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
Battilana, Julie, Leszek Krol, Kara Sheppard-Jones, and Alexandra Ubalijoro. "Beyond a niche approach: Could social business become the norm?" Social Economy Science: Transforming the Economy and Making Society More Resilient. Ed. Gorgi Krlev, Dominika Wruk, Giulio Pasi, and Marika Bernhard. Oxford University Press, 2024.
Woolcock, Michael. "Will It Work Here? Using Case Studies to Generate ‘Key Facts’ About Complex Development Programs." The Case for Case Studies: Methods and Applications in International Development. Ed. Jennifer Widner, Michael Woolcock, and Daniel Ortego Nieto. Cambridge University Press, 2022, 87-116.
Widner, Jennifer, Michael Woolcock, and Daniel Ortega Nieto. "Using Case Studies to Enhance the Quality of Explanation and Implementation." The Case for Case Studies: Methods and Applications in International Development. Ed. Jennifer Widner, Michael Woolcock, and Daniel Ortega Nieto. Cambridge University Press, 2022, 1-26.
Jeong, Martha, Julia Minson, and Francesca Gino. "Psychological shortcomings to optimal negotiation behavior: Intrapersonal and interpersonal challenges." Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles. Ed. Paul A. M. Van Lange, E. Tory Higgins, and Arie W. Kruglanski. The Guilford Press, 2022, 532–544.
Chohlas-Wood, Alex, Joe Nudell, Keniel Yao, Zhiyuan (Jerry) Lin, Julian Nyarko, and Sharad Goel. "Blind Justice: Algorithmically Masking Race in Charging Decisions." Proceedings of the 2021 AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society. Association for Computing Machinery, July 2021, 35-45.
Goel, Sharad, Ravi Shroff, Jennifer Skeem, and Christopher Slobogin. "The accuracy, equity, and jurisprudence of criminal risk assessment." Research handbook on Big Data Law. Ed. Roland Vogl. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021, 9-28.
Lee, Matthew, and Julie Battilana. "How the Zebra Got its Stripes: Individual Founder Imprinting and Hybrid Social Ventures." Organizational Hybridity: Perspectives, Processes, Promises. Ed. Marya L. Besharov and Bjoern C. Mitzinneck. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020, 139-165.
Ordóñez, Lisa, Maurice Schweitzer, Adam Galinsky, and Max Bazerman. "Goals Gone Wild: The Systematic Side Effects of Overprescribing Goal Setting." Organizational Collaboration. Routledge, 2020, 21-34.
DeWees, Bradley R., and Jennifer S. Lerner. "Uncertainty Avoidance." Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Ed. Virgil Zeigler-Hill,and Todd K. Shackelford. Springer, Cham, 2020, 5647-5652.
Trombini, Chiara, Logan A. Berg, and Hannah Riley Bowles. "Anger and Anxiety in Masculine Stereotypic and Male Dominated (Msmd) Negotiating Contexts: Affect and the Study of Gender in Negotiation." Research Handbook on Gender and Negotiation. Ed. Mara Olekalns and Jessica A. Kennedy. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020.
Livingston, Robert. "Stigmatization, Subordination, or Marginalization? The Complexity of Social Disadvantage across Race and Gender." Inclusive Leadership: Transforming Diverse Lives, Organizations, and Societies. Ed. Bernardo M. Ferdman, Jeanine Prime, and Ronald E. Riggio. Routledge, 2020.
Robinson, Lisa A., W. Kip Viscusi, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Efficient Warnings, Not “Wolf or Puppy” Warnings." The Future of Risk Management. Ed. Howard Kunreuther, Robert J. Meyer, and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019.
Battilana, Julie, Michael Fuerstein, and Mike Lee. "New Prospects for Organizational Democracy? How the Joint Pursuit of Social and Financial Goals Challenges Traditional Organizational Designs." Capitalism Beyond Mutuality?: Perspectives Integrating Philosophy and Social Science. Ed. Subramanian Rangan. Oxford University Press, 2018.
Devjani, Roy, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The Anatomy of Ignorance: Diagnoses from Literature." Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies. Ed. Matthias Gross and Linsey McGoey. Routledge, 2015, 61-73.
Ferrer, R., William Klein, Jennifer Lerner, Valerie Reyna, and Dacher Keltner. "Emotions and Health Decision-Making: Extending the Appraisal Tendency Framework to Improve Health and Healthcare." Behavioral Economics and Public Health. Ed. Christina A. Roberto and Ichiro Kawachi. Oxford University Press, 2015, 101-131.
Bowles, Hannah Riley, and Bobbi Thomason. "Using Research to Generate Advice for Women: Examples from Negotiation Research." Auswahl von Männern und Frauen als Führungskräfte. Ed. I. M. Welpe, P. Brosi, L. Ritzenhöfer, and T. Schwarzmüller. Springer Fachmedien, 2015, 357–366.
Burns, Nicholas and Jonathon Price. "Preface." Blind Spot: America’s Response to Radicalism in the Middle East. Ed. Burns, Nicholas and Jonathon Price. Aspen Institute, 2015.
