David Moscrop
David Moscrop PhD | |
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| Alma mater | University of British Columbia (PhD) University of Ottawa (post-doc) |
| Notable work | Too Dumb for Democracy? (2019 book) |
David Moscrop is a Canadian podcaster, political scientist, columnist, and the author of the 2019 book Too Dumb for Democracy?
Education
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 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.
- 1 2 Nicola Luksic and Tom Howell (1 Oct 2014). "Why our brains aren't built for democracy". CBC.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "People". ScholCommLab. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
- 1 2 "David Moscrop". CDTS / CLTS uOttawa. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "David Moscrop". jacobinmag.com. Retrieved 2022-05-13.