Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and UC Berkeley are joining forces to launch the Nancy Pelosi Institute for Representative Democracy, a new nonpartisan institute dedicated to strengthening American democracy. Launching in January 2027, the institute will bring together faculty, students and visiting leaders to study democracy’s toughest challenges, from polarization to the future of AI, and to prepare the next generation of civic leaders. Brittany Hosea-Small/UC Berkeley
The nonpartisan academic institute in the political science department will become a hub for research, teaching and civic engagement
July 6, 2026 – By Strategic Communications – UC Berkeley is joining forces with Nancy Pelosi, the first female speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, to launch a new, nonpartisan institute dedicated to strengthening American democracy and advancing solutions to the country’s most pressing challenges…