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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

Effects of a US Supreme Court ruling to restrict abortion rights

Clark, Chelsey S., Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Sean J. Westwood, Maya Sen, Neil Malhotra, and Stephen Jessee. "Effects of a US Supreme Court ruling to restrict abortion rights." Nature Human Behaviour 8.1 (January 2024): 63-71.

Going Beyond Accountability to Deter Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

Cohen, Dara. "Going Beyond Accountability to Deter Conflict-Related Sexual Violence." United States Institute of Peace, Analysis and Commentary, March 14, 2023.

Collective Vigilantism in Global Comparative Perspective

Cohen, Dara Kay, Danielle F. Jung, and Michael Weintraub. "Collective Vigilantism in Global Comparative Perspective." Comparative Politics 55.2 (January 2023): 239-261.

Youth and LGBTQ+ Participation In Nonviolent Action

Chenoweth, Erica, Zoe Marks, Matthew Cebul, and Miranda Rivers. "Youth and LGBTQ+ Participation In Nonviolent Action." USAID, January 2023.

Kansas vote for abortion rights highlights disconnect between majority opinion on abortion laws and restrictive state laws being passed after Supreme Court decision

Baum, Matthew A., Alauna Safarpour, and Kristin Lunz Trujillo. "Kansas vote for abortion rights highlights disconnect between majority opinion on abortion laws and restrictive state laws being passed after Supreme Court decision." The Conversation. July 25, 2022.

The reversal of reproductive rights in America is contrary to global trends. Why? Compared with similar Western democracies, Republican voters are exceptionally socially conservative, religious and au

Norris, Pippa. "The reversal of reproductive rights in America is contrary to global trends. Why? Compared with similar Western democracies, Republican voters are exceptionally socially conservative, religious and authoritarian." USAPP: United States Politics and Policy Blog, June 30, 2022.

Engaged Fatherhood for Men, Families and Gender Equality: Healthcare, Social Policy, and Work Perspectives

Grau-Grau, Marc, Mireia las Heras Maestro, and Hannah Riley Bowles. Engaged Fatherhood for Men, Families and Gender Equality: Healthcare, Social Policy, and Work Perspectives. Springer, 2021.

Hatred against Roma in times of pandemic

Matache, Margareta, Jennifer Leaning, and Jacqueline Bhabha. "Hatred against Roma in times of pandemic." Public Health, Mental Health, And Mass Atrocity Prevention. Ed. Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum, Caitlin O. Mahoney, Amy E. Meade, and Arlan F. Fuller. Routledge, 2021.

Decolonizing knowledge within and beyond the classroom

Kessi, Shose, Zoe Marks, and Elelwani Ramugondo. "Decolonizing knowledge within and beyond the classroom." Critical African Studies 13.1 (June 2021): 1-9.

Fault Lines of Refugee Exclusion: Statelessness, Gender, and COVID-19 in South Asia

Chakraborty, Roshni, and Jacqueline Bhabha. "Fault Lines of Refugee Exclusion: Statelessness, Gender, and COVID-19 in South Asia." Health and Human Rights 23.1 (June 2021): 237-250.

Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

Nordas, Ragnhild, and Dara Kay Cohen. "Conflict-Related Sexual Violence." Annual Review of Political Science 24 193-211.

Unfinished Business: The Long Road Ahead to Civil Rights and Roma Rights

Bhabha, Jacqueline. "Unfinished Business: The Long Road Ahead to Civil Rights and Roma Rights." Human Rights Quarterly 43.1 (February 2021): 197-201.

The Massachusetts Bail Fund Is on the Right Side of the Law — and Justice

Smith, Sandra Susan. "The Massachusetts Bail Fund Is on the Right Side of the Law — and Justice." The Boston Globe. August 18, 2020.

Centering Human Subjects: The Ethics of “Desk Research” on Political Violence

Hoover Green, Amelia, and Dara Kay Cohen. "Centering Human Subjects: The Ethics of “Desk Research” on Political Violence." Journal of Global Security Studies (July 2020).

(Sex) Crime and Punishment in the #MeToo Era: How the Public Views Rape

Schwarz, Susanne, Matthew A. Baum, and Dara Kay Cohen. "(Sex) Crime and Punishment in the #MeToo Era: How the Public Views Rape." Political Behavior (May 2020).

Almost Over: Aging, Dying, Dead

Kamm, Frances. Almost Over: Aging, Dying, Dead. Oxford University Press, 2020.

The Hidden Face of Rights: Toward a Politics of Responsibilities

Sikkink, Kathryn. The Hidden Face of Rights: Toward a Politics of Responsibilities. Yale University Press, 2020.

Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Women's Rights

Shattuck, John, and Mathias Risse. "Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Women's Rights." Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, January 4, 2020.

Authoritarian Police in Democracy: Contested Security in Latin America

Gonzalez, Yanilda. Authoritarian Police in Democracy: Contested Security in Latin America. Cambridge University Press, 2020.

The Education of an Idealist

Power, Samantha. The Education of an Idealist. HarperCollins, 2019.

