Behavioral economist Iris Bohnet is the new HKS academic dean

Iris Bohnet, whose recent work has focused on using behavioral design to de-bias how we live, learn, and work, is Harvard Kennedy School’s new academic dean. Bohnet, the co-director of the Women and Public Policy Program, succeeds Archon Fung, who had served in the position for four years.

Iris Bohnet

HKS alumnus Larry Bacow leads Harvard

Larry Bacow MPP 1976 PhD 1978 becomes the first graduate of the Kennedy School to lead Harvard University. Bacow, who was previously Hauser Leader-in-Residence at the Center for Public Leadership, also served as president of Tufts University and chancellor of MIT.

Lawrence S. Bacow

Honoring Drew Faust’s 11 years in office

Drew Faust, Lincoln Professor of American History, stepped down as president of Harvard University after 11 years. We reflect on her tenure and the ways in which she inspired the Harvard Kennedy School community.

Harvard President Drew Faust

Juan Manuel Santos, president of the Republic of Colombia, named next Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School

Ash Center announces finalists for Innovations in American Government Award

Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s eighth secretary-general, to join Carr Center for Human Rights Policy as senior fellow in 2018-2019

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston Awards 25 Summer Fellowships

Six Additional Governments to Receive Technical Support from Harvard Kennedy School’s Government Performance Lab

Reed College President John Kroger to join Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership as Hauser Leader-in-Residence for 2018-19

New Senior Fellows Welcomed to the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government

When the heat is on, student learning suffers

Harvard Kennedy School Graduates to Receive Diplomas During May 24 Ceremony

Iris Bohnet named Harvard Kennedy School Academic Dean

Sheila Jasanoff Named Winner of 2018 Albert O. Hirschman Prize for Outstanding Contributions to Social Science Research

Equal Justice Advocate, Social Entrepreneur, Volunteer Leader, and IT Management Consultant to Receive Alumni Awards

Harvard Kennedy School Launches Rawabi Fellowship Program for Current and Emerging Leaders from Palestine

Harvard Kennedy School Launches New Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship

Pippa Norris elected as member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Institute of Politics Releases Spring 2018 Youth Poll

Jane Mansbridge Awarded the 2018 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science

$2.5 Million Gift for Harvard Kennedy School Will Enhance Efforts to Address Wealth Concentration and Inequality

Robert Putnam honored for his cross-disciplinary research by the International Political Science Association and the University of Oxford

Harvard Kennedy School Creates a Student Fellowship in Honor of Lisa Garcia Quiroz