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Delivery worker wearing a medical mask and carrying packages.
Feature: The Impact of State Paid Sick Leave Laws on Service Workers

Daniel Schneider finds that state paid sick leave laws increased service workers’ access to paid sick leave and reduced the share of service workers who worked while sick.

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Feature: Connecting Absolute and Relative Intergenerational Mobility

Deirdre Bloome offers two frameworks for understanding the relationship between types of intergenerational mobility, or whether people are socioeconomically better off than their parents.

Two women in rural India dressed colorfully and carrying baskets on their heads.
Feature: Studying a Government Program to Support Women’s Self-Help Groups

Michael Walton explores the interactions between state and society in rural India within a major community-based development program, finding two major tensions.

A network of computer motherboards and other parts assembled to look like a miniature city.
Feature: The Data-Informed City

Jorrit de Jong presents a comprehensive framework for how cities can use data to address problems more effectively, efficiently, equitably, and with better accountability.

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

Roundtable: Perspectives on The Public

Whetsell, Travis A., Mark Prebble, Jos C. N. Raadschelders, Kirstine Zinck Pedersen, Christopher Ansell, Hahrie Han, Patricia M. Shields, Jean Hartley, John Benington, and Mark H. Moore. "Roundtable: Perspectives on The Public." Perspectives on Public Management and Governance (7 Apri l2025).

Satellite Political Movements: How Grassroots Activists Bolster Trump and Bolsonaro in the United States and Brazil

McKenna, Elizabeth, and Catharina O'Donnell. "Satellite Political Movements: How Grassroots Activists Bolster Trump and Bolsonaro in the United States and Brazil." American Behavioral Scientist (September 12, 2024).

Normalizing Reparations: U.S. Precedent, Norms, and Models for Compensating Harms and Implications for Reparations to Black Americans

Bilmes, Linda J., and Cornell Brooks. "Normalizing Reparations: U.S. Precedent, Norms, and Models for Compensating Harms and Implications for Reparations to Black Americans." RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 10.2 (June 2024): 30-67.

An Aspirational Path for American Conservatism

Goldsmith, Stephen, and Ryan Streeter. "An Aspirational Path for American Conservatism." Ash Center Policy Briefs Series, September 2023.

Placing the peripheries within Brazil’s rightward turn: Socio-spatial transformation and electoral realignment, 2002–2018

Richmond, Matthew A., and Elizabeth McKenna. "Placing the peripheries within Brazil’s rightward turn: Socio-spatial transformation and electoral realignment, 2002–2018." Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 0.0 (2023): 1-18.

Public institutions and support for climate funding

Bilmes, Linda, Mauricio Rodas, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Devon Rowe, Aminata Touré, and Lan Xue. "Public institutions and support for climate funding." United Nations ECOSOC, March 16. 2023.

All Minds on Deck? Assessing Distributed Strategic Capacity in Public-Sector Organizations

de Jong, Jorrit, Maurits Waardenburg, Bertine Steenbergen, and Nicholas Vachon. "All Minds on Deck? Assessing Distributed Strategic Capacity in Public-Sector Organizations." Review of Public Personnel Administration 43.1 (March 2023): 33–55.

I helped balance the federal budget in the 1990s – here’s just how hard it will be for the GOP to achieve that same rare feat

Bilmes, Linda J. "I helped balance the federal budget in the 1990s – here’s just how hard it will be for the GOP to achieve that same rare feat." The Conversation, February 1, 2023.

Power Metrics: Measuring What Matters to Build a Multiracial Democracy

Cushman, Joy, and Elizabeth McKenna. "Power Metrics: Measuring What Matters to Build a Multiracial Democracy." Democracy & Power Innovation Fund, 2023.

Challenges of effective governance for sustainable development at subnational government levels: introduction to this thematic issue of Public Sector Economics

Aiyar, Yamini, Rolf Alter, and Linda J. Bilmes. "Challenges of effective governance for sustainable development at subnational government levels: introduction to this thematic issue of Public Sector Economics." Public Sector Economics Journal (December 2022): 456-458.

Entry Points: Gaining Momentum in Early-Stage Cross-Boundary Collaborations

Martínez Orbegozo, Eva Flavia, Jorrit de Jong, Hannah Riley Bowles, Amy Edmondson, Anahide Nahhal, and Lisa Cox. "Entry Points: Gaining Momentum in Early-Stage Cross-Boundary Collaborations." The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 58.4 (December 2022): 595-645.

