News & Updates
The People Lab Joins the Taubman Center for State and Local Government
The Lab, led by Professor Elizabeth Linos, focuses on producing research that solves challenges with and for public servants — where the Taubman Center has deep experience and connections.
Data Centers and Local Economic Impact
Founder and former executive director of Good Jobs First, Greg LeRoy, offers his insights on the ways hyperscale data centers are impacting local and state economies and what communities can learn from one another.
Reenvisioning Economic Development in Madison, WI
Economic Development Post-Graduate Fellow Sahian Valladares joins the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce led by Zach Brandon as they position the region as a leader in economic development.
What Happens When a Democrat Calls a Republican?
And vice versa? Taubman Center Visiting Fellow and National Governors Association CEO Brandon Tatum listened to hours of calls from a project that connected people across the aisle through a payphone. What he learned surprised him.
Developing the next generation of state & local leaders
State, county, city, and town governments need talented young leaders who are passionate about finding solutions to policy challenges. Through experiential learning opportunities, fellowships, and career mentorship and connections, the Taubman Center helps connect students who are dedicated to state and local public service with governments that need their support.
Transition Term
Transition Term embeds HKS students in the offices of newly-elected mayors, governors, and county officials during January Term to help these officials accelerate key initiatives as they shift from campaigning to governing.
State and Local Economic Development Seminar
This monthly non-credit seminar for HKS students convenes leading economic development thinkers and doers from around the country to engage on state, county, and city best practices and shared challenges.
Urban and Rural Leadership Trek
Student-led, Taubman Center supported treks allow HKS students to meet state and local leaders in cities and towns across the country and explore how these communities approach policymaking.
The Taubman Center Urban Prize
We connect state and local governments with students as part of a Policy Analysis Exercise (PAE), the capstone experience for HKS's MPP curriculum. PAE students are also eligible for the Taubman Urban Prize.
Generating big ideas & solutions to state & local challenges
The Taubman Center supports an intellectual community where faculty, fellows, students, and research staff can productively deliver urban and rural research and teaching, as well as interact with each other to stimulate, support, and critique these endeavors. Explore recent research highlights below.
How Much Child Care and Early Education Do Massachusetts Parents Want?
Jeffrey B. Liebman
A Research Agenda for Making Evidence Useful, Usable, and Used
Elizabeth Linos
Helping state & local government implement & scale solutions
The Taubman Center seeks to support and improve state, county, city, and town government by spreading and implementing ideas and solutions through our communities of practice, technical assistance, and HKS executive education.
Innovations in 911 Response
A Government Performance Lab case study series shares lessons learned from Durham, NC’s Community Safety Department, which dispatches specially trained, unarmed professionals to handle low-risk 91
Affordable Housing Finance
Cities across the country face an affordable housing crisis. A new webinar hosted by the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston explores innovative financing solutions for affordable housing with local housing experts.
Including Risk in Your AI Assessment
How can municipalities assess the potential benefits and risk of deploying AI to support governmental services? A new working paper co-authored by Lecturer Mark Fagan outlines a "thinking slow" strategy to enumerate the risks and opportunities of AI.
Miro Weinberger grew up with a keen interest in public service, thanks to nightly conversations around the dinner table. "I just had the sense that government mattered and that it was a way to improve the world and help your neighbors and your community," he shares. After navigating the Great Recession as a nonprofit housing developer, Miro felt ready to run for office himself and went on to serve 12 years as the Mayor of Burlington, VT.
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