Alice Siu

Alice Siu

  • Senior Research Scholar and Associate Director, Deliberative Democracy Lab

Encina Hall, E103
616 Jane Stanford Way
Stanford, CA 94305

Biography

Siu received her Ph.D. from the Department of Communication at Stanford University, with a focus in political communication, deliberative democracy, and public opinion, and her B.A. degrees in Economics and Public Policy and M.A. degree in Political Science, also from Stanford.

Siu has advised policymakers and political leaders around the world, at various levels of government, including leaders in China, Brazil, and Argentina. Her research interests in deliberative democracy include what happens inside deliberation, such as examining the effects of socio-economic class in deliberation, the quality of deliberation, and the quality of arguments in deliberation.

publications

Journal Articles
July 2021

Is Deliberation an Antidote to Extreme Partisan Polarization? Reflections on “America in One Room”

Author(s)
Is Deliberation an Antidote to Extreme Partisan Polarization? Reflections on “America in One Room”

In The News

2023 Nobel Prize Summit
News

Deliberative Democracy Lab to Demonstrate Deliberative Polling® Method at the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit

On May 25, CDDRL’s Deliberative Democracy Lab (DDL), in partnership with the Nobel Prize Summit, will run an exercise in large-scale group deliberation on the subject of online misinformation and polarization and what to do about it. This demonstration will help develop the capacity to democratically vet policy proposals concerning the information landscape.
Deliberative Democracy Lab to Demonstrate Deliberative Polling® Method at the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit
Participants of the America in One Room national Deliberation Poll in Dallas, TX, 2019
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Reforming Our Public Dialogue: New Deliberative Democracy Lab Joins CDDRL

The Deliberative Democracy Lab (formerly the Center for Deliberative Democracy) is devoted to research about democracy and public opinion obtained through Deliberative Polling® and related democratic processes.
Reforming Our Public Dialogue: New Deliberative Democracy Lab Joins CDDRL
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