A tale of two Americas: Socio-economic mobility gaps within and across American cities before and during the pandemic

Sevtsuk, Andres, Rounaq Basu, Dylan Halpern, Anne Hudson, Kloe Ng, and Jorrit de Jong. "A tale of two Americas: Socio-economic mobility gaps within and across American cities before and during the pandemic." Cities 131 (December 2022): 104006.

Effects of demolishing abandoned buildings on firearm violence: a moderation analysis using aerial imagery and deep learning

Jay, Jonathan, Jorrit de Jong, Marcia P Jimenez, Quynh Nguyen, and Jason Goldstick. "Effects of demolishing abandoned buildings on firearm violence: a moderation analysis using aerial imagery and deep learning." Injury Prevention 28 (May 2022): 249-255.

The GI Bill was one of the worst racial injustices of the 20th century. Congress can fix it.

Bilmes, Linda J., and Cornell William Brooks. "The GI Bill was one of the worst racial injustices of the 20th century. Congress can fix it." Boston Globe. February 23, 2022.

Habits of Courage: Reconceptualizing Risk in Social Movement Organizing

Oyakawa, Michelle, Elizabeth McKenna, and Hahrie Han. "Habits of Courage: Reconceptualizing Risk in Social Movement Organizing." Journal of Community Psychology 49.8 (November 2021): 3101-3121.

Toward a Smarter Future: Building Back Better with Intelligent Civil Infrastructure -- Smart Sensors and Self-Monitoring Civil Works

Goldsmith, Stephen, Betsy Gardner, and Jill Jamieson. "Toward a Smarter Future: Building Back Better with Intelligent Civil Infrastructure -- Smart Sensors and Self-Monitoring Civil Works." Ash Center Policy Briefs Series, September 2021.

Beyond Numbers

Han, Hahrie, Elizabeth McKenna, and Michelle Oyakawa. "Beyond Numbers." Stanford Social Innovation Review (August 10, 2021).

Constituency as an Independent Source
of Power

Oyakawa, Michelle, Elizabeth McKenna, and Hahrie Han. "Constituency as an Independent Source of Power." Social Science Research Council - Items. April 6, 2021.

To Learn About the Democratic Party’s Future, Look to What Latino Organizers did in Arizona

Han, Hahrie, and Elizabeth McKenna. "To Learn About the Democratic Party’s Future, Look to What Latino Organizers did in Arizona." The Washington Post, Monkey Cage, February 9, 2021.

Taxes and Tithes: The Organizational Foundations of Bolsonarismo

McKenna, Elizabeth. "Taxes and Tithes: The Organizational Foundations of Bolsonarismo." International Sociology 35.6 (November 2020): 610-631.

Social Movements in a Global Context: History, Content, and Form

Bringel, Breno, and Elizabeth McKenna. "Social Movements in a Global Context: History, Content, and Form." The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook. Ed. Walter W. Powell and Patricia Bromley. Stanford University Press, 2020, 631-647.

Effectively Managing Connected Mobility Marketplaces

Goldsmith, Stephen, and Matthew Leger. "Effectively Managing Connected Mobility Marketplaces." Mobility in the Connected City Series, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, February 2020.

People Power: Building Political Bases to Make Multiracial Democracy Work

Schrantz, Doran, Michelle Oyakawa, and Elizabeth McKenna. "People Power: Building Political Bases to Make Multiracial Democracy Work." Stanford Social Innovation Review 18.1 (Winter 2020): A9–A11.

Prioritizing Public Value in the Changing Mobility Landscape

Goldsmith, Stephen, and Betsy Gardner. "Prioritizing Public Value in the Changing Mobility Landscape." Mobility and the Connected City Series, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, January 2020.

Bringing Leadership Back In

Ganz, Marshall, and Elizabeth McKenna. "Bringing Leadership Back In." The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements. Ed. David A. Snow, Sarah A. Soule, Hanspeter Kriesi, and Holly J. McCammon. Wiley-Blackwell, 2018, 185-202.

The Untilled Field of Field Campaigns

Han, Hahrie, and Elizabeth McKenna. "The Untilled Field of Field Campaigns." Perspectives on Politics 14.3 (September 2016): 750-757.

Groundbreakers: How Obama’s 2.2 Million Volunteers Transformed Campaigning in America

McKenna, Elizabeth, and Hahrie Han. Groundbreakers: How Obama’s 2.2 Million Volunteers Transformed Campaigning in America. Oxford University Press, 2015.

Engaging Voters Can Kickstart Community Activism

Han, Hahrie, and Elizabeth McKenna. "Engaging Voters Can Kickstart Community Activism." The Washington Post, Monkey Cage, November 25, 2014.