David Moscrop
Canadian political scientist
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David Moscrop is a Canadian podcaster, political scientist, columnist, and the author of the 2019 book Too Dumb for Democracy?
University of Ottawa (post-doc)
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) |
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]