Our faculty, researchers, and students grapple every day with the most urgent public problems facing our world. Ideas and solutions emerging from Harvard Kennedy School are a resource for you—whether you are a student, policymaker, thought leader, journalist, or engaged citizen.
How to galvanize leaders and policymakers to action on the world’s most pressing problems? It’s not with a list of numbers. Instead, it depends on telling compelling stories about real people.
The Chinese Communist Party rose to power thanks to a small band of young men who navigated treacherous political waters. HKS Professor Anthony Saich traces this rise and how it has shaped modern China.
Based on original survey and focus group data, coauthors Dara Kay Cohen of HKS and Danielle F. Jung of Emory University argue that curbing collective vigilantism hinges on ensuring that state governments can provide for the basic needs of their populations.
Discover recent publications authored by Kennedy School faculty. Browse publications by research topic, publication type, geographic location, or academic area.
Books, policy briefs, and working papers authored by faculty and other members of the HKS community offer perspectives on issues relevant to policymakers, researchers, and journalists.
The HKS Student Policy Review offers Harvard students an opportunity to engage with the most important policy issues of our time, across a whole range of topics and regions.
Behind the Book is a video storytelling series that dives into books authored by HKS faculty.