The Way Kavanaugh’s Supporters Are Talking About Sexual Assault Allegations Can Be Dangerous, Our New Study Finds

Baum, Matthew A., Dara Kay Cohen, Susanne Schwarz, and Yuri Zhukov. "The Way Kavanaugh’s Supporters Are Talking About Sexual Assault Allegations Can Be Dangerous, Our New Study Finds." The Washington Post: The Monkey Cage, September 27, 2018.

Why Elie Wiesel's 'Night' Still Matters so Much to Me – and All of Us

Power, Samantha. "Why Elie Wiesel's 'Night' Still Matters so Much to Me – and All of Us." Forward. September 12, 2017.

Realizing Roma Rights

Bhabha, Jacqueline, Andrzej Mirga, and Margareta Matache, eds. Realizing Roma Rights. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017.

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.

Human Rights and Adolescence

Bhabha, Jacqueline, ed. Human Rights and Adolescence. Princeton University Press, 2016.

How to Counter Rape During War

Elisabeth Jean Wood and Dara Kay Cohen. "How to Counter Rape During War." New York Times, October 28, 2015.

Do States Delegate Shameful Violence to Militias? Patterns of Sexual Violence in Recent Armed Conflicts

Cohen, Dara Kay and Ragnhild Nordås. "Do States Delegate Shameful Violence to Militias? Patterns of Sexual Violence in Recent Armed Conflicts." Journal of Conflict Resolution 59.5 (August 2015): 877-898.

Extinguishing the Fires This Time

McCarthy, Timothy Patrick. "Extinguishing the Fires This Time." Huffington Post, July 2015.

Marginality, Ethnicity and Penality: A Response to Loïc Wacquant

Wilson, William Julius. "Marginality, Ethnicity and Penality: A Response to Loïc Wacquant." Ethnic & Racial Studies 37.10 (October 2014): 1712-1718.

Child Migration and Human Rights in a Global Age

Bhabha, Jacqueline. Child Migration and Human Rights in a Global Age. Princeton University Press, 2014.

Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict: Introducing the SVAC Dataset, 1989–2009

Cohen, Dara, and Ragnhild Nordås. "Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict: Introducing the SVAC Dataset, 1989–2009." Journal of Peace Research 51.3 (May 2014): 418-428.

Bayeseian Inference and Contractualist Justification on Interstate 95

Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "Bayeseian Inference and Contractualist Justification on Interstate 95." Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics, 2nd Edition. Ed. Andrew I. Cohen and Christopher Heath Wellman. Wiley, 2014, 219-231.

“Way Down in the Hole”: Systemic Urban Inequality and The Wire

Chaddha, Anmol, and William Julius Wilson. "“Way Down in the Hole”: Systemic Urban Inequality and The Wire." Crime and Justice in the City as Seen through The Wire. Ed. Peter A. Collins, and David C. Brody. Carolina Academic Press, 2013, 29-53.

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.

Wartime Sexual Violence: Misconceptions, Implications, and Ways Forward

Cohen, Dara Kay, Amelia Hoover Green, and Elisabeth Jean Wood. "Wartime Sexual Violence: Misconceptions, Implications, and Ways Forward." United States Institute of Peace, February 2013.

The Keys to Keeping Boston Free of Riots

Glaeser, Edward L. "The Keys to Keeping Boston Free of Riots." Boston Globe, May 3, 2012.

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.

A Community of Abundance

Pritchett, Lant. "A Community of Abundance." Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 45.1 (Spring 2012): 153 - 158.

Buying Sex? It Will Cost You

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

Children Without a State: A Global Human Rights Challenge

Bhabha, Jacqueline, ed. Children Without a State: A Global Human Rights Challenge. MIT Press, 2011.

The Challenge of Mass Incarceration in America

Loury, Glenn C., and Bruce Western. "The Challenge of Mass Incarceration in America." Daedalus 139.3 (Summer 2010): 5-7.

Mass Atrocity Response Operations: A Military Planning Handbook

Sewall, Sarah, Dwight Raymond, and Sally Chin. Mass Atrocity Response Operations: A Military Planning Handbook. Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, 2010.

Promises and Pitfalls in the Spatial Prediction of Ethnic Violence: A Comment

Weidmann, Nils B., and Monica Duffy Toft. "Promises and Pitfalls in the Spatial Prediction of Ethnic Violence: A Comment." Conflict Management and Peace Science 27.2 (2010): 159-176.

Securing the Peace: The Durable Settlement of Civil Wars

Toft, Monica Duffy. Securing the Peace: The Durable Settlement of Civil Wars. Princeton University Press, 2010.

Comment on States, Nations and Regional War

Toft, Monica Duffy. "Commentary on Benjamin Miller’s States, Nations and Regional War." Review of States, Nations and Regional War, by Benjamin Miller. Ethnopolitics, 2009.

The Origins of Ethnic Wars: A Historical and Critical Account

Toft, Monica Duffy. The Origins of Ethnic Wars: A Historical and Critical Account. Handbook of War Studies III. Ed. Manus I. Midlarsky. University of Michigan Press, 2009.