Zeckhauser, Richard. "New Frontiers Beyond Risk and Uncertainty: Ignorance, Group Decision, and Unanticipated Themes, Preface 2." Handbook of the Economics of Risk and Uncertainty. Ed. W. Kip Viscusi and Mark Machina. Elsevier, 2013, xvii-xxix.
Mansbridge, Jane, Chase Foster, and Cathie Jo Martin. "Negotiation Myopia." Negotiating Agreement in Politics. Ed. Jane Mansbridge and Cathie Jo Martin. American Political Science Association, 2013.
Warren, Mark, Jane Mansbridge, André Bächtiger, Maxwell A. Cameron, Simone Chambers, John Ferejohn, Alan Jacobs, Jack Knight, Daniel Naurin, Melissa Schwartzberg, Yael Tamir, Dennis Thompson, and Melissa Williams. "Deliberative Negotiation." Negotiating Agreement in Politics. Ed. Jane Mansbridge and Cathie Jo Martin. American Political Science Association, 2013.
Bowles, Hannah Riley. "Psychological Perspectives on Gender in Negotiation." The Sage Handbook of Gender and Psychology. Ed. M.K. Ryan and N.R. Branscombe. Sage Publications Ltd, 2013.
Zhang, Ting, and Max Bazerman. "Managerial Decision Biases." Encyclopedia of Management Theory. Ed. Eric H. Kessler. Sage Publications, March 2013, 470-474.
Rogers, Todd, Craig R. Fox, and Alan S. Gerber. "Rethinking Why People Vote: Voting as Dynamic Social Expression." Behavioral Foundations of Policy. Ed. Eldar Shafir. Princeton University Press, 2012, 91-107.
Rogers, Todd. "Rethinking Why People Vote: Voting as Dynamic Social Expression." Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy. Ed. Eldar Shafir. Princeton University Press, 2012.
Renshon, Jonathan B., and Jennifer S. Lerner. "The Role of Emotions in Foreign Policy Decision Making." Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology. Ed. Daniel J. Christie. Wiley-Blackwell Press, 2012, 313-317.
Bohnet, Iris, Benedikt Herrmann, Mohamad Al-Ississ, Andrea Robbett, Khalid Al-Yahia, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The Elasticity of Trust: How to Promote Trust in the Arab Middle East and the United States." Restoring Trust in Organizations and Leaders: Enduring Challenges and Emerging Answers. Ed. Roderick M. Kramer and Todd L. Pittinsky. Oxford University Press, 2012, 151-169.
Ganz, Marshall. "Public Narrative, Collective Action, and Power." Accountability through Public Opinion: From Inertia to Public Action. Ed. Sina Odugbemi and Taeku Lee. The World Bank, 2011, 273-289.
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "How Does Simplified Disclosure Affect Individuals' Mutual Fund Choices?" Explorations in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2011, 75-96.
Sellman, W. S., Dana H. Born, W. J. Strickland, and J. J. Ross. "Selection and Classification in the U.S. Military." Handbook of Personnel Selection. Routledge, April 2010, 679-704.
Lerner, Jennifer S. "Emotion." Handbook of Social Psychology, 5th Edition, Volume Two. Ed. Susan T. Fiske, Daniel T. Gilbert, and Gardner Lindzey. Wiley, 2010, 317-352.
Kousky, Carolyn, John Pratt, and Richard Zeckhauser. Virgin Versus Experienced Risks. The Irrational Economist: Making Decisions in a Dangerous World. Ed. Erwann Michel-Kerjan and Paul Slovic. Public Affairs, 2010, 99-106.
Lerner, Jennifer S. "Fuel in the Fire: How Anger Impacts Judgment and Decision-Making." International Handbook of Anger. Ed. Michael Potegal, Gerhardt Stemmler, and Charles Spielberger. Springer, 2010, 287-311.
Lerner, Jennifer S. "Accountability and Medical Decision Making." The Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making. Ed. Michael W. Kattan. Sage, 2009, 8.
Schauer, Frederick, and Richard Zeckhauser. Paltering. Deception: From Ancient Empires to Internet Dating. Ed. Brooke Harrington. Stanford University Press, 2009, 38-54.
Bohnet, Iris. Experiments. The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology. Ed. Peter Hedstrom and Peter Bearman. Oxford University Press, 2009, 639-666.
Bohnet, Iris. Fairness. Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences. Ed. David Sander and Klaus Scherer. Oxford University Press, 2009, 179-180.
Lerner, Jennifer S. "Decision Making." The Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences. Ed. David Sander and Klaus Scherer. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Lerner, Jennifer S. "Uncertainty." The Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences. Ed. David Sander and Klaus Scherer. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Lerner, Jennifer S. "Cognitive Bias." The Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences. Ed. David Sander and Klaus Scherer. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Choi, James J, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. Reducing the Complexity Costs of 401(k) Participation Through Quick Enrollment. Developments in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report Series, University of Chicago Press, 2009, 57-82.
Lerner, Jennifer S. "Accountability and social cognition." Encyclopedia of human behavior. Ed. Vilayanur Ramachandran. Academic Press, 1994, 1-10.