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Videos

  • "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

Partners

Kettering staff is supplemented by a wide network of associates, researchers, and fellows, as well as partner organizations interested in similar research. Those partner organizations are listed below.


The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation

The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that works to improve public life and politics. Founded in 1988 by Richard Harwood, the institute strives to increase civic engagement and reveal how communities work and change.

International Civil Society Consortium

The International Civil Society Consortium for Public Deliberation is an international, nonprofit network of civic organizations from around the world whose main aim is to enhance cooperation in promoting responsible democratic institutions and public deliberation.

International Institute for Sustained Dialogue

The International Institute for Sustained Dialogue is an independent organization formed in collaboration with the Kettering Foundation to promote the process of sustained dialogue for transforming racial and ethnic conflicts around the world. Sustained dialogue is a systematic, interactive, open-ended political process to transform conflictual relationships over time.

National Issues Forums Institute

The National Issues Forums Institute is a nonpartisan organization chartered in 1989 to promote the National Issues Forums (NIF). NIF is a network of civic, educational, and other organizations and individuals whose common interest is to promote public deliberation in the United States.

Public Agenda

For more than 25 years, Public Agenda has worked to bridge the gap between American leaders and the American public on issues ranging from foreign policy to education. Regularly consulted by policy makers and journalists alike, its innovative public opinion research features substantive public discussions in communities around the country on some of the toughest issues of the day.

Sustained Dialogue Campus Network

The Sustained Dialogue Campus Network, an initiative of the International Institute for Sustained Dialogue, is a network of students from colleges and universities using dialogue to transform their campus' social tensions and make their communities more cohesive. SDCN's mission is to train, mentor, and connect student leaders who initiate and sustain dialogues to build cohesive, engaged, and diverse campus communities across the country.

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