With a research agenda shaped by international events, Harvard Kennedy School assistant professor of public policy Lotem Bassan-Nygate, wants her academic scholarship to speak to policymakers.

Why do organizational policies and procedures fail to improve diversity outcomes? The purpose of diversity initiatives is to help groups that face disadvantages in society achieve better outcomes in ...

Description: It is an understatement to say that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is contentious, as we have seen at Harvard and on many campuses across the country. Rhetoric is often batted about – ...

This seminar will be given by Rodrigo Vergara, former President of the Central Bank of Chile (2016-2022). He will discuss the factors contributing to the recent deterioration of Latin America's ...

Our perceptions of gender—our own and others’— shape our embodied experiences and behaviors. This course examines the embodiment of gender via the lens of psychological science. We will begin by ...

This interdisciplinary course will explore the politics of reproductive health and health care delivery, both in the US and globally, with a particular focus on how reproduction and related clinical ...

During this lunch conversation with the HKS Human Rights PIC, Kenneth Roth (Senior Fellow at the Carr Center and former head ...

Election administrators are on the front line of ensuring our elections are safe and fair this November. There is no one for ...

Summer 2021, Paper: "As businesses work through the complexity of return-to-office strategies and determine how to manage a forever-hybrid workforce, the need to cultivate — and preserve — effective ...

March 2020, Paper: "Administrative costs account for one-quarter to one-third of health-care spending in the United States. This share is far greater than in other countries and exceeds all estimates ...

September 2020, Paper: "Endemic corruption in developing countries often seems intractable. Yet most countries that currently have relatively high public integrity were, at an earlier point in their ...

2019, Paper, "As sustainability issues, also labelled environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, become financially material, companies, investors and regulators are designing strategies and ...