Ongoing Projects

ICDD is part of a new NSF grant award, the "Central Great Plains Climate Change Education Partnership." Tim Steffensmeier, Dan Kahl, and Ben Champion, along with a host of other team members, are working on this grant project.  
To read the official NSF press release please visit: http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=117685&org=NSF&from=news

Journal of Public Deliberation now housed at ICDD

The following is from the Deliberative Democracy Consortium announcing that David Procter and Tim Steffensmeier of ICDD are the new co-editors of the online Journal of Public Deliberation: A major transition is underway at the Journal of Public Deliberation, the flagship publication in its field and an important catalyst for the rapid growth of interest in democracy, citizenship, and participation. The JPD was initiated through DDC seed grants in 2003, 2005, and 2007, supported in part by Auburn University, and sustained by the energy of its founding editor, Dr. Ted Becker. After five years of leading the journal, Becker is moving on to other pursuits, notably his new e-book The Last, Lost Empire. After an extensive search, the DDC executive committee is thrilled to announce that David Procter and Tim Steffensmeier will be taking the helm of JPD. Procter and Steffensmeier lead the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy at Kansas State University. They will be working on a number of priorities, including raising the JPD rate of publication to two issues a year, and finding new venues for broadening the readership of the journal. Over the five years since JPD began publishing, the download rate for the journal’s articles has risen from 234 in 2005 to almost 7,000 in 2010.
For more information please visit: http://services.bepress.com/jpd/

Regional Court Project

ICDD is working with the Kettering Foundation and the National Issues Forums (NIF) to promote local discussions on the topic of the United States' national debt. As the contact for the region, ICDD is responsible for coordinating and encouraging centers, libraries, and nonprofits to host forums this fall on the new NIF issue book on the national debt. ICDD will collect and analyze the results of forums taking place over the region's ten states for the purpose of sharing them with policy makers at a local and national level. 
For more information please visit: http://www.nifi.org/

Kids Voting Riley County

Every election year, ICDD creates an authentic voting experience for the students that attend Manhattan schools. Students participate in voting using standard pictures and words with a goal to create lifelong voters. In the schools, our volunteers will set up voting booths for students to be exposed to the fundamentals of voting. Finalized results will be reported locally, state wide and nationally.
For more information please visit: kidsvotingkansas.org

Kettering Foundation Research
Esther Otis is currently conducting research on centers for civic life such as ICDD that maintain moderator training programs.
For more information please contact: ESTHER OTIS