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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.

Electronic stock ticker board with numbers and arabic letters.
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.

Several hands of team members covering one another in a huddle above a work table.
Feature: Leaders’ Psychological Bravery

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

Dollars and Euros piled on top of one another.
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

Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice: Science, Practice, and Policy

Muhammad, Khalil Gibran, Bruce Western, Yamrot Negussie, and Emily Backes, eds. Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice: Science, Practice, and Policy. National Academies Press, 2022.

The Criminal Justice System as a Labor Market Institution: Special Issue of RSF, The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences)

Smith, Sandra Susan, and Jonathan Simon, eds. The Criminal Justice System as a Labor Market Institution: Special Issue of RSF, The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences). Russell Sage Foundation, April 2020.

Civil Action and the Dynamics of Violence

Deborah Avant, Marie Berry, Erica Chenoweth, Rachel Epstein, Cullen Hendrix, Oliver Kaplan, and Timothy Sisk, eds. Civil Action and the Dynamics of Violence. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Political Demography: How Population Changes Are Reshaping International Security and National Politics

Goldstone, Jack A., Eric P. Kaufmann, and Monica Duffy Toft, eds. Political Demography: How Population Changes Are Reshaping International Security and National Politics. Paradigm Publishers, 2011.

Poverty and Poverty Alleviation Strategies in North America

Bane, Mary Jo, and René Zenteno, eds. Poverty and Poverty Alleviation Strategies in North America. David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University, 2009.

The Global Gender Gap Report

Hausmann, Ricardo, Laura D. Tyson, Saadia Zahidi, eds. The Global Gender Gap Report. World Economic Forum, 2009.

Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: A Comparative Perspective

Braga, Anthony A., Jeffrey Fagan, Tracey Meares, Robert Sampson, Tom R. Tyler, and Christopher Winship, eds. Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: A Comparative Perspective. Russell Sage Foundation, 2007.

Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives

Weisburd, David, and Anthony A. Braga, eds. Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives. Cambridge University Press, 2006.

From Children to Citizens, Volume II: The Role of the Juvenile Court

Hartmann, Francis X., ed. From Children to Citizens, Volume II: The Role of the Juvenile Court. Springer-Verlag, 1987.