The Center for Critical Democracy Studies seeks to combine education with democratic experiments to pursue innovative pedagogical opportunities for students and faculty at AUP.聽Among the Center鈥檚 initiatives聽are聽the聽鈥Democracy Lab鈥聽聽that provides a hands-on, design-thinking experimental space where students develop practical solutions to major challenges confronting our contemporary democracies;聽the聽Prison Education Workshop,聽which brings 国产三级片students into a shared educational and creative space with people detained at聽La Sant茅聽prison in Paris; and student-focused collaborations with the聽Tocqueville Foundation.