Alice Siu

Alice Siu

Alice Siu

  • Senior Research Scholar
  • 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
February 2024

Can Deliberation Have Lasting Effects?

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Journal Articles
December 2023

How College Students Can Depolarize: Evidence for Political Moderation Within Homogeneous Groups

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Journal Articles
July 2021

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

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In The News

Alice Siu discusses Deliberative Democracy with Ari Wallach, host of "A Brief History of the Future" on PBS.
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The Power of Deliberative Democracy

In a new PBS docuseries, Alice Siu sheds light on how Deliberative Polling has been used to bridge divides among participants and what the future of democracy could look like when empathetic conversations take center stage.
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Navigating the Future of AI: Insights from the Second Meta Community Forum

A multinational Deliberative Poll unveils the global public's nuanced views on AI chatbots and their integration into society.
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Alice Siu delivers a TEDxStanford talk
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Deliberative Polling: A Path to Bridging Divides

In a TEDxStanford talk, Alice Siu discusses how applying and spreading deliberative democracy can better engage us all in our shared public problems.
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