From policing to transportation, states and municipalities are becoming more adept at leveraging evidence-based policymaking.
A study by Archon Fung focuses on transparency as a tool for dealing with increasingly practical and specific concerns of government…
Congressman and physician Raul Ruiz MPP 2001 made a pledge to serve.
Despite billions of dollars in aid, South Sudan continues to suffer from a range of economic, humanitarian, and political challenges…
A new study finds keeping schools open during a storm is more detrimental to learning than a school closure.
From the new energy revolution to complex negotiations, Meghan O’Sullivan brings the messiness of real-world problems to the classroom and…
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What difference does it make to human societies that we, collectively, are producers and users of science and technology?
With Massachusetts seen by many as the laboratory for health-care coverage, a legislator and Kennedy School academics work on the next big…
Behavioral Insights Group bring together Harvard’s unique collection of scholars working in the fields of economics, psychology, political…
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A research paper from Edward Glaeser examines the history of booms and busts.