2017
Sep
06
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Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard University convened the inaugural class of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative. 40 mayors spent a weekend in NYC receiving high-quality executive coaching and training.
Featured News Commentary
Moshik Temkin writes that in the age of Trump, the most important thing historians can do is to leave the analogies to the pundits, and instead provide a critical, uncomfortable account of how we arrived at this unique political moment.
Now on AshCast
Tune into the latest Ash Center podcast episode, "Is Robert Mueller's Legal Team Biased?" Associate Professor Maya Sen discusses Special Counsel Robert Mueller and if Mueller, as accused, hired a biased team of lawyers. The conversation centers around Sen’s research into the ideological composition of the legal profession.
Award Winning Books
Dara Kay Cohen & Candelaria Garay were awarded by the American Political Science Association for their respective books Rape During Civil War & Social Policy Expansion in Latin America.
Kate O'Gorman, Martha H. Mauzy Award Winner
Meet Kate O'Gorman, MPA 2017, the inaugural recipient of the Ash Center's Martha H. Mauzy Award for Advancement of Democratic Governance.
Occasional Paper Series
"Citizen Voices, Community Solutions: Designing Better Transparency and Accountability Approaches to Improve Health", a new report from the Transparency for Development project presents the design of a program that was implemented in 200 villages in Tanzania and Indonesia & studied using a mixed methods impact evaluation.
Featured Commentary
Steve Kelman introduces the new face of federal IT contractors in his latest article on FCW.
Communiqué Spring 2017, Volume 20
In the latest issue, we feature the Civic Analytics Network (CAN), a national peer network of Chief Data Officers (CDO). We also showcase new fellows, faculty, & programs.
