The Communiqué, the Ash Center’s bi-annual magazine, is a chronicle of the Center’s latest research and news. Dear friends and colleagues, Welcome to the first-ever digital-only issue of the Ash ...

Born on a Montana ranch in 1880, Jeannette Rankin learned early how to work hard, connect with people, and inspire collective purpose—skills that helped her become the first woman elected to the U.S.

The national awards program Honoring Nations, flagship program of the Harvard Project, announces the recipients of the 2025 Honoring Nations Awards, recognizing 6 governmental initiatives for ...

In this report, Matthew Cebul, Lead Research Fellow for the Nonviolent Action Lab, examines the effectiveness of nonviolent action movements in supporting democratic resilience globally. Identifying ...

Archon Fung and Stephen Richer are joined by Michelle Feldman, political director at Mobile Voting, a nonprofit, nonpartisan initiative working to make voting easier with expanded access to mobile ...

Tyler Fisher is an experienced civic entrepreneur and strategist. Tyler is the Founder and Principal of Trailmark Strategies. He advises philanthropists, advocacy organizations, and early stage ...

Alberto Alemanno is the Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law at HEC Paris. One of the leading voices on Europe’s democratization, Alberto’s scholarship has been centered on how law and policies ...

Join the next GETTING-Plurality Research Workshop with Emillie de Keulenaar, Luke Thorburn, and Glen Weyl, as they discuss their recent paper “Prosocial Media.” Emillie de Keulenaar is a PhD candidate ...

The year 2024 was dubbed “the largest election year in global history” with half the world’s population voting in national elections. Earlier this year, we hosted an event on “AI and the 2024 ...

A pressing challenge in humanitarian policy is how to stop mass killings once they start. Recent research findings evaluate the various policy instruments available to prevent, respond to, and ...

Mary conducts research aimed at enhancing the availability, accessibility, and usefulness of information essential to informed decision-making in our roles as consumers, parents, community members, ...

Harvard ID holders are invited to a Global Challenges to Democracy Seminar Series event with Mai Hassan, Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT. During this talk, Hassan will discuss her ...