WELCOME TO THE MALCOLM WIENER CENTER FOR SOCIAL POLICY
The Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy is a vibrant intellectual community of faculty, master's and Ph.D. students, researchers, and administrative staff striving to improve public policy and practice in the areas of health care, human services, criminal justice, inequality, education, and labor. Find out more about us.
LATEST NEWS
Kathy Edin and William Julius Wilson offer perspectives on inequality in panel moderated by Dean Ellwood
Harvard Gazette, December 7, 2011
Harvard Gazette, November 30, 2011
HKS Earns LEED Gold Certification for Wiener Auditorium Renovations
Harvard Kennedy School, November 18, 2011
William Julius Wilson links rising income inequality to the emergence of a two-tiered American society
New York Times, November 15, 2011
Anthony Braga comments on policing strategy and Safe Streets Program
Boston Globe, October 30, 2011
Bob Blendon comments on Massachusetts poll re: controlling healthcare costs
WBUR.org, October 21, 2011
Amitabh Chandra debates the health insurance plans' impact on health
Forbes October 3, 2011
Washington Post, August 21, 2011
Amitabh Chandra’s new research on medical malpractice claims
Reuters, August 17, 2011
Note: this research study was also covered by NYTimes.com, AFP, WSJ.com, and Boston.com.
2011 CLASS DAY AWARD WINNERS
Julie Wilson, Director of the MWCSP, announced the winners of the Carballo, Fischer and Eaton Prizes at May 24, 2011 Class Day ceremony.
INEQUALITY SEMINAR SERIES
Spring 2012 Calendar
Find out what events are happening at the Malcolm Wiener Center Inequality & Social Policy Seminar Series
FACULTY RESEARCH
Bruce Western on U.S. Wage Inequalities
Bruce Western, director Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy.
"Overall trends were driven by movements at the top and the bottom of the wage distribution," wrote Western.
PRINTING PRESS
The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the U.S.
Alexander Keyssar's 2009 book was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Visit the HKS Virtual Book Tour
RESEARCH SERIES ON EVIDENCE
Nov. 3 seminar will be “Using Case Studies as Evidence” with HKS faculty member Joseph Kalt and Steve Cornell of Univ. of Arizona. Series info and calendar