Andrew Volmert

Andrew Volmert is Senior Vice President for Research at the FrameWorks Institute. In this role, Drew leads a multi-disciplinary team of social scientists in conducting research to understand cultural mindsets and develop frames and narratives capable of generating public support for structural, transformative change. Drew has led major initiatives to ground and strengthen mindset shift and narrative change efforts by synthesizing knowledge from across disciplines and fields. He currently oversees FrameWorks’ Culture Change Project, which explores how US culture is changing in the current period of social upheaval and how progressives can respond to flux in cultural mindsets. He has been with FrameWorks since 2013. In earlier academic research, Drew explored the relationship between political tradition, national identity, and democratic legitimacy, and he continues to have a strong interest in the relationship between public culture and democracy.

Drew’s work has appeared in publications such as the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Political Studies, and The Good Society. Prior to joining FrameWorks, he taught at Georgetown University and held appointments as Postdoctoral Research Associate and Visiting Scholar with the Political Theory Project at Brown University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from Brown University and master’s and doctoral degrees in political science from Yale University.