November 8th, 2011

CDDRL now accepting applications for Pre and Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law is currently accepting applications from pre-doctoral students at the write-up stage and from new postdoctoral scholars working in any of the four program areas of democracy, development, evaluating the efficacy of democracy promotion, and rule of law. Applicants working at the intersection of two or more of these issue areas will receive preferential consideration. Read more »

November 3rd, 2011

Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program recruitment opens

The Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program is recruiting rising leaders from around the world to join the 2012 program scheduled for July 22-August 10 at Stanford University. Read more »

June 22nd, 2011

Introducing the 2011 Draper Hills Summer Fellows

Twenty-seven rising leaders from emerging democracies around the world have been named to the 2011 class of Draper Hills Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development at CDDRL. Read more »

June 14th, 2011

CDDRL honors students recognized for outstanding theses

The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) is pleased to announce that undergraduate senior honors student Yihana von Ritter was awarded The Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research for her outstanding thesis examining HIV/AIDS policy in Papua New Guinea. Von Ritter together with seven other students comprised the 2011 graduating class of CDDRL Undergraduate Honors Students. Read more »

April 27th, 2011

Announcing the 2011-12 pre and post-doctoral fellows

Each year, CDDRL awards fellowships to four outstanding pre and post-doctoral students who are in the write-up stage or recent graduates from doctoral programs examining the fields of democracy, development, and the rule of law. Fellows spend the academic year at the Center completing their projects, participating in seminars, and interacting with the resident faculty and research staff. Read more »

April 26th, 2011

2011 Draper Hills Summer Fellows Selected

Twenty-eight rising leaders from emerging democracies around the world have been named to the 2011 class of Draper Hills Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development at CDDRL. Read more »

Announcing the 2012 CDDRL senior honors students

The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford University is pleased to announce the 2012 class of Senior Honors Students. This marked the first year that CDDRL is officially an interdisciplinary honors program, allowing the Center to reach beyond the traditional international relations discipline and recruit students from computer science, economics, political science, history, and beyond. Read more »

January 25th, 2011

CDDRL accepting applications to Senior Honors Program

CDDRL is now accepting applications to our interschool Senior Honors program from eligible juniors focusing on democracy, economic development, and rule of law subjects in any university department. Qualified applicants will demonstrate sufficient depth and breadth of democracy, economic and social development, rule of law, and human rights or justice course work. They should hold a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.5 at the time they apply and must maintain this GPA throughout the program. Admitted students must be able to attend the CDDRL Honors College in Washington, DC tentatively scheduled for September 11-17. Applications are due in the CDDRL office by February 25 at 5:00 pm and students will be notified of admission to the program by March 11. For additional eligibility and program requirements, please reference the link below.

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November 23rd, 2010

Postdoctoral fellowships for Program on Global Justice

In early January 2011, The Center for Ethics in Society will be accepting applications for our two post doctoral fellowship programs. It is our hope that our post doctoral fellows will partner with us to develop an inter-disciplinary ethics community across the campus. More information about the application process and the specific deadlines will be posted during Fall quarter.

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July 21st, 2010

Post Doctoral Fellows teach Global Justice class

Allegra McLeod, Post Doctoral Fellow for the Program on Global Justice, and Kieran Oberman, Post Doctoral Fellow for the Program on Global Justice and the Center for Ethics in Society, are seen preparing for a session of Introduction to Global Justice. Each year the program's Post Doctoral Fellows have the opportunity, as part of their appointment, to teach the Stanford course which includes recent work in political theory on global justice. The course is designed to encourage students to think critically about some of the important questions regarding such issues as global poverty, human rights, fair trade, immigration and climate change. Questions include: Do developed countries have a duty to aid developing countries? When is humanitarian intervention justified? and Is torture ever justified? Readings include Charles Beitz, Thomas Pogge and John Rawls.

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Rising international stars: 2010 Draper Hills Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development

Rising leaders from a diverse group of nations in transition, including China, Russia, Ukraine, Syria, Iran, Pakistan, and Nigeria arrived on July 25 for a three-week seminar with Stanford faculty, designed to foster linkages among democracy, development, and the rule of law. Initiated by FSI's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law six years ago, the program has created a network of some 139 leaders from 62 transitioning countries. "Draper Hills Summer Fellows are innovative, courageous, and committed leaders, who strive to improve governance, enhance civic participation, and invigorate development under very challenging circumstances," says CDDRL Director Larry Diamond. The program owes much to the vision and generosity of benefactors William Draper III and Ingrid Hills, emphasize Diamond and CDDRL Deputy Director Kathryn Stoner-Weiss. Read more »

August 18th, 2009

Draper Hills Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development complete training

Rising leaders from some of the world's most challenging nations, including China, Russia, Ukraine, Iraq, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, recently completed a three-week seminar at Stanford as Draper Hills Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development. This year's extraordinary fellows included members of parliament, government advisors, civic activists, jurists, journalists, international development experts and founders of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The program, now in its fifth year, seeks to foster linkages among democracy, economic development, human rights, and the rule of law, and has received generous gifts from William Draper III and Ingrid von Mangoldt Hills. Read more »

