Please join us on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 3:00pm for the Distinguished Speaker Seminar with Eliana La Ferrara (Bocconi University).

Please join us on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 4:00pm for the Distinguished Speaker Seminar with Sharad Goel (Harvard University).

Please join us on Monday, November 1, 2021 at 4:00pm for the Distinguished Speaker Seminar with S. Craig Watkins (MLK Visiting Professor).

Please join us on Monday, December 6, 2021 at 4:00pm for the Distinguished Speaker Seminar with Dirk Bergemann (Yale University).

Please join us on Friday, March 4 at 2:30pm for the IDSS Distinguished Speaker Seminar with Guido Imbens (Stanford University).

Please join us on Monday, April 4 at 4:00pm for the IDSS Distinguished Speaker Seminar with Mikhail Belkin (UC San Diego).

Please join us on Monday, May 2 at 4:00pm for the IDSS Distinguished Speaker Seminar with Elias Bareinboim (Columbia University).

https://youtu.be/KgsDweb3_fo Abstract: Sortition is a storied paradigm of democracy built on the idea of choosing representatives through lotteries instead of elections. In recent years this idea has found renewed popularity in the form of citizens’ assemblies, which bring together randomly selected people from all walks of life to discuss key questions and deliver policy recommendations. A principled approach to sortition, however, must resolve the tension between two competing requirements: that the demographic composition of citizens’ assemblies reflect the general population…

Please join us on Tuesday, November 8 at 4:00pm for the IDSS Distinguished Speaker Seminar with Jianqing Fan (Princeton University).

Please join us on Monday, December 5 at 4:00pm for the IDSS Distinguished Speaker Seminar with Susan Murphy (Harvard University).