Michael K. MacKenzie is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of British Columbia (2013) and a Master’s degree in Political Science and Social Statistics from McGill University (2006). In 2006-07 he worked as a policy analyst and facilitator with the Ontario Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform. Before coming to the University of Pittsburgh he was a Democracy Fellow and post-doctoral researcher at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School. His research interests include democratic theory, intergenerational relations, deliberation, political representation, institutional design, and public engagement. He is currently working on a book about the challenges of making long-term decisions in democratic systems.