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Research finds that more predictable worker scheduling improves health and well-being

Researchers have found that a Seattle ordinance requiring more notice in scheduling for hourly workers resulted in more predictable shifts, and that this increased stability led to improvements in ...
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Is there a human right to truth?

When truth is defined as trustworthy information that people use to make important decisions about their lives, it is arguably as fundamental to human existence as air, water, food, and shelter. Yet, ...
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Mind Control: Past and Future

During the Cold-War-era, intelligence agencies in both the Eastern and Western blocs set up secret experiments to devise methods of mind control and brainwashing in order to gain an advantage over the ...
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Nancy Pelosi speaks on culture wars, redistricting, and the Democrats’ stand on the shutdown—but don’t tell her that her party is “rudderless”

Nancy Pelosi, former speaker of the House of Representatives, visited Harvard Kennedy School to speak in class with Ambassador Katherine Tai, Institute of Politics (IOP) fall 2025 fellow and former ...
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Atlas 2.0 Offers Bigger, Faster Visualizations and New Datasets

Cambridge, MA - The Atlas of Economic Complexity, the dynamic, open source data visualization tool produced by Harvard’s Center for International Development (CID), now offers an enhanced design that ...
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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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Bank Capital and the Growth of Private Credit

September 30, 2024, Paper: "This paper examines whether regulatory arbitrage can explain the growth of private credit. We show that business development companies (BDCs) — closed-end funds that ...
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My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

“The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. In this groundbreaking work, therapist Resmaa Menakem ...
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Board of Advisors

The Board of Advisors is a diverse group of civic leaders with a keen interest in improving the governance of the Greater Boston region. The Rappaport Institute Advisory Board supports the mission of ...
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Robert Stavins

Robert N. Stavins is the A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy & Economic Development, Director of Graduate Studies for the Doctoral Programs in Public Policy and in Political Economy and Government, Cochair ...
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Engaging Israel in the Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Techno-Nationalism in the Middle East

October 31, 2022, Book Chapter: "The enormous growth of China’s investments in Israel has become one of the major changes in the Middle East’s geopolitics during the last decade. This paper examines ...
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Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

Triumph of the City: How Our Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier. Edward Glaeser, February 10, 2011, Book. "America is an urban nation, yet cities get a bad rap: ...