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We can productively discuss even the toughest topics—here’s how
Harvard Kennedy School faculty members Erica Chenoweth and Julia Minson explain the motivation and science behind the school’s new Candid and Constructive Conversations initiative.
Re-examining the role of positive emotion in harmful health behaviors: implications for public health campaigns
In a collaboration between investigators at the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Chan School of Public Health, and Georgetown University, groundbreaking research shows that experiencing gratitude can reduce cravings to smoke and encourage people to take the first step in quitting.
Powering the energy transition
Experts agree on two things when it comes to the clean energy transition: it will be hard getting to a net-zero future and failing to get there is not an option.
Massachusetts has made community college tuition-free. What will that mean for enrollment, quality, and workforce development?
HKS education expert David Deming says more people could be attracted to a community college education, but cautions about diluting the quality of the programs.
The Ghost Budget: How U.S. war spending went rogue, wasted billions, and how to fix it
Public finance expert and HKS Senior Lecturer Linda Bilmes says the United States funded the $5 trillion Iraq and Afghanistan wars with an unaccountable and unprecedented scheme utilizing debt, accounting tricks, and outsourcing.
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