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
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.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Restoring America's Reputation in the World and Why It Matters." Testimony before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, March 4, 2010.
Andrews, Matthew, Jesse McConnell, and Alison Wescott. "Development as Leadership-led Change." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-009, March 2010.
Thompson, Dennis F. "Constitutional Character: Virtues and Vices in Presidential Leadership." Presidential Studies Quarterly 40.1 (March 2010): 23–37.
Goldsmith, Stephen, with Tim Burke and Gigi Georges. The Power of Social Innovation: How Civic Entrepreneurs Ignite Community Networks for Good. John Wiley and Sons, 2010.
Norris, Pippa. "Forward: Women National Leaders Worldwide: Barriers and Opportunities." Women, Gender and Politics: A Reader. Ed. Rainbow Murray. ABC-Clio, 2010.
Behn, Robert. "Closing the Knowledge-Practice Gap." Bob Behn's Public Management Report. December 2009.
Behn, Robert. Performance Leadership: Eleven Better Practices That Can Ratchet Up Performance. The Jossey-Bass Reader on Nonprofit and Public Leadership. Ed. James L. Perry. Jossey-Bass, 2009, 13.
Walt, Stephen. "Restoring Solvency." American Review. December 2009.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. New Models of Public Leadership. The Jossey-Bass Reader on Nonprofit and Public Leadership. Ed. James L. Perry. Jossey-Bass, 2009, 33.
Howitt, Arnold, and Herman B. Leonard. Acting in Time Against Disasters: A Comprehensive Risk Management Framework. Learning from Catastrophes: Strategies for Reaction and Response. Ed. Howard Kunreuther and Michael Useem. Wharton School Publishing, 2009.
Behn, Robert. "PerformanceStat as a Search for Strategic Evidence." Paper presented at the National
Public Management Research Conference, Columbus, and the Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, D.C., October 1-3 and November 6, 2009.
Burns, Nicholas, Yoichi Funabashi, and Wolfgang Ischinger. The New US Administration: Meeting Challenges, Managing Expectations. Seeking Opportunities in Crisis: Trilateral Cooperation in Meeting Global Challenges. Brookings Institution Press: Trilateral Commission, Tokyo Plenary Meeting, 2009, 83-90.
Gergen, David. "The National Deficit--of Leadership." U.S. News and World Report. November 1, 2009, 29.
Behn, Robert. "PerformanceStat Leadership Strategy." Bob Behn’s Performance Leadership Report. November 2009.
Behn, Robert. "Simple Strategies Drive Out the Subtle." Bob Behn's Performance Leadership Report. October 2009.
Behn, Robert. "Ratcheting Up Performance." Bob Behn's Performance Leadership Report. September 2009.
González, Celia Maria and Tom R. Tyler. Procedural Justice. Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences. Ed. David Sander and Klaus Scherer. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Heifetz, Ronald A., Alexander Grashow, and Marty Linsky. "Leadership in a (Permanent) Crisis." Harvard Business Review. July/August 2009.
Behn, Robert. "Leadership is a "Generative" Activity." Bob Behn's Public Management Report. July 2009.
Andrews, Matthew. Review of The Dynamics of Performance Management: Constructing Information and Reform, by Donald P. Moynihan. Governance, 22.3, July 2009: 513-515.
Branscomb, Lewis M. "A Focused Approach to Society's Grand Challenges." Issues in Science and Technology 25.4 (Summer 2009): 61-66.
Bilmes, Linda J. "Investing in the People Who Make Government Work." Federal Manager. Summer 2009.
Behn, Robert. "That's Funny." Bob Behn's Public Management Report. June 2009.
Pritchett, Lant. "Is India a Flailing State?: Detours on the Four Lane Highway to Modernization." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-013, May 2009.
Andrews, Matthew. "Isomorphism and the Limits to African Public Financial Management Reform." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-012, May 2009.
Heifetz, Ronald A., Marty Linsky, and Alexander Grashow. The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World. Harvard Business Press, 2009.
Holdren, John P. "Science in the White House." Science 324.5927 (May 2009): 567.
Behn, Robert. "Recognizing Novelty." Bob Behn's Public Management Report. May 2009.
Goldsmith, Stephen. Foreword. The Innovator's Playbook. Ed. William Eggers and Shalabh Singh. The Ash Institute and Deloitte Research, 2009.
Kelman, Steven, and Jeff Myers. "Successfully Executing Ambitious Strategies in Government: An Empirical Analysis." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Papers RWP09-009, April 2009.
Allison, Graham. Memo to the President: Making Preventing Nuclear Terrorism a Central Organizing Principle of Your Administration. The Instruments and Institutions of American Purpose. Ed. Kurt Campbell and Jonathon Price. Aspen Strategy Group, April 1, 2009, 201-207.
Behn, Robert. "Sometimes Weird Works." Bob Behn's Public Management Report. April 2009.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Smart Power." New Perspectives Quarterly 26.2 (Spring 2009): 7-9.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. Soft Power and Smart Power. The Instruments & Institutions of American Purpose. Ed. Kurt Campbell and Jonathon Price. Aspen Strategy Group, 2009, 29-35.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S., and Brent Scowcroft. Foreword. The Instruments & Institutions of American Purpose. Ed. Kurt Campbell and Jonathon Price. Aspen Strategy Group, 2009, 13-17.
Bilmes, Linda J., and W. Scott Gould. The People Factor: Strengthening America By Investing in Public Service. Brookings Institution Press, 2009.
Thompson, Dennis F. "Obama's Ethics Agenda: The Challenge of Coordinated Change." Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics 7.1 (March 2009).
Goldsmith, Stephen. "Briefing on Innovation and Service Delivery." Cabinet Secretary of the United Kingdom, March 2009.
Behn, Robert. "The Data Don't Speak for Themselves." Bob Behn's Public Management Report. March 2009.
Ganz, Marshall. "Why Stories Matter." Sojourners Magazine. March 2009.
Leonard, Herman B., and Jerry T. Williams. "The Forest Service and Transitional Fires." Managing Crises: Responses to Large-Scale Emergencies. Ed. Arnold Howitt and Herman B. Leonard. CQ Press, 2009, 413-420.
Behn, Robert. "No Perfect Performance Measure." Bob Behn's Public Management Report. February 2009.
Howitt, Arnold, and Herman B. Leonard., eds. Managing Crises: Responses to Large-Scale Emergencies. CQ Press, 2009.
Howitt, Arnold and Herman B. Leonard. Prepared for the Worst? Dilemmas of Crisis Management. Managing Crises: Responses to Large-Scale Emergencies. Ed. Arnold Howitt and Herman B. Leonard. CQ Press, 2009, 1-12.
Howitt, Arnold, and Herman B. Leonard. High Performance in Emergencies: Two Modes of Operation. Managing Crises: Responses to Large-Scale Emergencies. Ed. Arnold Howitt and Herman B. Leonard. CQ Press, 2009, 611-624.
Sewall, Sarah, and John P. White. "The Civil-Military Challenge." Boston Globe, January 29, 2009.
Goldsmith, Stephen, and Tim Burke. Moving from Core Functions to Core Values: Lessons from State Eligibility Modernizations. Unlocking the Power of Networks: Keys to High-Performance Government. Ed. Donald F. Kettl and Stephen Goldsmith. Brookings Institution Press, 2009, 95-120.
Behn, Robert. "The Split Personality CPO." Bob Behn's Public Management Report. January 2009.
Sewall, Sarah, and John P. White. "Parameters of Partnership: U.S. Civil-Military Relations in the 21st Century." The Harvard Kennedy School Project on Civil-Military Relations, 2009.