April 17th, 2009

Joshua Cohen's Program on Global Justice joins Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL)

The Program on Global Justice, which explores issues at the intersection of political norms and global political-economic realities, has joined CDDRL, Center Director Larry Diamond announced. Josh Cohen, a professor of political science, philosophy, and law, came to Stanford from M.I.T. in 2006 to launch a new program on global justice at FSI. Read more »

October 30th, 2008

Program on Global Justice/Center for Ethics in Society seek postdoctoral fellows for 2009-2010

This year we again seek two candidates for the fellowship positions. One of the fellowships will be housed entirely in the Program on Global Justice, and one will be jointly sponsored by the Center and Program: candidates for these positions should additionally have research interests in international topics. Fellows will teach one class (typically a seminar), participate in the Political Philosophy and/or Global Justice Workshops, and help in developing an inter-disciplinary ethics community across the campus.

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September 11th, 2008

Decisive gifts enable summer fellows program to continue with bold vision

With more than a million dollars in committed new funding, CDDRL's Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development marches into its fifth year with a sustainable future and also a new name: the Draper Hills Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development. The program's new name recognizes the generous commitments of William Draper III and Ingrid von Mangoldt Hills to fund the program and enable it to continue its bold vision. Read more »

August 6th, 2008

Draper Hills Summer Fellows program begins; one fellow prevented from leaving her home country

The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford University is pleased to announce its new class of Draper Hills Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development. This year's fellows--26 outstanding civic, political, and economic leaders from 23 countries in transition--have been selected from more than 800 applications. They will be on the Stanford campus for three weeks, from July 28 to August 15, 2008. Read more »

March 20th, 2008

BIOSKETCH: Larry Diamond

Larry Diamond has been appointed as a Senior Fellow in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI). Currently a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, a renowned scholar of democratization, and prolific in both editorial and policy work, Diamond is an active member of FSI's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL). He coordinates the Program on Democracy, which examines the comparative dynamics of democratic functioning and change in the contemporary world, with a particular focus on the countries of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and the post-communist world. He has also established the offshoot program, Democracy in Taiwan, in 2006, and is a central participant in the Stanford Summer Fellows Program on Democracy and Development. Read more »

August 30th, 2007

CDDRL has concluded its third year of the Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development Program

The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) has concluded its third year of the Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development Program held July 30th-August 17th, 2007. Read more »

May 3rd, 2007

Twenty-seven Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development announced for 2007

The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford University is pleased to announce its new class of Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development. This year's fellows - 27 outstanding civic, political, and economic leaders from 22 countries in transition - have been selected from more than 500 applications. Read more »

January 18th, 2007

Fellowship in Global Justice

The Program on Global Justice in collaboration with the Program in Ethics in Society seeks to appoint a postdoctoral fellow for 2007-2008. Applicants should have a doctoral degree from a philosophy, political science, or law program, and research interests in global ethics and politics. Read more »

January 1st, 2007

Bright young stars pursue democracy and development, at home and abroad

In a 1999 article profiling six of "China's bright young stars," the New York Times described Junning Liu as "one of China's most influential liberal political thinkers." Today, sitting in a delegate-style conference room, Liu wants to add a point to Tom Heller's discussion of risk assessment and the role of law in doing business. "There are more businesspeople in Chinese prisons than dissidents," Liu says evenly, with a suggestion of a smile. "So you see--Chinese people mind the situation more than you [the foreign investors] do." Read more »

August 25th, 2006

2005 CDDRL Summer Fellow comments on political situation in Afghanistan

Ahmad Fahim Hakim, deputy chairman of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission and an alumnus of CDDRL's Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development program, warns that corruption in Afghanistan is so widespread, and the divide between rich and poor so gaping, that President Karzai is losing public support. Read more »

August 14th, 2006

Second class of Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development completes three-week symposium

The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford University has concluded its second year of the Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development program. This year's fellows - 26 outstanding civic, political, and economic leaders from 21 countries in transition - were selected from more than 800 applications. Read more »

July 20th, 2006

Two of CDDRL's 2005 Summer Fellows among Russian opposition activists meeting with President Bush in advance of G-8 Summit

President Bush met with Russian opposition activists on July 14 in St. Petersburg, Russia. In the small group meeting with the president were 2005 CDDRL Stanford Summer Fellows Alumnae Tanya Lokshina, chairwoman of the DEMOS Center for Information and Research, and Daria Miloslavskaya, founder of the "Human Rights Hotline." Read more »

April 1st, 2006

Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law: The New Wave

Interest in democracy, economic development, and the rule of law is clearly on the rise. Just as global attention in 2005 remained riveted on establishing and protecting the fundamentals of democracy in transitioning societies--the parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, the constitutional vote in Iraq, the threat to civil liberties in Russia--these issues took on increasing prominence on the Stanford campus, for policymakers and students alike. Read more »