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Underfunded Public Pensions in the United States: The Size of the Problem, the Obstacles to Reform and the Path Forward

Across the United States, state and local government-sponsored pension plans are in trouble. They are dangerously underfunded to the extent that their assets are unable to meet future liabilities ...
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Research Fellows

David Blumenthal David Blumenthal MD, MPP is Professor of Practice of Public Health and Health Policy at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of ...
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Oligarchy in the open: What happens now as the U.S. is forced to confront its plutocracy problem?

Professors Archon Fung of HKS and Lawrence Lessig of Harvard Law School say Trump’s brazen embrace of billionaire ruling partners could be an inflection point in America’s long slide toward rule by ...
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The Global Health System: Institutions in a Time of Transition

William C. Clark, Nicole A. Szlezak, Suerie Moon, Barry R. Bloom, Gerald T. Keusch, Catherine M. Michaud, Dean T. Jamison, Julio Frenk, and Wen L. Kilama The global health system is in a period of ...
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M-RCBG Senior Fellows 2025-26

In financial services, Wilmot worked with private equity funds, financial institutions and infrastructure groups at the International Finance Corporation. He was also Global Project Manager to CEO ...
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Former New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern appointed to two Harvard Kennedy School fellowships

Jacinda Ardern, who earned international acclaim for her leadership as New Zealand’s prime minister, has been appointed to dual fellowships at Harvard Kennedy School—as 2023 Angelopoulos Global Public ...
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The Geopolitics of Renewable Energy

For a century, the geopolitics of energy has been synonymous with the geopolitics of oil and gas. However, geopolitics and the global energy economy are both changing. The international order ...
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The Public Leadership Credential at Harvard

The Public Leadership Credential (PLC) team hosts 30-minute Information Sessions and “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) sessions designed to help prospective learners gain a deeper understanding of the program.
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Erica Chenoweth illuminates the value of nonviolent resistance in societal conflicts

THEY REACH OUT TO ERICA CHENOWETH ALMOST DAILY—from Africa, South America, the Middle East, Europe, even the United States. They hail from places where authoritarian officials are tightening their ...
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The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World

When change requires you to challenge people's familiar reality, it can be difficult, dangerous work. Whatever the context, whether in the private or the public sector, many will feel threatened as ...
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The Upswing: How We Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again - Robert Putnam

October 2020, Book: "An eminent political scientist’s brilliant analysis of economic, social, and political trends over the past century demonstrating how we have gone from an individualistic “I” ...
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MC/MPA Edward S. Mason Program

The Edward S. Mason Program—the oldest international program at Harvard University—empowers experienced public leaders from transitional economy, developing, or newly industrialized countries to make ...