Democracy & Elections Courses and Certifications

AI, Democracy, and Elections

Examine how AI can reshape democracy: assess sycophantic chatbots, democratic deliberation, electoral systems, and party choice in the ChatGPT era.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Teach-Out® Democracy and Civic Engagement

Explore how informed participation, strong institutions, and everyday action can protect democracy while corruption, misinformation, division, and misuse of power weaken it.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Democracy and Development: Perspectives from Africa

3 ratings

Learn about the drivers of democratic development in contemporary Africa.

• edX
• 9 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

What is Participatory Democracy? Theory, Activism, and Power (Live Online)

40 ratings at CourseHorse

Delve into the complexities of participatory democracy, exploring its diverse interpretations and potential for societal transformation.

• CourseHorse
• Self-Paced
• $355.00

Making Democracy Fit for Climate

Examine whether democracies can deliver climate action: lobbyism and policy inertia, eco-authoritarianism, UN and EU reforms, citizens' assemblies, and more-than-human democracy.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Comparative Democratic Development Part I: Conditions of Democracy

15 ratings at edX

Conditions of Democracy is the first course in a two-part series intended as a broad survey of the political, social, cultural, economic, institutional, and international factors that foster and obstr

• edX
• 7 weeks, 3-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Comparative Democratic Development Part II: Structuring Democracy

6 ratings at edX

This course is designed to follow Comparative Democratic Development Part I: Conditions of Democracy. There are no formal prerequisites for this course, although an interest in democracy, democratic s

• edX
• 6 weeks, 3-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Media, Elections, and Politics - Bachelor's

Trace how newspapers, television, social platforms like Facebook, YouTube and X, and podcasting reshaped US and UK politics, elections, ethics, and ideological silos.

• Coursera
• 9 weeks, 6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Democracy? You think you know?

6 ratings at OpenLearn

Participating in democratic processes is seen as being a fundamental aspect of citizenship. All pupils need a broad knowledge and understanding of the rights, responsibilities and duties of ...

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Democracy and Its Alternatives

56 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

<p>Dig into democracy’s definitions, duties, debates, and difficulties, with special attention to how democratic governments have worked—or not—around the world and throughout time.</p>

• The Great Courses Plus
• 9 hours 8 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

US Voting Access and Fraud

Political scientists, journalists and election officials explain the storied history of US voting rights and explore access and fraud in 2016.

• edX
• 2 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Global Campus of Human Rights

Women at the Forefront of Democratic Change

Explores how women’s movements challenge authoritarianism, resist democratic backsliding, and help build more inclusive democracies.

• Independent
• 4 weeks, 5-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

What Kind of Nation? Democracy, Hamilton, Jefferson, and More - Class 7

Explore the 1790s "Reign of Witches" and Federalist power struggles through Hamilton-Jefferson tensions in early American democracy.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

What is a Republic? - America at 250 Podcast Episode 3

Explore America's democratic experiment through Hamilton and Jackson's era, examining how outsiders viewed the young republic's political evolution.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Royal Institution

How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy

Unveiling disinformation tactics and their impact on democracy, while providing actionable solutions to combat misinformation and protect truth in the digital age.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video