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Research finds that more predictable worker scheduling improves health and well-being

Researchers have found that a Seattle ordinance requiring more notice in scheduling for hourly workers resulted in more predictable shifts, and that this increased stability led to improvements in ...
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Is there a human right to truth?

When truth is defined as trustworthy information that people use to make important decisions about their lives, it is arguably as fundamental to human existence as air, water, food, and shelter. Yet, ...
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Mind Control: Past and Future

During the Cold-War-era, intelligence agencies in both the Eastern and Western blocs set up secret experiments to devise methods of mind control and brainwashing in order to gain an advantage over the ...
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Nancy Pelosi speaks on culture wars, redistricting, and the Democrats’ stand on the shutdown—but don’t tell her that her party is “rudderless”

Nancy Pelosi, former speaker of the House of Representatives, visited Harvard Kennedy School to speak in class with Ambassador Katherine Tai, Institute of Politics (IOP) fall 2025 fellow and former ...
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Atlas 2.0 Offers Bigger, Faster Visualizations and New Datasets

Cambridge, MA - The Atlas of Economic Complexity, the dynamic, open source data visualization tool produced by Harvard’s Center for International Development (CID), now offers an enhanced design that ...
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Anti-Trump protests are making headway in Trump country, new research shows

New research by Professor Erica Chenoweth’s Nonviolent Action Lab—published right before the October 18 No Kings protests across the country—shows that the 2025 protests against the Trump ...
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Former White House science advisor warns of lasting damage from Trump-era research cuts

Through a series of executive orders, the Trump administration has halted or eliminated research funding for a wide swath of programs affecting the environment and weather, health and biomedicine, ...
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The Pentagon’s new media policy raises questions about transparency and trust

Journalists from a slew of major news outlets left their workspaces in the Pentagon last week following an October 15 ultimatum by the Department of Defense to sign onto new Department of Defense ...
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Juan Jimenez: Bringing real-world development and political experience to bear on complex challenges

Economist and public leader Juan Jimenez MPA/ID 2010 has returned to Harvard Kennedy School as a lecturer in public policy. An expert in political economy and economic development, Jimenez served as ...
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The Upswing: How We Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again - Robert Putnam

October 2020, Book: "An eminent political scientist’s brilliant analysis of economic, social, and political trends over the past century demonstrating how we have gone from an individualistic “I” ...
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Bank Capital and the Growth of Private Credit

September 30, 2024, Paper: "This paper examines whether regulatory arbitrage can explain the growth of private credit. We show that business development companies (BDCs) — closed-end funds that ...
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My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

“The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. In this groundbreaking work, therapist Resmaa Menakem ...