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Will Friedman, Ph.D., founded Public Agenda's public engagement department in 1996, and has supported dialogue, deliberation and civic action in scores of communities on a wide variety of issues. He had previously served as Public Agenda's assistant director of research, and was also senior vice president for policy studies at the Work in America Institute, where he directed research and special projects on progressive workplace practices. He recently published "Deliberative Democracy and the Problem of Scope" in the Journal of Public Deliberation. Will has been involved in the theory and practice of public engagement and dialogue for fifteen years, and has designed and led dialogue and public engagement projects on dozens of issues in scores of communities and regions across the country. His academic background includes a Ph.D. in political science with sp\cializations in American politics and in political psychology.
Public Agenda, an innovative public opinion research and public engagement organization, works to strengthen our democracy's capacity to tackle tough public policy issues. Our efforts – online, through PublicAgenda.org, our issue guides and Citizen's Survival Kit, FacingUp.org, PlanetForward.org and on social networks - and in communities around the country, and through our academic arm, the Center for Advances in Public Engagement (CAPE), are all focused on ensuring that the public's views are represented in decision-making.
