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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.

A family with a father, mother, and two small children walking on a dirt path.
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

Supply Chain Management: A Public Sector Perspective

Fagan, Mark L. Supply Chain Management: A Public Sector Perspective. Cheltanham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

People, Power, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal

Ganz, Marshall. People, Power, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal. Oxford University Press, 2024.

Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

Brooks, Arthur, and Oprah Winfrey. Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier. Penguin Random House, 2023.

Writing for Busy Readers

Rogers, Todd, and Jessica Lasky-Fink. Writing for Busy Readers. Penguin Random House, 2023.

Soft Power and Great-Power Competition

Nye, Joseph S. Soft Power and Great-Power Competition. Springer Singapore, 2023.

Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop

Bazerman, Max H. Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop. Princeton University Press, 2022.

Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders are Made

Gergen, David. Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders are Made. Simon and Schuster, 2022.

Democratize Work: The Case for Reorganizing the Economy

Ferreras, Isabelle, Julie Battilana, and Dominique Méda. Democratize Work: The Case for Reorganizing the Economy. University of Chicago Press, 2022.

Decision Leadership: Empowering Others to Make Better Choices

Moore, Don A., and Max H. Bazerman. Decision Leadership: Empowering Others to Make Better Choices. Yale University Press, 2022.

From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life

Brooks, Arthur. From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life. Portfolio, 2022.

Engaged Fatherhood for Men, Families and Gender Equality: Healthcare, Social Policy, and Work Perspectives

Grau-Grau, Marc, Mireia las Heras Maestro, and Hannah Riley Bowles. Engaged Fatherhood for Men, Families and Gender Equality: Healthcare, Social Policy, and Work Perspectives. Springer, 2021.

Prisms of the People: Power & Organizing in Twenty-First-Century America

Han, Hahrie, Elizabeth McKenna, and Michelle Oyakawa. Prisms of the People: Power & Organizing in Twenty-First-Century America. University of Chicago Press, 2021.

The Power of Experiments: Decision Making in a Data-Driven World

Luca, Michael, and Max Bazerman. The Power of Experiments: Decision Making in a Data-Driven World. MIT Press, 2021.

The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations

Livingston, Robert W. The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations. Penguin Random House, 2021.

Leaders Who Lust: Power, Money, Sex, Success, Legitimacy, Legacy

Kellerman, Barbara, and Todd L. Pittinsky. Leaders Who Lust: Power, Money, Sex, Success, Legitimacy, Legacy. Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Professionalizing Leadership

Kellerman, Barbara. Professionalizing Leadership. Oxford University Press, 2018.

Building State Capability: Evidence, Analysis, Action

Lant Pritchett, Matthew Andrews, and Michael Woolcock. Building State Capability: Evidence, Analysis, Action. Oxford University Press, 2017.

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.

The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development

Andrews, Matthew. The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development. Cambridge University Press, 2013.