Featured Stories
Building a world where all can thrive
Seismic shifts over the past year have heightened the urgency to rethink the approach critical development work. In this video, HKS professors share “one big idea” to build a thriving world given the multitude of challenges facing our geopolitical landscape.
HKS 2036: A vision for Harvard Kennedy School’s next chapter
Featuring Jeremy Weinstein
What do a firefighter, an ICE agent, and a librarian have in common?
Featuring Elizabeth Linos
Danielle Allen’s “Radical Duke” reveals an unsung catalyst of history
Featuring Danielle Allen
Fries with a side of the stomach bug: How “points systems” put workers and the public at risk
Featuring Daniel Schneider
How AI can empower city workers to make decisions while remaining accountable
Featuring Stephen Goldsmith
Community Stories
HKS students are developing their skills and making an impact, both inside the classroom and beyond.
Reimagining how cities work
Cesar R. Hernandez MC/MPA 2026 is building a democratic “civic operating system” so smart cities of the future are equitable, accountable, and human-centered.
Getting to work: HKS students take on government projects
Harvard Kennedy School professor Christopher Avery asked state and local officials what they needed help with, and his students stepped up.
Featuring Christopher Norio Avery
From rural Mississippi to JSI@HKS to the MPP Program: A Q&A with Lily Langstaff MPP 2027
Growing up in rural Mississippi, Lily Langstaff MPP 2027 never imagined she would one day pursue a master's degree in public policy. As the first JSI@HKS Summer Scholar to enroll at HKS, Lily reflects on her journey to the MPP Program and experience so far.
In the News
A selection of what our faculty members and experts are saying in the media.
Interest in government careers dipped after 2025 federal workforce purge, Harvard research finds
Elizabeth Linos
Boston Globe
Did a Rowdy English Nobleman Mastermind the American Revolution?
Danielle Allen
New Yorker
Beyond ‘Pax Americana’: How JFK’s lessons on unilateral nuclear restraint show that Trump should do more
Matthew Bunn
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Ambassador Samantha Power on the loss of USAID
Samantha Power
WBUR
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Ideas from Around HKS
Stories and news from HKS research centers.
On Enriched Uranium and (Iranian) Nuclear Bombs
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
What Urban History Can Teach Us About the Future
Bloomberg Center for Cities
Voter Experience Summit Recap
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
The Future of Aid: How Development Cooperation Is Adapting to a More Contested World
Center for International Development
Announcements
Press releases and messages to the community.
Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center Launches Program on Diplomacy and Statecraft, Founded by Ambassador Nicholas Burns
The Program on Diplomacy and Statecraft founded by Ambassador Nicholas Burns is dedicated to advancing the practice and study of diplomacy and negotiation.
HKS Magazine
Disagreement is everywhere. Leading through it is a skill.
The spring 2026 issue of Harvard Kennedy School Magazine highlights how HKS alumni and faculty are putting that skill into practice—bridging divides, navigating high-stakes decisions, and modeling more productive debate in the moments that matter most.