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Government's Most Innovative
Rhode Island's Works Wonders wins 2018 Innovations in American Government Award, watch the award ceremony
Civic Cross-Sector Collaboration
New Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative case study covers City of Louisville's effort to increase students’ college and career readiness
Fates of Third-Wave Democracies
Scott Mainwaring co-authors the first comprehensive analysis of the outcomes of democratic transitions from 1974-2012
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Voting should be a celebration, not a chore
Archon Fung and Jane Mansbridge advocate to make Election Day a national holiday to honour our democracy
Ash Ranked Top Think Tank
New report cites Center as a top university-affiliated think tank and one of the best transparency and good governance think tanks
Regulating Ridesharing
A new paper from Stephen Goldsmith proposes cities employ curbside pricing to create a market-based usage model
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Democratic Governance
Researches those practices that resolve urgent social problems in developed and developing societies.
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Promotes research and training on Asia to disseminate best practices and improve public policy.
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Ash Center Launches Innovation Field Lab New York
February 4, 2019
New two-year program is comprised of data-driven experimentation and real-time policy innovation to improve neighborhoods in ten cities in New York state.