Peder Schaefer

Peder Schaefer is a freelance journalist, book researcher and writer based in Brussels. He is a recent graduate of Brown University in History studying for a master's degree in European Studies at KU Leuven.

His academic interests are in sortition, citizens' assemblies, deliberation, the writings of Hannah Arendt and the global history of deliberative democracy.

As a journalist he's filed for publications such as the New York Times, POLITICO, Boston Globe, NBC News, Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Banner, Baltimore Brew, Brown Alumni Magazine, the College Hill Independent, Providence Journal, Buffalo Bulletin and Warwick Beacon.