Belfer B-L-4 Hauser Conference Room, Harvard Kennedy School
This event is now at capacity. Please email info@ash.harvard.edu to be placed on a waitlist.
Geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and China are shaping specific industries and increasing many aspects of business risk—as has been made particularly evident in supply chain issues. While the U.S. is attempting to strengthen its capability to reshore semiconductor chip manufacturing by providing federal funding and favorable legislation and policies, the semiconductor industry still largely relies on...
Taiwan, a vibrant and prosperous democracy of nearly 25 million people, is at the frontline of the Sino-US great power competition. Join the Kennedy School's Ash Center and the National Taiwan University (NTU) Center for China Studies for a discussion of HKS policy research on Taiwan. We will hear from HKS students who have just finished their PAE/SYPA capstones on Taiwan-related topics, followed by an in-depth engagement between the students and faculty members of both the HKS Ash Center and NTU on their policy research....
Big tech aggregator platforms across mobility, travel, and commerce domains have dominated the 2-sided platform economy across the world in the last decade. Even with the decentralization possibilities offered by web3 technologies, transaction layers continue to be platform centric. But, monopolization, equity for supply partners, regulatory push back, and sovereignty have become common topics of concern. The EU is now forcing app stores and messaging platforms to be interoperable. Is there a way to address...
You are invited to a virtual book talk featuring Stephen Goldsmith, Derek Bok Professor of the Practice of Urban Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Kate Markin Coleman, director of ias advising, LLC. Goldsmith and Markin, co-authors of newly released “Growing Fairly: How to Build Opportunity and Equity in...
Repeats every week every Friday until Fri May 13 2022 .
2:00pm to 5:00pm
Location:
Virtual event, registration required
Harvard community members and other Boston-area students and scholars are invited to join us during the fall semester every Friday for a free, online Indonesian language class, starting February 4th:
2-3:20 PM for intermediate students
3:40-5 PM for beginner students
Course Description
This class is not for credit and open to all Harvard students, faculty, fellows, and staff members as well as other Boston-area students and scholars. The lessons will be...
Join us for an American Politics Speaker Series seminar with Professor Jennifer Cryer of the University of Southern California as she discusses her research.
This event is open to Harvard-ID holders.
The Ash Center encourages individuals with disabilities to participate in its events. Should you wish to enquire about an accommodation, please contact our events team at info@ash.harvard.edu prior to...
As efforts get underway to expand the franchise to non-citizens in Boston, join Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center and Rappaport Institute for Greater Bostonon Wednesday, April 20, to learn about how non-citizen voting once was the norm and how it's making a comeback. We’ll learn how organizers and elected officials have gotten noncitizen voting measures passed, how noncitizen voting has been implemented elsewhere, what the plans are in New York City, and what’s happening to move it forward in Boston.
At a time when many are rightly concerned about the health of American democracy, scholars and reformers are evaluating proposals to make democracy more functional and representative. One such proposal is to move beyond the winner-take-all electoral system used at the federal and state levels in the United States to enable adoption of proportional voting systems. What would be the impact of proportional voting in the United States, and what will it take to enact it?
Join panelists Rob Richie, President and CEO of FairVote, Rebecca Chavez-Houck...
Harvard community members and other Boston-area students and scholars are invited to join us during the fall semester every Friday for a free, online Indonesian language class, starting February 4th:
2-3:20 PM for intermediate students
3:40-5 PM for beginner students
Course Description
This class is not for credit and open to all Harvard students, faculty, fellows, and staff members as well as other Boston-area students and scholars. The lessons will be...
JFK Jr. Forum, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA -- Registration Required
Should every American be allowed to vote -- or required to vote? On April 14 at 6:00 PM ET, the JFK Jr. Forum welcomes E.J. Dionne and Miles Rapoport to discuss how universal participation in our elections is essential to American democracy. Please join us for a timely conversation on civic duty and the active disenfranchisement that has put American democracy in crisis. Christine Chen and Cornell William Brooks will moderate the discussion.
