Building State Capability
Building State Capability (BSC) empowers people with tools to find context appropriate solutions to their problems and improve the implementation of policies and programs.
Civic Power Lab
The Civic Power Lab is a mixed-methods research lab studying democracy, civil society, and the organizational practices that make collective action powerful.
Culture and Civil Society Initiative
The Culture and Civil Society Initiative (CCSI) seeks to deepen understanding of the ways culture, broadly defined, shapes national narrative, fosters social cohesion, and lays a foundation for democratic societies to flourish.
Negotiate WELL Project
The Negotiate WELL Project provides negotiation resources for managers, negotiators, and educators.
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Collaboratory
The Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Collaboratory (NCRC) develops ways to connect students of negotiation with practitioners on the frontlines and faculty leading cutting-edge research.
Practicing Democracy Project
The Practicing Democracy Project (PDP) enables people to work together to develop the leadership, build the community, and create the power to fulfill the democratic promise of equal, inclusive, and collective agency.
Program on Crisis Leadership
The Program on Crisis Leadership (PCL) focuses on risk reduction, emergency preparedness, crisis response, and disaster recovery leadership challenges.
Social Innovation + Change Initiative
The Social Innovation + Change Initiative (SICI) hosts the New World Social Innovation Fellowship: a rigorous co-curricular program for path makers, change makers, and pioneers committed to addressing pressing social problems in new and creative ways.
William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice
The William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice utilizes applied research to foster advocacy and citizen activism at Harvard Kennedy School and across Harvard University.