Across three sessions in February 2026, GCRD Founding Executive Director Dr. Jacob delivered a lecture series titled Democracy, AI, and the Freedom to Learn: A Survival Curriculum for the 21st Century. Sponsored by AltLiberalArts, the series introduced the concept of AI-Enhanced Reflexive Control (AIRC) and traced its implications for liberal arts education, academic freedom, and democratic resilience.

New from GCRD: AI Must Serve Human Dignity

To mark the World Social Justice Day 2026, the Global Centre for Rehumanising Democracy convened a panel discussion with UNITAR on artificial intelligence, social justice, and democratic trust. We have now published the full policy brief from that event.

"Technology must remain accountable to human dignity." That was the central message to emerge from a conversation spanning education reform, algorithmic bias, global inequality in the AI economy, and the challenge of governing technologies that most citizens cannot see or challenge.

The brief includes ten policy recommendations and full profiles of the five panellists who contributed to the dialogue: Dr. Margee Ensign, Dr. Jon-Hans Coetzer, Professor Wajiha Raza Rizvi, Dr. Nicholas Mattei, and Sabene Rizvi, moderated by Dr. Antonio Garcia.

Read and download the brief.

A consortium of seven universities across seven countries has joined GCRD and Sensika Technologies to build the world's first real-time tool for measuring democratic health through the quality of public discourse. The Democracy Discourse Index (DDI) tracks empathy, trust, civility, agency, depth, and truth across topics, and translates findings into an early warning system capable of detecting democratic deterioration.

To mark World Social Justice Day 2026, the Global Centre for Rehumanising Democracy (GCRD), in collaboration with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), will convene a high-level virtual panel discussion examining the growing impact of artificial intelligence on social justice, democratic trust, and the future of work. The event will hold virtually on March 4th at 4 pm - 5 pm (GMT)

The four-day residential retreat, "Sustaining Presence in an Age of AI & Acceleration," will take place April 6-10, 2026, at Broughton Sanctuary in the Yorkshire Dales—a historic 3,000-acre estate recognized by National Geographic as one of 2024's most exciting global destinations.

How can liberal education help us survive the increasing weaponisation of our cognitive environment?

Dr. Jacob, Founding Executive Director of the Global Centre for Rehumanising Democracy, addresses this question in a groundbreaking three-part lecture series hosted by AltLiberalArts beginning February 9th.

GCRD is delighted to announce the appointment of Ms. Croshelle Harris as Director of Strategic Projects and Partnerships, a role that reflects both her distinguished career in global development and her passion for building bridges that drive meaningful change.

Athens, Greece — October 2, 2025 - Dr. Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob, Founding Director of the Global Centre for Rehumanising Democracy (GCRD), delivered one of the four flagship Democracy Tutorial sessions at the Athens Democracy Forum 2025, held under the theme “New Visions for Hard Realities.”

In his session titled “Rebuilding the Moral Infrastructure of Democracy,” Dr. Jacob urged global leaders to confront what he called “the moral and spiritual crisis at the heart of democracy.”