Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures during Happy Hour. This month, we ask is democracy truly on the decline around the world—or are we just hearing more about it? In this timely and eye-opening lecture, Dr. Andrea Jones-Rooy will dig into four leading quantitative measures of democracy across countries, with a special focus on the most recent data from 2025.

Dr. Andrea Jones-Rooy holds a Ph.D. in political science and complex systems and is a former professor of data science at NYU. Now dedicated to increasing public literacy of data—especially on political and social issues—she hosts the podcasts Behind the Data and Political Reality, and shares regular data lessons on social media at @jonesrooy.