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The White House lawn on a sunny day.
Feature: Is DOGE Sure It Wants to Fire These People?

Juliette Kayyem examines the negative effects that Elon Musks’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could have on the safety of everyday Americans.

River running through a densely populated area.
Feature: Private Benefits from Public Investment in Climate Resilience

Joseph Aldy finds that governmental construction of levees, which enhance resilience to flood risks amplified by climate change, increases home values by 3-4 percent.

Person sits on a bed holding a check.
Feature: Assessing Government Outreach to Bolster Benefits Take-Up

Elizabeth Linos finds that light-touch interventions significantly, consistently, and cost-effectively increase benefits take-up among low-income households, while higher-touch proactive outreach yields minimal additional take-up.

Black family happily sits on the grass in a park.
Feature: Excess Mortality Rate in U.S. Black Children Since 1950

Soroush Saghafian finds that 5 million excess deaths of Black Americans, including over 500,000 infants, could have been avoided over the past 70 years if their mortality rates were equal to those of White Americans.

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

Digital Service Teams: The End of the Beginning?

Eaves, David, and Ben McGuire. "Digital Service Teams: The End of the Beginning?" Apolitical. November 29, 2018.

Saying it’s Anonymous Doesn't Make It So: Re-identifications of “anonymized” law school data

Sweeney, Latanya, Michael von Loewenfeldt, and Melissa Perry. "Saying it’s Anonymous Doesn't Make It So: Re-identifications of “anonymized” law school data." Technology Science (November 2018).

Can Democracy Survive in the Information Age?

Rosenbach, Eric, and Katherine Mansted. "Can Democracy Survive in the Information Age?" October 2018.

2018 State of Digital Transformation

Eaves, David, Ben McGuire, Kathy Pham, Richard Pope, Emily Middleton, Matthew Spector, and Tom Loosemore. "2018 State of Digital Transformation." digital vlog, October 2018.

Science, Common Sense & Judicial Power in U.S. Courts

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Science, Common Sense & Judicial Power in U.S. Courts." Daedalus 147.4 (Fall 2018): 15-27.

Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence: An Urgently Needed Agenda

Risse, Mathias. "Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence: An Urgently Needed Agenda." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP18-015, May 2018.

America, Democracy and Cyber Risk: Time to Act

Rosenbach, Eric. "America, Democracy and Cyber Risk: Time to Act." Testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, April 24, 2018.

Defending Digital Democracy: The Four Corners of Election Security

Rosenbach, Eric. "Defending Digital Democracy: The Four Corners of Election Security." Testimony before the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, March 21, 2018.

Using Data Science Tools for Email Audience Analysis: A Research Guide

Boltik, Jacque, and Nicco Mele. "Using Data Science Tools for Email Audience Analysis: A Research Guide." October 2017.

Voter Identity Theft: Submitting Changes to Voter Registrations Online to Disrupt Elections

Sweeney, Latanya, Ji Su Yoo, and Jinyan Zang. "Voter Identity Theft: Submitting Changes to Voter Registrations Online to Disrupt Elections." Technology Science (September 2017).

Don't Believe the Hype: Procurement Reform is a Red Herring!

Eaves, David. "Don't Believe the Hype: Procurement Reform is a Red Herring!" FCW (Federal Computer Week). June 5, 2017.

Do We Still Need Systems Integrators?

Eaves, David. "Do We Still Need Systems Integrators?" Federal Computer Week (FCW). May 1, 2017.

Toward a Responsible Solar Geoengineering Research Program

Keith, David. "Toward a Responsible Solar Geoengineering Research Program." Issues in Science & Technology 33.3 (Spring 2017): 71-77.

Who Knows What About Me? A Survey of Behind the Scenes Personal Data Sharing to Third Parties by Mobile Apps

Zang, Jinyan, Krysta Dummit, James Graves, Paul Lisker, and Latanya Sweeney. "Who Knows What About Me? A Survey of Behind the Scenes Personal Data Sharing to Third Parties by Mobile Apps." Technology Science (October 2015).

Sharing Sensitive Data with Confidence: The Datatags System

Sweeney, Latanya, Mercè Crosas, and Michael Bar-Sinai. "Sharing Sensitive Data with Confidence: The Datatags System." Technology Science (October 2015).

Only You, Your Doctor, and Many Others May Know

Sweeney, Latanya. "Only You, Your Doctor, and Many Others May Know." Technology Science (September 2015).

De-Anonymizing South Korean Resident Registration Numbers Shared in Prescription Data

Sweeney, Latanya and Ji Su Yoo. "De-Anonymizing South Korean Resident Registration Numbers Shared in Prescription Data." Technology Science (September 2015).

Low Quality, Low Returns, Low
Adoption: Evidence from the
Market for Fertilizer and Hybrid
Seed in Uganda

Bold, Tessa, Kayuki C. Kaizzi, Jakob Svensson, and David Yanagizawa-Drott. "Low Quality, Low Returns, Low Adoption: Evidence from the Market for Fertilizer and Hybrid Seed in Uganda." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-033, June 2015.

