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NOVEMBER 21, 2024 |
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People stand in line to vote at Joslyn Park vote center on November 5, 2024 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images) | | |
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Politics |
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Post-election analysis from experts at the Kennedy School |
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Across Harvard Kennedy School, scholars are analyzing aspects of the U.S. election, including the factors that may have led to Donald Trump’s victory, and considering what the implications may be. The School is hosting a series of community events, as well as many online public sessions, and our faculty and affiliates are sharing their assessments on a range of policy issues. For example, you can read “quick takes” from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs experts, covering international affairs, technology, health, and energy policy. Explore insights on the roles of race, class, and gender in the election from a faculty webinar hosted by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation’s Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project. And learn about which sources of election information voters relied on to inform their decision from a project co-led by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.
Learn more about Politics at HKS » | | |
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What we're Reading |
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Greenplexity, a new tool from the Growth Lab, presented at COP29, helps countries identify opportunities for green growth. | | |
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International Relations & Security |
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The Middle East Dialogues brings in new perspectives on conflict in the region |
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The Middle East Initiative at the Belfer Center, led by Professor Tarek Masoud, has resumed its Middle East Dialogues series, holding frank and probing conversations with speakers on a range of perspectives on the Israel-Hamas war, its regional implications, and prospects for peace and prosperity in the region. Guests this semester so far have included former Saudi Arabian intelligence chief Prince Turki Al Faisal and Ambassador Husam Zomlot, ambassador of the Palestinian mission to the United Kingdom. Upcoming Middle East Dialogue speakers include Tzipi Livni, former minister of foreign affairs and former vice prime minister of Israel, with additional speakers planned for the spring semester. The programming this academic year follows on the slate of programming Masoud organized last year.
Learn more about International Relations & Security at HKS » | | |
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What we're learning |
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Reflexivity—the ability to question your assumptions—can be part of leadership development. | | |
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Business & Regulation |
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How to reduce the harms of online gambling |
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A four-year study by a public health commission on gambling found that net global losses by gamblers could exceed $700 billion by the year 2028, and that 80% of countries now allow some form of legal gambling. HKS Professor Malcolm Sparrow, a leading scholar on regulating societal harms, says that the percentage of countries where gambling is practiced is closer to 100% because internet- and mobile-based gambling—often using cryptocurrencies—can easily circumvent borders. Sparrow joined the HKS PolicyCast podcast to discuss the widespread harms as well as policy solutions the commission identified to mitigate the harms of gambling expansion, ranging from limiting the speed and intensity of virtual gambling products to prohibiting gambling with credit cards and banning gaming companies from offering loans.
Learn more about Business & Regulation at HKS » | | |
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Cities & Communities |
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An HKS field lab learning project delivers results in Massachusetts |
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An HKS experiential learning course helped lead to legislation that will allow for the funding of projects in Massachusetts through a state infrastructure bank. For 20 years, HKS faculty member Linda Bilmes has led the “Greater Boston Applied Field Lab” course that gives students the opportunity to work on real issues with local governments, such as the infrastructure bank proposal. “This is an example of an excellent idea, where our students were able to assist the state government in developing it into a detailed proposal that is ready to implement,” says Bilmes. “We found that Massachusetts communities could significantly enhance their ability to access the new funding if there was a state bank infrastructure pool to help provide matches to good projects.”
Learn more about Cities & Communities at HKS » | | |
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