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Lunch and a Lecture with John de Graaf
John de Graaf spoke on Feb 25 at a University of Washington luncheon on his experience as an advisor to the government of Bhutan, Gross National Happiness and other international indices of well-being and happiness, [...]
Community Leaders and CCCE Join to Rethink Prosperity
CCCE director Lance Bennett and his team invited a group of local thought leaders to join the conversation about the Center's new project Rethinking Prosperity, which is a learning and civic engagement program to re-imagine, [...]
Shaping a New Narrative for a New Economy: Live Call Event with David Korten and Otto Scharmer
On December 8, 2014, faculty and students from the Communication and the Political Science departments at the University of Washington joined CCCE to participate in a global conference call with David Korten and Otto Scharmer. [...]
Join Rethinking Prosperity at the UW Center for Communication and Civic Engagement for this live call event:
SHAPING A NEW NARRATIVE FOR A NEW ECONOMY A conversation with David Korten and Otto Scharmer facilitated by Charles Holmes; via conference call. December 8, 2014 11:15am - 1:00pm, Facilitated Call and Small Group Discussion [...]
Lance Bennett’s Connective Action on The Conversation
On September 29, 2014, Prof. Lance Bennett delivered a public lecture on his recently published book The Logic of Connective Action at the University of Sidney. The lecture, which was part of an Australian Political [...]
Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist David Cay Johnston Discussed Inequality at CCCE
On Tuesday, May 13, 2014, renowned journalist and author David Cay Johnston visited the Center for Communication & Civic Engagement (CCCE). In the morning, Johnston spoke to students in CCCE director Professor Lance Bennett's 350 [...]
Prof. Amber Boydstun (UC Davis) Introduced Policy Frames Project at CCCE Sponsored Talk
On Wednesday, April 23, 2014, Amber E. Boydstun, who is an Assistant Professor at the University of California - Davis, presented a research project that she is working on with her colleagues Justin Gross (University [...]
Visiting Scholar Per Selle Discussed the Scandinavian Welfare State at CCCE Talk
On Wednesday, February 19, 2014, visiting exchange scholar Per Selle from the University of Bergen in Norway gave a talk entitled "The Origins of the Scandinavian Welfare State and Its Future in a Neoliberal World." [...]
Puget Sound Off, Youth-led Civic Engagement Platform Relaunched
It's a new year and with new faces in City Hall, PugetSoundOff.org is inviting youth, policy makers and invested adults to join in conversation on the newly designed civic voice platform, which launched on January [...]
Rethinking Collective Action in the Age of Personalized Communication and Politics
CCCE Director Bennett Publishes “The Logic of Connective Action: Digital Media and the Personalization of Contentious Politics” with Colleague Alexandra Segerberg Late modern democracies have undergone a historic shift. Citizens, particularly the youngest segments of [...]