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Marcus Coleman, Jr., Acting Deputy Director of the DHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, is our guest on this episode of Leader ReadyCast. He shares his leadership experience, dispels false assumptions, and points to opportunities to increase the impact of these vital organizations through programs such as FEMA’s Voluntary Agency Liaisons.

On Saturday, May 19th, Harvard Kennedy School's 2018 Reunion featured a discussion titled, “Politics, Populism, and Democracy: What’s Next in the United States and Around the World?” The talk, held in JFK Jr. Forum, included Archon Fung, Academic Dean and Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government, Marshall Ganz MC/MPA 1993, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, and Pippa N...

Kendall Hoyt, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Dartmouth Medical School and former fellow with the Belfer Center’s International Security Program, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about improving response time to outbreaks, a brief history of anti-vaxxers, and how she got into biodefense.

Margaret Macmillan, Professor of History at the University of Toronto and affiliate with the Belfer Center’s Applied History Project, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about how to identify good history, dead white man theory, and Canadian vs. U.S. donuts.

On Tuesday, April 17, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation hosted a seminar featuring Kishore Mahbubani, Ash Center Senior Visiting Scholar, Professor in the Practice of Public Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, and author of forthcoming book, Has the West Lost It?. Anthony Saich, Ash Center Director, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, moderated.

Hal Varian from Google/University of California at Berkeley shares his insights on potential reductions in the demand for labor caused by automation. To learn more about the Digital Initiative, check out digital.hbs.edu.

Tim O’Reilly from O’Reilly Media shares insights from his book "WTF? What’s the Future and Why It’s Up To Us." To learn more about the Digital Initiative, check out digital.hbs.edu.

Between 2014-2016, Researchers from Ariadne Labs ran an ambitious trial to see if a simple checklist could improve childbirth care and prevent deaths in one of India’s poorest states. The randomized study of 300,000 women in Uttar Pradesh was one of the largest maternal health trials ever. Both the stakes and hopes were high; globally, 300,000 women a year die around the time of childbirth and fiv...

Riccardo Zacconi was the co-founder and CEO of King Digital Entertainment, the video game company that had quickly established itself as the world’s leading maker of casual games for mobile devices after the sensational success of its game “Candy Crush Saga.” He’s faced with the central question of whether and how to scale the company through an astronomical period of growth. Jeffrey Rayport discu...

No longer the stuff of science fiction, driverless cars already are being tested in numerous U.S. markets. These autonomous vehicles may revolutionize the automotive world, potentially reducing human error, reshaping transportation systems and transforming the country’s roadway infrastructure. However recent deaths linked to self-driving technology have caused concern about safety and have raised...

This seminar was given on May 3, 2018 by Richard Zeckhauser, Frank Plumpton Ramsey Professor of Political Economy at HKS; and Alexander Wagner, Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Zurich. It was given as part of M-RCBG's Business & Government Seminar Series.

West Point Thoroughbred President and CEO Terry Finley describes what it’s like to win horse racing’s most coveted trophy—and how to get in on the action.

This week on ThinkResearch, Dr. Roland Carlstedt of McLean Hospital shares with us the dynamics behind athletes’ peak moments, or their worst frailties. Hear how he hopes to improve the field of sport psychology for the betterment of treating players.

On Tuesday, April 3, the Ash Center and Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies hosted a discussion titled, “The Future of Chinese Civil Society and Foreign NGOs.” Mark Sidel, Doyle-Bascom Professor of Law and Public Affairs at the University of Washington; and Wang Yongmei, a practicing lawyer at Beijing Huayi Law Firm, spoke. Anthony Saich, Ash Center Director and Daewoo Professor of International A...

On Wednesday, April 4, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation hosted a book talk with Brink Lindsey & Steven Teles, authors of The Captured Economy: How the Powerful Enrich Themselves, Slow Down Growth, and Increase Inequality. Larry Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School, moderated.

On Thursday, March 29th, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies hosted a Democracy in Hard Places seminar titled, “The Fallow State: Liberalism Against Public Works in Latin America.” Alisha Holland, Assistant Professor in the Politics Department at Princeton University and author of Forbearance as Redistribution: The Politic...

On Thursday, March 19th, the Ash Center and Middle East Initiative at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs hosted a book talk with Mohammed Lakhdar Ghettas, author of Algeria and the Cold War: International Relations and the Struggle for Autonomy. Arne Westad, S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations, HKS, moderated.

In recent years countries across the Americas have made major improvements in health, but while life expectancy has increased and infant and maternal mortality rates have fallen, significant inequalities remain. A new commission launched by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is now examining ways to close those gaps. Members of the commission were recently convened by David Satcher at Mor...

In Detroit, JPMorgan Chase is working with local economic- and workforce-development organizations, small businesses, philanthropies, and the mayor. The goal? To put in place a series of investments to help turn around the struggling city. Professor Joseph Bower and JPMorgan’s head of corporate responsibility, Peter Scher, discuss why businesses should create philanthropic programs of their own.

Tuesday, February 13th, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation hosted a discussion with Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO and National Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), about rising extremism from across the spectrum in the US and how it affects our politics and our society. Sarah Wald, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy and Chief of Staff and Senior Adviser to the Dean at H...

Drew Faust, President and Lincoln Professor of History at Harvard University, discusses the future challenges facing higher education, lessons learned from her tenure at Harvard University and her top leadership strategies on the Voices in Leadership program on Tuesday, April 24, 2018.

This seminar was given on April 18, 2018 by Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, and Director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, University College London. It was given as part of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government's Business & Government Seminar Series.

Graham Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at Harvard Kennedy School, asks how America and China can escape future conflict. Discussed by Roderick MacFarquhar, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History at Harvard University, and Oriana Skylar Mastro, Assistant Professor of Security Studies at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. Chaired by Michael Szonyi,...

On Monday, April 23rd the Institute of Politics, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, HKS Black Student Union, HKS Arts & Culture Caucus, Institute of Politics Politics of Race and Ethnicity (PRE) hosted a screening of Stranger Fruit, a documentary about the killing of Michael Brown, followed by a forum discussion titled, "The Movement for Black Lives: Justice for Michael Brown 4 Y...

Morning Prayers service with speaker Robert Rush '18, Harvard College, Pforzheimer House, April 20, 2018.