2017

2017 Oct 18

White Nationalism: Media and the Lessons from Charlottesville

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Ash Center Foyer, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200 North

You are invited to join Nicole Hemmer, Assistant Professor in Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center; Shorenstein Center Fellow Tyler Bridges; and Saida Grundy, Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Boston University, for a discussion entitled White Nationalism: Media and the Lessons from Charlottesville. The talk will be moderated by Karen Finney, a fellow at Harvard's Institute of Politics and former Senior Advisor for Communications and Political Outreach and Senior Spokesperson for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.... Read more about White Nationalism: Media and the Lessons from Charlottesville

2017 Nov 30

Larry Diamond: Is There an Emerging Crisis of Liberal Democracy?

4:15pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, 4th Floor, Harvard Kennedy School

Join Larry Diamond, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University for a discussion on whether there is an emerging crisis of liberal democracy. Scott Mainwaring, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor of Brazil Studies, Harvard Kennedy School, will moderate. 

By some counts, we are now in the twelfth years of a global recession of freedom and democracy. For most of this period, this political recession has been mild and even debatable as to its net effect on democracy. However, with the failure of...

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2017 Oct 06

My Decision to Open Up All Military Positions to Women with Secretary Ash Carter

10:00am to 11:30am

Location: 

Bell Hall, Fifth Floor, Belfer Building, HKS

Join us for the second installment of the HKS Gender and Security Seminar Series. We will hear from Belfer Center Director and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter about his decision to open up all military positions to women. Light breakfast to be served.... Read more about My Decision to Open Up All Military Positions to Women with Secretary Ash Carter

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Harvard's Ash Center Launches New Project on Transparency and Technology for Better Health

September 28, 2017

Cambridge, MA – Today the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, a leading research center housed at Harvard Kennedy School, announced The Project on Transparency and Technology for Better Health, a new research initiative to examine how advances in transparency and data sharing may lead to better health outcomes.

New digital platforms promise to empower patients by allowing them to produce and share their own health data and connect...

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2017 Oct 02

digital HKS Monday Seminar Featuring Amen Ra Mashariki

4:15pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Ash Center Foyer, 124 Mt. Auburn St., Suite 200-North, Cambridge MA 02138

Join digital HKS and the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation for a discussion with Amen Ra Mashariki, Former Chief Analytics Officer at City of New York. Mashariki will discuss his path to becoming a Chief Analytics Officer, his expirience in the role, and more. David Eaves, Lecturer in Public Policy, HKS, will...

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2017 Oct 12

Innovating Green Financing: Green Banks in New England

4:15pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Allison Dining Room, Fifth Floor, Taubman Building, HKS

Learn how New England is leading the way in innovative clean energy financing -- and what more can be done throughout the region to increase access to low-cost financing for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Join Bryan Garcia, Executive Director of the Connecticut Green Bank (winner of the 2017 Innovations in American Government Awards); Carter Wall, Managing Director, Franklin Beach Energy; Jeffrey Schub, Executive Director, Coalition for Green Capital; and the...

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