International & Global Affairs Concentration

The International and Global Affairs (IGA) concentration trains the next generation of policymakers and leaders like you to tackle the complex issues of a globalizing world.

As an IGA concentrator, you add a layer of depth to your master's degree through further intensive coursework taught by Harvard Kennedy School faculty members who are among the world’s leading scholars of global affairs.

The concentration provides training for you to become a globally minded policymaker serving in a national, regional, or local government agency; international or nongovernmental organization; or multinational corporation. Many concentrators translate their IGA training into careers in international security, human rights, energy security, environment and resource systems, or information systems—all of which address international and global challenges and governance.

IGA-Affiliated Faculty Members

Graham Allison

Douglas Dillon Professor of Government

Lotem Bassan-Nygate

Assistant Professor of Public Policy

Jeeyang Rhee Baum

Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy

Jacqueline Bhabha

Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, HSPH; Jeremiah Smith Jr. Lecturer in Law, HLS

Claude Bruderlein

Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy

Matthew Bunn

James R. Schlesinger Professor of the Practice of Energy, National Security, and Foreign Policy

Nicholas Burns

Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations

Erica Chenoweth

Academic Dean for Faculty Development

Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment, HKS; Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe

William Clark

Harvey Brooks Research Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development

Dara Kay Cohen

Professor of Public Policy

James Dennison

Pierre Keller Visiting Professor

Simson Garfinkel

Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy

John Holdren

Teresa and John Heinz Research Professor of Environmental Policy

Sheila Jasanoff

Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies

Juliette Kayyem

Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security

Henry Lee

Director of Environment and Natural Resources Program

Senior Lecturer in Public Policy

Halla Logadottir

Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy

Fredrik Logevall

Laurence D. Belfer Professor of History and International Affairs

Zoe Marks

Lecturer in Public Policy

Rana Mitter

S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations

Meghan O'Sullivan

Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs

Samantha Power

Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy, HKS; William D. Zabel '61 Professor of Practice in Human Rights, HLS

Eric Rosenbach

Senior Lecturer in Public Policy

David Sanger

Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy

Daniel Schrag

Professor of Public Policy, HKS; Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology and Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, FAS

Kathryn Sikkink

Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights Policy

Jake Sullivan

Kissinger Professor of the Practice of Statecraft and World Order

Roya Talibova

Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman Assistant Professor of International Relations

Dustin Tingley

Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy, HKS and FAS

Jim Waldo

Professor of the Practice of Public Policy, HKS; Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science, SEAS

Stephen Walt

Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs

Rand Wentworth

Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy

There are a number of centers and programs at HKS that focus on topics and issues central to the IGA concentration and possibly your area of academic interest.

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IGA-Affiliated Faculty Members

IGA-Affiliated Research Centers

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Carr Center for Human Rights Policy