Henry Farrell

Henry Farrell is a professor of international politics and democracy at Johns Hopkins’ Stavros Niarchos Agora Institute and School of Advanced International Affairs.

Can Big Tech Serve Democracy?

New tools and technology policy might help, but politics come first.

  • Glen Weyl
  • Henry Farrell

Democracy’s Dilemma — Final Response

Our current information ecosystem is simply not well suited to democracy.

  • Bruce Schneier
  • Henry Farrell

Democracy’s Dilemma

How can democratic societies protect—and protect themselves from—the free flow of digital information?

  • Bruce Schneier
  • Henry Farrell
with responses from
  • Riana Pfefferkorn
  • Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
  • Anna Grzymala-Busse
  • Allison Berke
  • Jason Healey
  • Astra Taylor
  • danah boyd

Democracy’s Dilemma

How can democratic societies protect—and protect themselves from—the free flow of digital information?

  • Henry Farrell
  • Bruce Schneier

Philip K. Dick and the Fake Humans

We live in Philip K. Dick’s future, not George Orwell’s or Aldous Huxley’s.

  • Henry Farrell

When Politics Drives Scholarship

Nancy MacLean’s new book has set off a heated debate. But strong claims require strong evidence, and mistakes could mislead liberals and the left.

  • Henry Farrell
  • Steven M. Teles

Ireland’s Cold War

The struggle over the power of the Catholic Church.

  • Henry Farrell

Into the Breach

China Miéville’s other reality.

  • Henry Farrell

Bloggers and Parties

Can the netroots reshape American democracy?

  • Henry Farrell
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