculty group at the state university (which has collaborated with Kettering in research) for information on how deliberative citizens weigh the trade-offs on issues before the general assembly.
Faculty at Gulf Coast Community College in Florida and other institutions have done much the same for local and state officials, as well as their representatives in Congress. Public deliberation also allows officials a glimpse into public thinking, or how the public goes about making up its mind when difficult choices have to be made.
Nongovernmental organizations outside the United States also collaborate with Kettering, and members of their staffs come to the foundation as
visiting fellows
. The people who participate in this fellowship program have come from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America, Eastern and Central Europe, and the Pacific Basin.
In collaboration with the
International Institute for Sustained Dialogue
, which has projects from Tajikistan to South Africa, Kettering studies the role of citizens in political conflict that has been or threatens to become violent.
The foundation also exchanges research staff with Chinese institutes and universities and conducts joint research on the perception that citizens in the two countries have of one another.
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