At Doctors of Democracy (DODO), we improve the conversation around democratic reform by injecting humility, humor, and nuance into a polarized field—all without pushing a personal "pet" agenda. Our name plays homage to our four-step diagnostic approach:
Reflect on values to build self-awareness.
Identify the “symptoms” currently plaguing our politics.
Diagnose the “ailments” afflicting our democracy.
Prescribe evidence-based actions and reforms to facilitate a lasting recovery.
The power of the people, the democratic process, and strong democratic institutions.
The importance of self-reflection and personal growth.
The diagnostic approach.
The transformative capacity of education.
The power of change.
Promoting civic education and engagement.
We provide engaging, accessible, and evidence-based resources and interactive apps on democratic institutions and electoral reform for stakeholder and public learning.
Encouraging self-growth and humor.
We provide opportunities for reflection and personal growth and incorporate fun into all of our activities. Democracy is something we actively enjoy and we want you to too!
Educating and training democracy reform movements.
Utilizing our network of democracy scholars, we engage with the reform movement by providing technical assistance and learning resources aimed at improving data literacy and expanding the use of peer-reviewed studies in the democracy reform movement.
Supporting educational exchanges and democracy scholars.
We actively develop programs to facilitate educational exchanges focused on shared learning about democratic institutions and maintain a collaborative network of democracy scholars. We support them with an organizing hub, a data clearinghouse, and opportunities to present research to non-academic audiences.