The Rise of Authoritarian Populism
Pippa Norris

Wednesday, January 22, 2025, from 11 AM to 3:00 PM.

Join your fellow members, guests, and alumni for a special presentation by our newest member and renowned faculty member of the Harvard community, Dr. Pippa Norris. We will gather at the JFK Museum, 397 Main St. in Hyannis at 11:00 AM.  Dr. Norris will address the topic of The Rise of Authoritative Populism followed by Q&A. 

At 12:30 PM, after the presentation, those interested will gather at nearby Alberto’s Ristorante for lunch.  You order your meal from their menu and pay for what you ordered at the restaurant.  For those of you that can not attend in person, a virtual option to attend is offered.  The cost of the event is $10.00 and the deadline for registration is January 21.

Pippa Norris is the Paul F. McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Vice President of the World Values Survey, and founding Director of the Electoral Integrity Project.

An Anglo-American political scientist and public speaker, she has taught at Harvard for more than thirty years. Her research compares election and public opinion, democracy, political communications, and gender politics around the world. She is the second most cited political scientist worldwide according to Google Scholar.
 
She has authored over 50 books. Recent books include Cultural Backlash: Trump, Brexit and Authoritarian-Populism (2019 Cambridge University Press, with Ronald Inglehart) and In Praise of Skepticism: Trust but Verify (2022 Oxford University Press). A new book, The Cultural Roots of Democratic Backsliding, is currently under development for Oxford University Press.

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