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Free Kiwis: Interview
New Zealand based podcast Free Kiwis interviews Dr. Fuller about how democracy came down to us from the ancient Greeks (or didn't quite);...
Apr 30, 20211 min read
ABC Australia: Counterpoint
Counterpoint's Amanda Vanstone interviews Dr. Roslyn Fuller about NGO funding in the political space, in response to Dr. Fuller's Spiked...
Feb 22, 20211 min read
The Billionaire Takeover of Civil Society
As the founder and operator of a civil society organization, I’ve often been astounded at calls to give NGOs a greater say in...
Jan 29, 202128 min read


Indus News: Global Dissatisfaction with Democracy
Indus News' Waqar Rizvi interviews Dr. Roslyn Fuller to comment on a study by the University of Cambridge showing that disillusionment...
Oct 22, 20201 min read


WORT FM: Democracy In Crisis
As part of WORT FM's series on 'Democracy in Crisis', Dr. Fuller debates Lawrence Lessig, Alex Kovner and Brett Hennig on the topic of...
Aug 27, 20201 min read
Irish Times: I went from criticising how democracy was practised to having to defend it as a concept
When I started researching democracy almost 15 years ago while writing my PhD at Trinity, many people expressed scepticism about my...
Jul 28, 20201 min read


Delib: The Practical Democracy Podcast
Digital Democracy expert, columnist and author Dr. Roslyn Fuller speaks to Delib's Ben Fowkes on how she became dedicated to working in...
Jun 2, 20201 min read
Tha National Interest: The New Authoritarianism: Trump, Populism, and the Tyranny of Experts
In this brief work, American sociologist Salvatore Babones makes the explosive argument that the most pressing threat of authoritarianism...
May 9, 20201 min read


The Inquisitive Biologist: Book Review - Beasts and Gods
Not long after posting my review of Can Democracy Work? A Short History of a Radical Idea, from Ancient Athens to Our World I received an...
Mar 30, 20201 min read
Catholic Herald: The digital age has sparked anxiety about democracy
Review of In Defence of Democracy by Patrick West The Brexit vote to leave the European Union and the ascent of Donald Trump to the...
Mar 5, 20201 min read
Washington Post: Is it really time to scrap democracy? Let’s examine the evidence.
Many pundits, political scientists and media outlets are pushing the story that democracy isn’t working. They point to results suggesting...
Feb 18, 20201 min read


LA Review of Books - A Guide to Restoring Faith in Democracy
by Steven Lavine AMERICAN DEMOCRACY is in trouble as never before. In the past, there have been moments when democratic process and...
Feb 2, 20201 min read


The State of 2020 - Podcast
Dr. Roslyn Fuller is interviewed about the US Presidential election on the State of 2020 Podcast: Episode 1 - Contenders For The...
Jan 27, 20201 min read
BBC Radio 4: Could an Ancient Athenian Fix Britain
Interview with Dr. Roslyn Fuller in episode 2 and episode 3 of Could an Ancient Athenian Fix Britain, hostef by Jon Harvey on BBC...
Jan 1, 20201 min read


LA Review of Books / Truthdig: Snowden: A Whistle-Blower Who Lived to Tell About It
I GENERALLY CARE relatively little for the personal lives of people of note, but something that always nagged me just slightly about...
Dec 15, 20191 min read


IPPR: Beyond the ‘Populist’ Label
Why it's time for progressive parties to embrace ‘populism’ One of the more common trends in the political commentary of past years is to...
Nov 27, 20192 min read
The UK in a Changing Europe: Why an election cannot replace a referendum
There are certainly good reasons to view Britain’s upcoming 12 December election as a de facto second Brexit referendum – just look at...
Nov 22, 20191 min read
Counterpoint: Democracy and dog's eyes
Democracy has been a bit on the nose since the Trump presidential election and the Brexit referendum. Some things are 'just too important...
Oct 21, 20191 min read
Spiked: In Defence of the People
When I began to study democracy over a dozen years ago, few of the so-called cultural elite were in a rush to argue against it as a form...
Sep 27, 20191 min read
Forbes: Will Technology Kill Democracy—Or Reinvent It?
By Brook Manville Once upon a time, many thought the internet would spawn a digital democratic utopia: harmonious, boundary-spanning...
Sep 8, 20191 min read
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