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Research · Listening · Knowledge · Action

Building democratic responsibility.

Res Publica connects research, public hearings, knowledge and civic communities — making experience visible, responsibility answerable and shared action possible.

  • Dr. Atie Kashef, Vice President · Board
  • Donya Nasiri Zarghani, Principal Community Representative · Board
  • Jolan Farhadi Babadi, Board · Managing Director
A photorealistic three-dimensional research and dialogue environment shaped like the Res Publica mark: upright red and blue U channels form a transparent glass laboratory where diverse people listen, review documents and work together; a narrow lectern and an architecturally integrated amber-glass chandelier mark the central axis.
A public space for listening, evidence and democratic responsibility.

Two connected paths

Individual experience becomes shared civic capacity.

Res Publica keeps the dignity of human experience and the demands of institutional responsibility visible at the same time.

Human path

  1. 1Lived experience
  2. 2being heard
  3. 3meaning
  4. 4agency

Institutional path

  1. 1Documentation
  2. 2evidence
  3. 3responsibility
  4. 4repair

The living ecosystem

Everything is connected — responsibilities and authority stay distinct.

The Civic Platform, HARM Platform and Governance Platform connect people, evidence and answerability. Shared services support them in the background.

Open area
  • Civic PlatformParticipation and belonging
  • HARM PlatformEvidence and responsibility
  • Governance PlatformBounded authority
  • Shared Platform ServicesInternal infrastructure
  • Research
  • Dialogue
  • Participation
  • Evidence
  • Responsibility
  • Repair
Three distinct platforms are connected: the Civic Platform, HARM Platform and Governance Platform. Res Publica brings them into relationship without dissolving their responsibilities or authority boundaries.

People and responsibility

The publicly confirmed team.

Roles are named precisely; biographies or responsibilities are never invented.

Team and Board
  • Dr. Atie Kashef

    Vice President · Board

  • Donya Nasiri Zarghani

    Principal Community Representative · Board

  • Jolan Farhadi Babadi

    Board · Managing Director

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Latest publications

All publications

No source-reviewed entry is currently cleared for public display.

Latest news

All news

No source-reviewed entry is currently cleared for public display.

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