David Moscrop is a Canadian podcaster, political scientist, columnist, and the author of the 2019 book Too Dumb for Democracy?

Education

Moscrop has a PhD in political science[1] from the University of British Columbia[2] and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Scholarly Communication Lab at Simon Fraser University and a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa.[3][4][5]

Career and views

Moscrop has written for both The Washington Post[1] and Maclean's Magazine.[5][6] He is the author of Too Dumb for Democracy? a 2019 book that documents how people make decisions against their own interests.[6][7][3]

He hosts the podcast Open to Debate.[8]

Moscrop advocates for deliberative democracy.[2]

Personal life

Moscrop lives in Ottawa.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Lindzon, Jared (2022-03-11). "Canadians put more faith in employers to address societal issues as trust in other institutions declines". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  2. ^ a b Nicola Luksic and Tom Howell (1 Oct 2014). "Why our brains aren't built for democracy". CBC.
  3. ^ a b Sismondo, Christine (2019-03-15). "Canadians need to get their brains in high gear before going to ballot box". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  4. ^ "People". ScholCommLab. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
  5. ^ a b "David Moscrop". CDTS / CLTS uOttawa. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  6. ^ a b Beattie, Steven W. (2019-04-15). "Too Dumb for Democracy?: Why We Make Bad Political Decisions and How We Can Make Better Ones". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  7. ^ Ackermann, John (10 Mar 2019). "Are we too dumb for democracy? New book looks at making good political decisions in the age of Trump & Brexit". vancouver.citynews.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  8. ^ "David Moscrop". jacobinmag.com. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
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