Ehsassi/Horst, Marjan

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Marjan H. Ehsassi is a strategic policy advisor, practitioner, movement builder, and a fierce believer in the need for meaningful, inclusive, and impactful government-led engagement that provides citizens with a consequential voice. She has traveled to and worked to enhance space for civil society in some of the most complex environments including Iran, Ukraine, and North Korea. A lawyer and international governance expert, she recently received her Doctorate in International Affairs (DIA) from SAIS, Johns
Marjan Ehsassi/Horst
Direct democracy, Citizen participation, Research and academia, Policy-making and Legislation, Representative democracy
  Washington , US
Marjan H. Ehsassi is a strategist, policy advisor, practitioner, movement builder, and a fierce believer in the need for meaningful, inclusive, and impactful government-led engagement that provides citizens with consequential voice. 

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Berggruen Institute
3253 P Street
Washington, DC 20007
United States
2026644706
mehsassi@berggruen.org
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A lawyer and international governance expert, she received her Doctorate in International Affairs (DIA) from SAIS, Johns Hopkins University with a concentration on democratic innovations, design integrity, and government-initiated Deliberative Mini-Publics (DMPs). She is working on a book and has produced case studies on the impact of citizens’ assemblies on participants in France, Belgium, Canada, and the United States.

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    Marjan is on several boards including Healthy Democracy, is on the Planning Com. of the Legis. Forum on Dem Innovations. She is a Guarantor of the French Citizens’ Convention on the End of Life and the G1000's Oversight Committee for We Need to Talk.