PolicyCast

PolicyCast

Harvard Kennedy School

PolicyCast explores research-based policy solutions to the big problems and issues we're facing in our society and our world. Host Ralph Ranalli talks with leading Harvard University academics and researchers, visiting scholars, dignitaries, and world leaders. PolicyCast is produced at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.


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HKS: Harvard Kennedy School · 20 March 2023 English

When it comes to the climate crisis, there’s barely a day that goes by when we don’t hear about rising sea levels and storm-driven tides. But Harvard professors Jaqueline Bhabha …


HKS: Harvard Kennedy School · 7 March 2023 English

Harvard Kennedy School professors Nancy Gibbs and Tom Patterson say local news is civic infrastructure. And it's crumbling. Like bridges, local news organizations use facts to help people connect with …


HKS: Harvard Kennedy School · 8 February 2023 English

Harvard Kennedy School Professor Robert Stavins and Professor Daniel Jacob of Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are at the forefront of new efforts to monitor and control methane, …


HKS: Harvard Kennedy School · 25 January 2023 English

Economist and Harvard Kennedy School Professor Joe Aldy says possibly the most complex—and one of the most existentially important—problems facing humanity is how to pull out the roots of fossil …


HKS: Harvard Kennedy School · 9 December 2022 English

Matt Andrews, the faculty director of the Building State Capability program at Harvard Kennedy School, says the reasons why African nations haven’t done better at soccer’s world championships have a …


HKS: Harvard Kennedy School · 23 November 2022 English

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has a unique perspective on the topic of climate resiliency. He was a city official in 2012 for Superstorm Sandy—which many call …


HKS: Harvard Kennedy School · 3 November 2022 English

Harvard Kennedy School Professor Erica Chenoweth and Lecturer in Public Policy Zoe Marks say the parallel global trends of rising authoritarianism and attempts to roll back women’s rights are no …


HKS: Harvard Kennedy School · 19 October 2022 English

During his seven years leading Sweden’s government from 2014 to 2021, Stefan Löfven had a front row seat to observe the rise of right-wing and neo-fascist political parties both at …


HKS: Harvard Kennedy School · 5 October 2022 English

Eight years ago, Harvard Kennedy School Professor Danny Schneider co-founded The Shift Project, which has built an unprecedented repository of data on scheduling and working conditions for hourly service workers. …


HKS: Harvard Kennedy School · 21 September 2022 English

The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched the US health care system and health care systems across the world to the breaking point and beyond. If there’s a silver lining, it may …