Annual Reports
The SNF Agora Institute’s annual reports provide a comprehensive summary of the institute’s achievements and ongoing work each year.
They reflect our commitment to strengthening democracy through research, teaching, and public engagement, and highlight how our mission comes to life across multiple dimensions of academic and civic life.
Each report offers a detailed look at the institute’s core initiatives, including original research projects, faculty publications, visiting fellowships, student engagement, and public programming. You’ll find updates on major events and convenings, insights into emerging areas of focus, and examples of how we translate scholarship into real-world impact.
By documenting our progress and partnerships year over year, these reports provide transparency, celebrate collaboration, and demonstrate how SNF Agora serves as a hub for discovery, design, and dialogue in service of pluralistic democracy.
“ Our work in supporting ideological diversity and encouraging substantive engagement across different viewpoints and backgrounds continues to expand in meaningful ways. ”
Recent Annual Reports
Gain a deeper understanding of how we strengthen global democracy through powerful civic engagement and informed, inclusive dialogue.
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2024 Annual Report
In 2023-2024, we launched the Political Violence Project, expanded our minor in civic life and SNF Agora Academy, and through our many events, brought together diverse thinkers to model civil dialogue and learn from each other.
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2023 Annual Report
In 2022-2023, we grew our core faculty and our team, saw our research quoted widely in both academic and media publications, and developed the minor in civic life, as well as new programs within the SNF Agora Academy.
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2022 Annual Report
In 2021-2022, we launched the Center for Economy and Society, hosted our first Democracy Day, started a new faculty affiliates program, and continued to test solutions to ensure democracy's resilience in the modern age.
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2021 Annual Report
In 2020-2021, we more than doubled our faculty, launched our faculty grants program, hosted dozens of virtual conversations and conferences, and began executing our work across our pillars of discovery, design, and dialogue.
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2020 Annual Report
In 2019-2020, we developed our strategic plan, established an academic advisory board, launched “SNF Agora Conversations: The Politics and Policy of COVID-19,” and began recruiting our core faculty.
