Please join us for the first-ever Summit on Data-Smart Government, presented by the Civic Analytics Network (CAN), a peer group of leading Chief Data Officers from America’s largest cities working to advance the use of data analytics in municipal government. At the Summit, you will learn about the ways data is reshaping how cities across the country work and hear from expert speakers including CAN Director Stephen Goldsmith, author of The Responsive City and Director of Harvard’s Innovations in Government program.
Join us for a lunch conversation with Cecilia Nicolini, MC-MPA 17, Ash Center Research Fellow 18; and Miles Rapoport, Senior American Democracy Practice Fellow; as they discuss how to build a successful voter turnout strategy in the U.S. and Internationally.
Ash Center Foyer, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200 North
Join us for a conversation with former Congressman Bart Stupak (D-MI), author of For All Americans: The Dramatic Story Behind the Stupak Amendment and the Historic Passage of Obamacare. Congressman Stupak will discuss the choices and constraints he faced during the debate over the passage of the Affordable Care Act as he worked to reconcile his advocacy for comprehensive healthcare reform and his lifelong opposition to abortion. Christopher Robichaud, Senior Lecturer in Ethics and...
Ash Center Conference Room, HKS, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200 North, Room 226
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy invites you to join a study group on innovations in the fight against human trafficking. The study group, which will meet five times this semester, is convened and moderated by Herman Bolhaar, Former Attorney-General of The Netherlands and Senior Fellow at the Ash Center.
Our third study group will feature Dr. Laura Cordisco Tsai, Fellow Carr center, HKS
The goal of the study group is to examine the problem of human trafficking from...
Ash Center Foyer, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200 North
Join us for a lunch conversation with Seeyew Mo 2018 HKS MC/MPA and Kathryn Peters MPP 2011 as they discuss the challenges and opportunities for students and alumni working to leverage their HKS experiences and delve into the civic tech world. We will also be joined by our newest cohort of Ash Center Technology and Democracy Fellows, who will introduce themselves and preview their research projects for the...
Please join the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program and the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation for a cross-disciplinary panel discussion on the intersection of Islam and democracy across the Muslim world as part of Worldwide Week at Harvard.
Panelists:
Kristin E. Fabbe, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Sophie Lemiere, Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Andrew F. March, Berggruen Fellow, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
Tarek Masoud, Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Roy P. Mottahedeh, Gurney Research Professor of History, Emeritus
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138
Join the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation for a panel discussion where experts weigh in with exclusive insight and opinions on China’s 19th Party Congress.
Moderator: Mark Elliott, Vice Provost of International Affairs at Harvard University and Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner...
Ash Center Foyer, 124 Mt. Auburn St., Suite 200-North, Cambridge MA 02138
The Ash Center invites you to join Julia Lynch, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania for a conversation about the politics of health inequalities in Europe. Quinton Mayne, Associate Professor of Public Policy at HKS, will moderate. This event is part of the Ash Center's Comparative Democracy Seminar Series.... Read more about Regimes of Inequality: Politics and Health in Europe
