José Ramón Enríquez

José Ramón Enríquez is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Golub Capital Social Impact Lab (Stanford Graduate School of Business) and the Digital Economy Lab (Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI). Enríquez specializes in the political economy of economic and political development, focusing on accountability, elite behavior, and digital technology. His current projects investigate strategies to decrease misinformation sharing and explore effective ways to leverage generative AI to enhance deliberation on social issues in developing contexts. Enríquez received his PhD in Political Economy and Government (PEG) from Harvard University in 2023. Previously, he obtained a BA in Economics and a BA in Political Science from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).

King Center Supported Research

2024 - 2025 Academic Year | Global Development Research Funding Grant

Deliberating for constitutional reform in Ghana: Fostering agreement with AI

This project examines how AI-assisted deliberation can foster broadly-supported constitutional reforms in Ghana. We propose a web-based deliberation platform powered by AI agents to collect public input, identify cross-group consensus, and encourage reflection on both individual and collective perspectives. In a two-phase experiment involving 1,500 citizens, we will expose participants to balanced arguments, assess preference shifts, and vary information about others' views. AI-powered modules will guide constructive dialogue. A complementary politician experiment will test whether exposure to constituent consensus data influences elite support for reform. Findings will advance democratic innovation research and provide scalable, inclusive governance tools in resource-constrained contexts.