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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

Can Justice Bring Peace to Ethiopia? How to Heal Divisions After Decades of War

Vinck, Patrick, Tadesse Simie Metekia, Geoff Dancy, Kathryn Sikkink, and Phuong N. Pham. "Can Justice Bring Peace to Ethiopia? How to Heal Divisions After Decades of War." Foreign Affairs (November 15, 2023).

What Made John Ruggie's World Transformation Theory and Practice Hang Together

Emanuel, Alder, and Kathryn Sikkink. "What Made John Ruggie's World Transformation Theory and Practice Hang Together." International Organization 77.4 (Fall 2023): 871-880.

Russia’s Willing Collaborators: Ukraine Needs a Measured Lustration Policy to Strengthen Security and Rebuild Democracy

Dancy, Geoff, Kathryn Sikkink, Mykhailo Soldatenko, and Patrick Vinck. "Russia’s Willing Collaborators: Ukraine Needs a Measured Lustration Policy to Strengthen Security and Rebuild Democracy." Foreign Affairs. June 8, 2023.

Political Science Did Not Provide Us with the Insights We Needed. An Interview

Sikkink, Kathryn. ""Political Science Did Not Provide Us with the Insights We Needed." An Interview." Embattled Visions: Human Rights since 1990. Ed. Jan Eckel, and Daniel Stahl. Wallstein Verlag, 2022, 297-342.

Diálogos con Shevy sobre derechos humanos, responsabilidades y ciudadanía

Sikkink, Kathryn. "Diálogos con Shevy sobre derechos humanos, responsabilidades y ciudadanía." Pensamientos y afectos en la obra de Elizabeth Jelin. Ed. Sergio Caggiano, Silvina Merenson, and Sebastian Pereyra. Mono y Davila, 2022.

Meditating on rights and responsibility: remarks on ‘the limits and burdens of rights’

Sikkink, Kathryn. "Meditating on rights and responsibility: remarks on ‘the limits and burdens of rights’." International Theory 13.3 (November 2021): 574-580.

Elements in International Relations

Price, Richard, and Kathryn Sikkink. Elements in International Relations. Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Introductory Remarks

Sikkink, Kathryn. "Introductory Remarks." Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting 115 (March 2021): 257-265.