Professors Archon Fung of HKS and Lawrence Lessig of Harvard Law School say Trump’s brazen embrace of billionaire ruling partners could be an inflection point in America’s long slide toward rule by ...

The Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights serves as the hub of the Harvard Kennedy School’s research, teaching, and training in the human rights domain. The center embraces a dual mission: to educate ...

Civil discourse isn’t just about polite conversation. It’s a vital ingredient to better public policy and public leadership. And vital to the Kennedy School’s focus on public engagement. With a number ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was supposed to serve as a wake-up call, making the value of scientific expertise, medical research, and public-health preparedness impossible to ignore, let alone deny.

The Master in Public Administration in International Development Program combines rigorous training in economics and quantitative methods with an emphasis on policy and practice. The Master in Public ...

Record cold temperatures plunged Texas into a power crisis last week, with millions in the state losing power. The failure demonstrates the vulnerability of power grids to shifting weather patterns ...

Students come to Harvard Kennedy School to pursue their passions, learn about complex issues, and gain insight into public policy firsthand. Hawaiʻi faces one of the nation’s most severe housing ...

CONSIDER IT AN ACADEMIC VIRTUOUS CIRCLE: In his final year at Harvard Kennedy School, Andrew Levine MPP 2017 joined a group of graduate students conducting research and analysis to help then-Mayor ...

Approximately 10.6 million people are admitted to our nation’s local jails every year. Although most are released on the day of arraignment or within one week, the average stay is closer over three ...

Comprised of leaders from the most senior levels of business, academia, and the non-profit sector, members of the Women’s Leadership Board (WLB) serve as key supporters and ambassadors of the Women ...

Four-star Admiral Bill McRaven, former commander of the U.S. Special Operations and Navy SEAL, has led a high-profile career—including facing Somali pirates, Osama Bin Laden, and his own commander in ...

PROFESSOR TAREK MASOUD’S central obsession is to figure out how countries that lack democracy can get it and keep it. And few groups of countries are more bereft of democracy than those he studies ...