About the Journal

Experiments in Democracy is the publication of the Democracy Laboratory, a project of the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research at the University of Wyoming.

The Democracy Laboratory seeks to empower students, faculty, and the public using interdisciplinary humanities methods in order to connect our communities and to strengthen the quality of our democracy. In the best spirit of the Land Grant University mission, the Democracy Laboratory is an incubator where researchers, students, and the public can gather, discuss issues, discover and experiment with new ideas, and learn from one another.

Each year, the Democracy Lab gathers an interdisciplinary and intergenerational team of people committed to the work of improving the quality of democracy and equality in our state, nation, and world. Cohort members receive the opportunity to hone, develop, produce, and publish both individual and collective projects related to research on the quality of democracy, curriculum development, community engagement, or journalism. Cohort members participate in an interdisciplinary curriculum designed to facilitate their individual projects, develop community engagement skills, and become more productively engaged citizens. The culminating events of the experience are a symposium in which participants share their work in progress with the public, followed by the publication of their work in Experiments in Democracy.

The journal is published by University of Wyoming Libraries in partnership with the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research.