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Director's Corner

Director's Corner

OVERVIEW

IPG offers three affiliated essay and commentary series' that seek to give voice to novel, critical and interesting ideas.  With a view to becoming a force for democratic change, we encourage students, faculty and the broader community to engage with us as we learn from the past and present, and explore future possibilities.

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SOUNDINGS

Soundings is a bi-weekly commentary by the director of IPG on questions relevant to contemporary issues of democracy and society.

TIDINGS

Tidings essays provide a quarterly reflection from the director on questions and concerns central to IPG's mission.

RE: REFLECTIONS & EXPLORATIONS

Reflections & Explorations are student and research faculty essays that contemplate and examine issues that are key to democracy, governance and politics at all scales of analysis.