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 ...

Soft power is the ability to affect others to obtain the outcomes one wants through attraction and persuasion rather than coercion or payment. A country’s soft power rests on its resources of culture, ...

When you belong to the organization or community that you are trying to lead, you are part of the problem. This is particularly true when you have been a member of the group for some time, as in a ...

We present new statistical indicators of the structure and performance of US banks from 1990 to today, geographically disaggregated at the level of individual counties. The constructed data set (20 ...

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 ...

Following the results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, a second administration under Donald Trump has already sparked conversation over the path forward for democracy and how to safeguard many ...

In the wake of violence against Black Americans and in a moment of national reckoning in Summer 2020, the HKS Library pulled together a reading list that is inspired and largely informed by Resources ...

ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE, the French aristocrat and political scientist who observed American culture in the early 1830s, saw local newspapers as the lifeblood of civic participation in the United States ...

The Program in Criminal Justice awards annual Doctoral Student Research Grants. The award process is open to PhD candidates from any of the units on Harvard’s campus conducting research to address ...

As a future leader in public service, you are essential to addressing the world’s urgent challenges. Join us at Harvard Kennedy School to learn how we can accomplish this important work, together. You ...

For policymakers, AI’s limitless possibilities range from helping improve decision-making to doomsday scenarios. Leading HKS experts tell us what they think about the AI revolution. ARTIFICIAL ...

At the Leadership and Happiness Laboratory at the Harvard Kennedy School, we believe that all great leaders should be happiness teachers. To this end, we share the science of happiness with leaders in ...