June 22nd, 2011

Introducing the 2011 Draper Hills Summer Fellows

Twenty-seven rising leaders from emerging democracies around the world have been named to the 2011 class of Draper Hills Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development at CDDRL. Read more »

April 26th, 2011

2011 Draper Hills Summer Fellows Selected

Twenty-eight rising leaders from emerging democracies around the world have been named to the 2011 class of Draper Hills Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development at CDDRL. Read more »

September 27th, 2010

The Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program on Democracy and Development

Launched in 2005, the Draper Hills Summer Fellowship on Democracy and Development Program is a three-week executive education program that is hosted annually at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. Read more »

July 21st, 2010

Rising international stars: 2010 Draper Hills Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development

Rising leaders from a diverse group of nations in transition, including China, Russia, Ukraine, Syria, Iran, Pakistan, and Nigeria arrived on July 25 for a three-week seminar with Stanford faculty, designed to foster linkages among democracy, development, and the rule of law. Initiated by FSI's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law six years ago, the program has created a network of some 139 leaders from 62 transitioning countries. "Draper Hills Summer Fellows are innovative, courageous, and committed leaders, who strive to improve governance, enhance civic participation, and invigorate development under very challenging circumstances," says CDDRL Director Larry Diamond. The program owes much to the vision and generosity of benefactors William Draper III and Ingrid Hills, emphasize Diamond and CDDRL Deputy Director Kathryn Stoner-Weiss. Read more »

August 18th, 2009

Draper Hills Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development complete training

Rising leaders from some of the world's most challenging nations, including China, Russia, Ukraine, Iraq, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, recently completed a three-week seminar at Stanford as Draper Hills Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development. This year's extraordinary fellows included members of parliament, government advisors, civic activists, jurists, journalists, international development experts and founders of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The program, now in its fifth year, seeks to foster linkages among democracy, economic development, human rights, and the rule of law, and has received generous gifts from William Draper III and Ingrid von Mangoldt Hills. Read more »

April 17th, 2009

Joshua Cohen's Program on Global Justice joins Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL)

The Program on Global Justice, which explores issues at the intersection of political norms and global political-economic realities, has joined CDDRL, Center Director Larry Diamond announced. Josh Cohen, a professor of political science, philosophy, and law, came to Stanford from M.I.T. in 2006 to launch a new program on global justice at FSI. Read more »

September 11th, 2008

Decisive gifts enable summer fellows program to continue with bold vision

With more than a million dollars in committed new funding, CDDRL's Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development marches into its fifth year with a sustainable future and also a new name: the Draper Hills Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development. The program's new name recognizes the generous commitments of William Draper III and Ingrid von Mangoldt Hills to fund the program and enable it to continue its bold vision. Read more »

August 6th, 2008

Draper Hills Summer Fellows program begins; one fellow prevented from leaving her home country

The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford University is pleased to announce its new class of Draper Hills Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development. This year's fellows--26 outstanding civic, political, and economic leaders from 23 countries in transition--have been selected from more than 800 applications. They will be on the Stanford campus for three weeks, from July 28 to August 15, 2008. Read more »

March 20th, 2008

BIOSKETCH: Larry Diamond

Larry Diamond has been appointed as a Senior Fellow in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI). Currently a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, a renowned scholar of democratization, and prolific in both editorial and policy work, Diamond is an active member of FSI's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL). He coordinates the Program on Democracy, which examines the comparative dynamics of democratic functioning and change in the contemporary world, with a particular focus on the countries of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and the post-communist world. He has also established the offshoot program, Democracy in Taiwan, in 2006, and is a central participant in the Stanford Summer Fellows Program on Democracy and Development. Read more »

August 30th, 2007

CDDRL has concluded its third year of the Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development Program

The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) has concluded its third year of the Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development Program held July 30th-August 17th, 2007. Read more »

May 3rd, 2007

Twenty-seven Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development announced for 2007

The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford University is pleased to announce its new class of Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development. This year's fellows - 27 outstanding civic, political, and economic leaders from 22 countries in transition - have been selected from more than 500 applications. Read more »