Automating Open Science for Big Data

Crosas, Mercè, Gary King, James Honaker, and Latanya Sweeney. "Automating Open Science for Big Data." The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 659 (May 2015).

Public Engagement on Solar Radiation Management and Why it Needs to Happen Now

Carr, Wylie A., Christopher J. Preston, Laurie Yung, Bronislaw Szerszynski, David W. Keith, and Ashley M. Mercer. "Public Engagement on Solar Radiation Management and Why it Needs to Happen Now." Climatic Change 121.3 (December 2013): 567-577.

Putting Health IT on the Path to Success

Yasnoff, William, Latanya Sweeney, and Edward Shortliffe. "Putting Health IT on the Path to Success." Journal of the American Medical Association 309.10 (March 2013).

Discrimination in Online Ad Delivery

Sweeney, Latanya. "Discrimination in Online Ad Delivery." Communications of the ACM 56.5 (2013): 44-54.

Genealogies of STS

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Genealogies of STS." Social Studies of Science 42.3 (June 2012): 435-441.

Review of Acting in an Uncertain World: An Essay on Technical Democracy

Jasanoff, Sheila. Review of Acting in an Uncertain World: An Essay on Technical Democracy, by Michel Callon, Pierre Lascoumes, and Yannick Barthe. Technology & Culture, 53.1, January 2012: 204-206.

Constitutional Moments in Governing Science and Technology

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Constitutional Moments in Governing Science and Technology." Science and Engineering Ethics 17.4 (December 2011): 621-638.

A Living Constitution

Jasanoff, Sheila. "A Living Constitution." Science 331.6019 (February 2011): 872.

Science in Democracy: Expertise, Institutions, and Representation

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Science in Democracy: Expertise, Institutions, and Representation." Review of Science in Democracy: Expertise, Institutions, and Representation, by Mark B. Brown. Environmental Health Perspectives, 118.7, July 2010: A312.

The First Vietnam War: Colonial Conflict and Cold War Crisis

Lawrence, Mark Atwood, and Fredrik Logevall, eds. The First Vietnam War: Colonial Conflict and Cold War Crisis. Harvard University Press, 2007.

Managing End-of-Life Care in Complex Patients Can Reduce Costs Without Shortening Life

Sweeney, Latanya, Andrew Halpert, and Joan Waranoff. "Managing End-of-Life Care in Complex Patients Can Reduce Costs Without Shortening Life." American Journal of Managed Care (February 2007): 84-92.

Protecting Job Seekers from Identity Theft

Sweeney, Latanya. "Protecting Job Seekers from Identity Theft." IEEE Internet Computing 10.2 (March 2006).

Privacy-Preserving Surveillance Using Selective Revelation

Sweeney, Latanya. "Privacy-Preserving Surveillance Using Selective Revelation." IEEE Intelligent Systems (Sept-Oct 2005).

Preserving Privacy by De-Identifying Facial Images

Newton, Elaine M., Latanya Sweeney, and Bradley Malin. "Preserving Privacy by De-Identifying Facial Images." IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE) 17.2 (February 2005): 232-243.

Navigating Computer Science Research Through Waves of Privacy Concerns: Discussions among Computer Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University

Sweeney, Latanya. "Navigating Computer Science Research Through Waves of Privacy Concerns: Discussions among Computer Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University." ACM Computers and Society 34.1 (April 2004).

Finding Lists of People on the Web

Sweeney, Latanya. "Finding Lists of People on the Web." ACM Computers and Society 34.1 (April 2004).

How (Not) to Protect Genomic Data Privacy in a Distributed Network: Using Trail Re-identification to Evaluate and Design Anonymity Protection Systems

Bradley Malin and Latanya Sweeney. "How (Not) to Protect Genomic Data Privacy in a Distributed Network: Using Trail Re-identification to Evaluate and Design Anonymity Protection Systems." Journal of Biomedical Informatics 37.3 (2004): 179-192.

K-Anonymity: A Model for Protecting Privacy

Sweeney, Latanya. "K-Anonymity: A Model for Protecting Privacy." International Journal on Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-based Systems 10.5 (2002): 557-570.

Achieving k-Anonymity Privacy Protection Using Generalization and Suppression

Sweeney, Latanya. "Achieving k-Anonymity Privacy Protection Using Generalization and Suppression." International Journal on Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-based Systems 10.5 (2002): 571-588.

Inferring Genotype from Clinical Phenotype through a Knowledge Based Algorithm

Malin, Bradley and Latanya Sweeney. "Inferring Genotype from Clinical Phenotype through a Knowledge Based Algorithm." Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 2002 (2002).

Replacing Personally-Identifying Information in Medical Records, the Scrub System

Sweeney, Latanya. "Replacing Personally-Identifying Information in Medical Records, the Scrub System." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (1996): 333-337.