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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.

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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.

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

Crafting Public Narrative to Enable Collective Action: A Pedagogy for Leadership Development

Ganz, Marshall, Julia Lee Cunningham, Inbal Ben Ezer and Alaina Segura. "Crafting Public Narrative to Enable Collective Action: A Pedagogy for Leadership Development." Academy of Management Learning & Education 22.2 (June 2023): 169-190.

Challenges of effective governance for sustainable development at subnational government levels: introduction to this thematic issue of Public Sector Economics

Aiyar, Yamini, Rolf Alter, and Linda J. Bilmes. "Challenges of effective governance for sustainable development at subnational government levels: introduction to this thematic issue of Public Sector Economics." Public Sector Economics Journal (December 2022): 456-458.

The GI Bill was one of the worst racial injustices of the 20th century. Congress can fix it.

Bilmes, Linda J., and Cornell William Brooks. "The GI Bill was one of the worst racial injustices of the 20th century. Congress can fix it." Boston Globe. February 23, 2022.

Statistics And the Pandemic

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Statistics And the Pandemic." The Project Syndicate, May 2021.

What Three Economists Taught Us About Currency Regimes

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "What Three Economists Taught Us About Currency Regimes." The Project Syndicate, April 2021.

Joe Biden Will Lead the US Back to International Cooperation

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Joe Biden Will Lead the US Back to International Cooperation." The Guardian, December 2020.

At War and at Home: The Consequences of US Women Combat Casualties

Cohen, Dara Kay, Connor Huff, and Robert Schub. "At War and at Home: The Consequences of US Women Combat Casualties." Journal of Conflict Resolution (October 29, 2020).

Covid-19 and the Climate Crisis are Part of the Same Battle

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Covid-19 and the Climate Crisis are Part of the Same Battle." The Guardian, October 2020.

Joe Biden Looks Like A Safe Pair of Hands For the US Economy

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Joe Biden Looks Like A Safe Pair of Hands For the US Economy." The Guardian, October 2020.

JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956

Logevall, Fredrik. JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956. Penguin Random House, 2020.

How to Lead in a Time of Pandemic

Burns, Nicholas. "How to Lead in a Time of Pandemic." Foreign Affairs, March 25, 2020.

How the World Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic

Allen, John, Nicholas Burns, Laurie Garrett, Richard N. Haass, G. John Ikenberry, Kishore Mahbubani, Shivshankar Menon, Robin Niblett, Joseph S. Nye Jr., Shannon K. O’Neil, Kori Schake, and Stephen M. Walt. "How the World Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic." Foreign Policy, March 20, 2020.

Saving Natural Gas through Regulation

Lee, Henry. "Saving Natural Gas through Regulation." National Interest, March 31, 2019.

The State of the State Department and American Diplomacy

Burns, Nicholas. "The State of the State Department and American Diplomacy." Burns, Nicholas (2019).

Trump’s Iraq Visit Alone Won’t Undo Damage He Did Last Week

O'Sullivan, Meghan. "Trump’s Iraq Visit Alone Won’t Undo Damage He Did Last Week." Bloomberg Opinion, December 26, 2018.

The Budget, Diplomacy and Development

Burns, Nicholas. "The Budget, Diplomacy and Development." U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 28, 2017.

The World Turned Upside Down: Maintaining American Leadership in a Dangerous Age

Burns, Nicholas, Leah Bitounis, and Jonathon Price, eds. The World Turned Upside Down: Maintaining American Leadership in a Dangerous Age. Aspen Institute, 2017.