Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Suite 200N, 124 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge
Technology holds great promise for improving policymakers’ and practitioners’ abilities to quickly and effectively provide aid in emergency response, humanitarian relief, and post-disaster recovery. In this panel, a group of academics and practitioners will discuss different applications of technology in disaster response and recovery, exploring the benefits and challenges of harnessing the power of technology to confront and overcome major crises.
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Suite 200N, 124 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge
Join us for our next seminar with Baroness Tessa Jowell as she leads a discussion entitled: "What It Means to be a Progressive Today and How to Maintain Optimism."
The British Labor Party has been the standard bearer for progressive politics and policy in England for more than a century. Since its foundation the British Labour Party has been essentially a coalition from social democracy to socialism. While always evolving the Labour Party, as dismal opinion polling shows, is becoming a mass membership movement rather than a government in waiting. How can center left...
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Suite 200N, 124 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge
The Ash Center cordially invites you to a book talk with Ian Goldin, author of "Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance." This discussion will be moderated by Arne Westad, the S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations at HKS.
Ash Center Foyer, 124 Mt. Auburn St., Suite 200-North, Cambridge MA 02138
Ash Center Student Speaker Series
The Innovation Field Lab — a spring course and field project — immerses student teams in real-world challenges. Led by Professor Jorrit de Jong, HKS Lecturer in Public Policy and Faculty Director of Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership...
Ash Center Lobby, Suite 200 North, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
Join us for a seminar with faculty from Iwate University, Japan, who will present on the 03/11/11 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami – a catastrophic disaster that caused the deaths of more than 20,000 people, inflicted extensive damage in coastal communities throughout the Tohoku region, and triggered a crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
The speakers will address crisis leadership and other aspects of disaster response as experienced in affected coastal areas, including in the City of Rikuzentakata, which was devastated by the disaster. They...
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Suite 200N, 124 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge
Join us for our next seminar with Baroness Tessa Jowell as she leads a discussion entitled: "Leading in the Post-Truth World Where Facts Don’t Matter."
Good public policy requires attention to facts and to the best science. Yet, in areas like health, environment, planning, and media, facts are often disputed and the science challenged. Successful policy development and implementation requires not just science and analysis, but small “p” politics to make sure that policy is connected to good science and facts in the face of opposition. How can public...
Join us for the final installment of our Economic Development in East Asia Seminar Series featuring Professor Lu Ming, Distinguished Professor of Economics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and Director of the Center for China Development Studies at STJU. Professor Ming, a member of the Shanghai National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference will give a talk entitled: "Efficient and Inclusive Urbanization in China Requires a Leading Role for the Big Cities."
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Suite 200N, 124 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge
Join us for our next seminar with Baroness Tessa Jowell as she leads a discussion entitled: "Is Movement Politics Now More Appealing Than Party Politics."
We rely on political parties to develop political leaders, articulate sensible and effective public policies and to govern wisely. But increasingly in the United States and in Europe, citizens are turning away from established political parties and revolts within them threaten to undermine the great parties of Anglo and American democracy. How can the great parties save themselves?