Harvard Kennedy School is dedicated to advancing public policy and governance through our 12 research centers. These centers focus on conducting research, publishing findings, providing fellowships, organizing events, and enhancing our teaching programs.
Explore how our centers contribute to solving important issues and support a wide range of scholarly activities.
Research Centers
Programs & Initatives
Below is a list of all of the programs & initiatives across HKS.
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A
Achievement Gap Initiative
Allen Lab on Democracy Renovation
American Secretaries of State
Applied History Project
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Asia Energy Sustainability Initiative
Atlas of Economic Complexity
Autonomous Vehicles Policy Initiative
B
Bangladesh Public Administration Project
Behavioral Insights Group
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University
Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
Building State Capability
C
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Center for International Development
Center for Public Leadership
China and the World
China Philanthropy Project
China Public Policy Program
Civic Power Lab
Climate@HKS
[Harvard Project on] Climate Agreements
Colombia Education Initiative
[HKS] Communications Program
Corporate Responsibility Initiative
COVID States Project
Criminal Justice Policy and Management
[Program on] Crisis Leadership
Crowd Counting Consortium
Culture and Politics Lab
D
Data-Smart City Solutions
Defense, Emerging Technology and Strategy Program
Democracy in Hard Places Initiative
Digital Assets Policy Project
Diplomacy and International Politics Program
Documentary Film in the Public Interest
E
Economic View of the Environment
Education Policy Program
Elbe Group
[Harvard] Electricity Policy Group
[Harvard] Environmental Economics Program
Environment and Natural Resources Program
Equity Innovation Hub
[Project on] Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship
Evidence for Policy Design
F
G
Gender Action Portal
Geopolitics of Energy Project
GETTING-Plurality
Gleitsman Program in Leadership for Social Change
Global Education and Research: Unleashing Potential
Global Vietnam Wars Studies Initiative
Government Performance Lab
Growth Lab
H
Healthcare Policy Program
Health Inequality Lab
Homeland Security Project
I
[Project on] Indigenous Governance and Development
Indonesia Public Policy Program
Institute of Politics
Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project
Intelligence Project
International Security Program
Iran Matters
J
Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program
Joint Center for Housing Studies
The Journalist's Resource
K
L
The Leadership and Happiness Laboratory
Learning and Educational Achievement in Pakistan Schools
Legislative Negotiation Project
Local Politics Lab
M
Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy
Managing the Atom Project
Massachusetts Food Access Project
Middle East Initiative
Middle Powers Project
Migration Project
Misinformation Review
Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government
N
National Preparedness Leadership Initiative
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Collaboratory
Nonviolent Action Lab
O
P
The People Lab
Policy Memo Resource
Practicing Democracy Project
The Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management
Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship
Project on Workforce
Public Interest Tech Lab
Q
R
Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia
Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston
Regulatory Policy Program
Reimagining Democracy
Reimagining the Economy
Russia Matters
S
Science, Technology & Public Policy Program
Program on Science, Technology & Society (STS)
The Shift Project
Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
Social Innovation + Change Initiative
Social Policy Data Lab
Social Protection Initiative
Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality & Social Policy
Student Media Initiative
Sustainability Science Program
T
Taiwan Public Policy Program
Taubman Center for State and Local Government
Technology and Geopolitics Project
Technology, Innovation and Regulation
Thucydides's Trap Project
Trade and Negotiations Program (Global Trade Negotiations)
Transition Term
U
Unseen Legacies of the Vietnam War
V
W
The William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice
Women and Public Policy Program
[Project on] Workforce