Crowd of Black Lives Matters demonstrators marching in the street.
Feature: The Democratic Necessity of Reckoning

Erica Chenoweth reviews scholarship that overwhelmingly shows the Black Lives Matter movement generated high levels of public awareness about systemic racism and increased support for criminal justice reform.

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Feature: Against Rule-of-Thumb Economics

Dani Rodrik argues against neoliberalism’s universal rule-of-thumb approach and for economic analyses grounded in contextual dependencies.

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Feature: Leaders’ Psychological Bravery

Dana Born explores what skills leaders need to cultivate psychological safety on their teams and across their organizations.

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Feature: Dollar vs. Euro as International Reserve Currencies

Jeffrey Frankel explores the strengths and weaknesses of using the Dollar and the Euro as international reserve currencies.

Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

Henry Kissinger: Negotiating Black Majority Rule in Southern Africa

James K. Sebenius, Nicholas Burns, Robert H. Mnookin, L. Alexander Green. "Henry Kissinger: Negotiating Black Majority Rule in Southern Africa." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP16-059, December 9, 2016.

Will the Gender Violence Just Continue?

Bhabha, Jacqueline. "Will the Gender Violence Just Continue?" Health and South Asia. Ed. Harvard South Asia Institute. Harvard South Asia Institute, 2013, 13-18.

A Modern Founding Father

Burns, Nicholas. "A Modern Founding Father." Boston Globe, August 28, 2013.

Female Combatants and the Perpetration of Violence: Wartime Rape in the Sierra Leone Civil War

Cohen, Dara Kay. "Female Combatants and the Perpetration of Violence: Wartime Rape in the Sierra Leone Civil War." World Politics 65.3 (July 2013): 383-415.

Enforcing Girls' Access to Secondary Education: A Human Rights Imperative

Bhabha, Jacqueline. "Enforcing Girls' Access to Secondary Education: A Human Rights Imperative." Huffington Post. July 1, 2013.

Dueling Incentives: Sexual Violence in Liberia and the Politics of Human Rights Advocacy

Cohen, Dara Kay, and Amelia Hoover Green. "Dueling Incentives: Sexual Violence in Liberia and the Politics of Human Rights Advocacy." Journal of Peace Research 49.3 (May 2012): 445-458.

The Military’s Persistent Gender Divide

Kayyem, Juliette. "The Military’s Persistent Gender Divide." Boston Globe, April 23, 2012.

Buying Sex? It Will Cost You

David, Ed, and Swanee Hunt. "Buying Sex? It Will Cost You." Boston Globe, February 21, 2012.