In 2017, the CTS launched a new network-building project titled Democratic Agendas Network as a framework for integrating projects and dialogues related to the career of democracy and its futures. Through the Democratic Agendas Network, the CTS is currently focused on developing a network that links graduate students and faculty at universities and research institutions, both in the U.S. and abroad, in long-term collaborative projects. This new network will enhance and complement the conferences, research, teaching, publications, and public outreach initiatives that the CTS has been fostering since its inception. The CTS plays a crucial coordinating role in this project, working in collaboration with international scholars and institutional partners. The Democratic Agendas Network is coordinated by the CTS in close collaboration with two steering partners:

• The Center for Global Culture and Communication (CGCC), a Northwestern University-based center for research and collaboration (represented by its Director, Dilip Gaonkar); and
• Central European University (CEU), Vienna and Budapest (represented by its Rector, Shalini Randeria)

Along with the CTS, these two partners will provide substantial funding for sustaining the Democratic Agendas Network.

In addition to the steering partners, the Democratic Agendas Network initiative involves collaborations with affiliate partners from around the world:

• Center for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi (represented by Prathama Banerjee);
• Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (IWM), Vienna (represented by Ludger Hegedorn);
• El Colégio de México (COLMEX), Mexico City (represented by Humberto Beck);
• Center for Anthropological, Political and Social Theory (CAPS), University of Copenhagen (represented by its Co-Director, Lars Tønder);
• The South Asia Center, London School of Economics (LSE), London (represented by Mukulika Banerjee);
• Political Theory Research Group, Fabra Pompeu University, Barcelona (represented by Camil Ungureanu); and
• Center for Media, Communication, and Global Change, American University of Paris (represented by its Director, Jayson Harsin).