Harvard University’s Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics - in partnership with FAS's Civil Discourse Initiative - is pleased to announce a call for abstracts for the upcoming conference, "Challenging the Barriers to Civil Discourse." The conference, to be held over two days at Harvard University, aims to address the critical issue of why democracies face difficulties in maintaining norms of civil discourse.  We invite submissions from diverse fields, including academia, think tanks, business, policymaking, philanthropy, and civil society. The conference is designed to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue, aiming to explore the underlying causes of these challenges and collaboratively identify relevant areas of research to promote constructive dialogue and propose solutions for democratic societies.