Featured series 
Tag: Government
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Nation & World
Our unrepresentative representative government
In his new book, “They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy,” Lawrence Lessig writes about the issues undermining American democracy, such as big money in politics, gerrymandering, vote suppression, and the inequities of the Electoral College system.
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Nation & World
On the road to impeachment?
Harvard faculty react to the opening of an impeachment inquiry into President Trump by the House of Representatives and discuss what it may mean for the country.
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Nation & World
On the Brexit hot seat
On Monday the man who has emerged as a celebrity of the Brexit debate, Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, came to campus during a brief break from his duty as official referee of the popularly elected legislative body.
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Nation & World
Dealing with disaster
As part of the class “GeoSciFi Movies: Real vs. Fiction,” students took part in a role-playing game that had them play the parts of the government and citizens of the island of Montserrat, as well as a group of scientists monitoring the island’s volcano.
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Campus & Community
Government Department’s climate survey finds satisfaction varies
The Harvard Government Department’s Committee on Climate Change, formed last March in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations, has released its climate survey report.
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Nation & World
And the winner is: Who you think it is
Harvard faculty discuss the results of the midterm election and what they portend for governing the nation over the next two years and for the run-up to the presidential election in 2020.
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Campus & Community
Sandel wins Asturias Award
Michael Sandel, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, has won the 2018 Princess of Asturias Award in Social Sciences.
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Science & Tech
Inequality’s influence
A new study has found that, following momentary exposure to inequality, support for a “millionaire’s tax” dropped by more than 50 percent.
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Campus & Community
Seizing his chance to grow
Harvard’s Financial Aid Initiative has helped Michael Wingate make the most of his education.
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Campus & Community
Stanley Hoffmann, 86
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 5, 2016, the Memorial Minute honoring the life and service of the late Stanley Hoffmann, Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, was placed upon the records.
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Nation & World
Making government work
Kennedy School initiative takes an unconventional, holistic approach to researching, designing, and implementing policy around international development.
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Nation & World
Making sense of Congress
A pair of Harvard seniors, aided by Harvard’s innovation environment, have launched a company that helps people make sense of Congress by gathering in one place diverse information on representatives, districts, bills, and legislative proceedings.
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Nation & World
We can work it out
A new task force report by the American Political Science Association takes a close look at the causes of and cures for political stalemates in Congress.
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Campus & Community
Professor Robert R. Bowie dies at 104
Robert R. Bowie, the Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs Emeritus and founder and first director of the Center for International Affairs (now the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs) died Nov. 2 at the age of 104.
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Nation & World
In the daily grind, inspiration
The Director’s Internship Program at Harvard’s Institute of Politics is proving that not all millennials doubt that government and politics can be used for good.
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Nation & World
Making this economy work
In honor of its 30th anniversary, the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government brought together heavy hitters in economics and government to discuss how private and public leaders can help the United States thrive again.
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Nation & World
Reading the president’s mind
Jon Favreau, who recently stepped down after several years as President Obama’s head speechwriter, took a Harvard Kennedy School audience on a behind-the-scenes tour of the president’s best-known addresses.
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Campus & Community
Applications open for M-RCBG senior fellows program
The Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG) is accepting applications for its senior fellows program.
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Campus & Community
Hoffman, Beerbohm win teaching prize
Physicist Jenny Hoffman and political theorist Eric Beerbohm have won the Roslyn Abramson Award, given annually to assistant or associate professors for excellence in undergraduate teaching.
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Nation & World
Academia, meet the press
With its increasingly popular website called Journalist’s Resource, the Shorenstein Center is putting academia’s insights at reporters’ fingertips, and making a broader case for knowledge-based reporting.
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Campus & Community
IOP announces spring fellows
Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics has announced the selection of an experienced group of individuals for resident and visiting fellowships this spring.
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Campus & Community
Ash Center welcomes new fellows
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School announced more than 60 student and research fellows for the 2011-12 academic year.
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Campus & Community
Roemer to visit IOP in October
The Institute of Politics (IOP), located at Harvard Kennedy School, announced the fall visiting fellowship of Tim Roemer the week of Oct. 3.
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Campus & Community
A world traveler, at work
As a member of two proactive groups, Ablorde Ashigbi ’11 has spent much of his College career trying to make a difference. His work has helped to improve public health and business opportunities in Africa, and has offered a chance to explore approaches to education reform in the United States.
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Nation & World
The influence of neighbors
Where we live and who we know can affect our voting patterns, Harvard researcher suggests.
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Campus & Community
Top 25 Innovations in Government announced
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School announced the Top 25 Innovations in Government in competition for the Innovations in American Government Award.
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Nation & World
Focus on Pakistan
What did Pakistani officials know about the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and when did they know it? Were they complicit — or dumb? Or smart at playing dumb? Those questions were analyzed by a panel of foreign policy experts on Wednesday (May 4) at Harvard Kennedy School.
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Campus & Community
Samuel Hutchison Beer
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 5, 2011, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Samuel Hutchison Beer, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Beer was one of the world’s leading experts on British politics and also served…
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Campus & Community
Faust named 40th Jefferson Lecturer
Drew Faust, eminent historian and president of Harvard University, will deliver the 2011 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities on May 2.
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Campus & Community
HLS appoints Gertner, Shay as professors of practice
Harvard Law School has announced the appointments of U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner and Stephen Shay, deputy assistant secretary for international tax affairs in the U.S. Department of the Treasury, as professors of practice.