Disinformation and manipulated media environments threaten the integrity of democratic processes and the legitimacy of constitutional orders. This panel probes whether structural design—rooted in a cross-ideological contractarian approach—can shield constitutional processes from manipulation without sacrificing free speech or pluralism. Building on Let’s Agree on Poland: A Case Study of Constitutional Design (Oxford University Press, 2025), […]

We will discuss Let’s Agree on Poland in the broader context of comparing the experiences of Turkey and Poland with polarization, populism, and the challenges facing democratic governance. Building on the proposals developed in the volume, we will explore how can deeply divergent worldviews coexist within one state while safeguarding democracy for the future?

The event will use Let’s Agree on Poland as a case study to discuss how narrative methods can be mobilized within political science to imagine, communicate, and contest institutional reforms that seek to counter polarization through decentralization.

During this event, we will present the case of political polarization in Poland and the proposal to overcome this stalemate, as outlined in the book Let’s Agree on Poland.

During this research seminar, we discuss political polarization in Poland and Colombia, comparing the similarities in the causes and effects of this phenomenon in both countries.

What can 130 leading Polish thinkers teach us about bridging deep ideological divides? Drawing on the bestselling volume Let’s Agree on Poland (OUP, 2025), Prof. Kisilowski explores how lawyers can mediate between liberalism and the New Right, and why reviving constitutionalism’s contractarian roots may offer one of the last viable frameworks for coexistence.

How can democracies survive polarization that corrodes even their strongest institutions? Let’s Agree on Poland (Oxford University Press, 2025) offers one bold answer. Born of an unprecedented collaboration among 130 Polish thinkers from left to right, the book presents a constitutional blueprint for coexistence in divided societies. Its North American launch will use the Polish case to spark a broader conversation about democracy’s future—from judicial independence to cultural conflict, from Europe to the United States. This is not merely the North American launch of the book, but an invitation to imagine institutions capable of holding democracy together.