Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.
Faculty Publications
Bell, Daniel A., Edmund W. Cheng, Chunyan Ding, Elisabeth Ellis, Ruiping Fan, Alfred Ho, Sungmoon Kim, Qing Liu, Haig Patapan, Mathias Risse, Robert Sparrow, Siu Fu Tang, Julia Tao and Ellen Y. Zhang. "Relationship and Family for Good Governance." An East-West Dialogue on Good Governance: Learning from Each Other. Ed. Ruiping Fan and Sungmoon Kim. Singapore: Springer, 2024, 25-58.
Bell, Daniel A., Edmund W. Cheng, Chunyan Ding, Elisabeth Ellis, Ruiping Fan, Alfred Ho, Sungmoon Kim, Qing Liu, Haig Patapan, Mathias Risse, Robert Sparrow, Siu Fu Tang, Julia Tao, and Ellen Y. Zhang. "Ritual, Civility, and Harmony for Good Governance." An East-West Dialogue on Good Governance: Learning from Each Other. Ed. Ruiping Fan and Sungmoon Kim. Singapore: Springer, 2024, 59-90.
Bell, Daniel A., Edmund W. Cheng, Chunyan Ding, Elisabeth Ellis, Ruiping Fan, Sungmoon Kim, Qing Liu, Haig Patapan, Mathias Risse, Robert Sparrow, Siu Fu Tang, Julia Tao, and Ellen Y. Zhang. "Individual Rights for Good Governance." An East-West Dialogue on Good Governance: Learning from Each Other. Ed. Ruiping Fan and Sungmoon Kim. Singagpore: Springer, 2024, 91-123.
Bell, Daniel A., Edmund W. Cheng, Chunyan Ding, Elisabeth Ellis, Ruiping Fan, Alfred Ho, Sungmoon Kim, Qing Liu, Haig Patapan, Mathias Risse, Robert Sparrow, Siu Fu Tang, Julia Tao, and Ellen Y. Zhang. "Human Equality for Good Governance." An East-West Dialogue on Good Governance: Learning from Each Other. Ed. Ruiping Fan and Sungmoon Kim. Singapore: Springer, 2024, 125-156.
Risse, Mathias. "What I have learned." An East-West Dialogue on Good Governance: Learning from Each Other. Ed. Ruiping Fan and Sungmoon Kim. Singapore: Springer, 2024, 197-200.
Summerfield, Christopher, ... Mathias Risse, et al. "How will advanced AI systems impact democracy?" 27 August 2024.
Fung, Archon, and Dennis Thompson. "Conflict of interest in government: Avoiding ethical and conceptual mistakes." Governance (June 2024).
Fung, Archon, Max Kiefel, and Nick Chedli Carter. "From Crisis to Opportunity: How the City of Portland Embraced Democratic Innovation." Ash Center Occasional Papers Series, June 2024.
Kunzman, Hannah and Danielle Allen. "Beyond the Sound and Fury: The Landscape of Curricular Contestation in Texas." Ash Center Occasional Papers Series, June 2024.
Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "Legitimacy Revisited: Moral Power and Civil Disobedience." Moral Philosophy and Politics 11.1 (April 17, 2024): 87-112.
Fung, Archon, David Moss, and Odd Arne Westad, eds. When Democracy Breaks: Studies in Democratic Erosion and Collapse, from Ancient Athens to the Present Day. Oxford University Press, 2024.
Fung, Archon, and Sean Gray, eds. Empowering Affected Interests: Democratic Inclusion in A Globalized World. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Risse, Mathias. "On the Role of Solar Geoengineering in Combatting Climate Change: Harvard University vs. Indigenous Voices." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-026, August 2023.
Risse, Mathias. "A Radical Reckoning with Cultural Devastation and Its Aftermath: Reflections on Wub-e-ke-niew’s We Have the Right to Exist." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-025, August 2023.
Norris, Pippa. "Cancel culture: Heterodox self-censorship or the curious case of the dog-which-didn’t-bark." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-020, July 2023.
Jefferson, Hakeem, José Luis Gandara, Cathy J. Cohen, Yanilda M. González, Rebecca U. Thorpe, and Vesla M. Weaver. "Beyond the Ballot Box: A Conversation About Democracy and Policing in the United States." Annual Review of Political Science 26.1 (June 2023): 1-32.
González, Yanilda. "Reforming to Avoid Reform: Strategic Policy Substitution and the Reform Gap in Policing." Perspectives on Politics 21.1 (March 2023): 59-77.
Risse, Mathias. Political Theory of the Digital Age: Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take Us. Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Gonzalez, Yanilda, and Lindsay Mayka. "Policing, Democratic Participation, and the Reproduction of Asymmetric Citizenship." American Political Science Review 117.1 (February 2023): 263-279.
Risse, Mathias. "Introduction to the Symposium on Ethics and Artificial Intelligence." Moral Philosophy and Politics 9.2 (October 2022): 173–179.
Norris, Pippa. In Praise of Skepticism: Trust but Verify. Oxford University Press, 2022.
Kamm, F.M. Rights and Their Limits: In Theory, Cases, and Pandemics. Oxford University Press, 2022.
Norris, Pippa. "Comparing Mass Political Participation in Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes." The Oxford Handbook of Political Participation. Ed. Marco Giugni and Maria Grasso. Oxford University Press, 2022, 858-876.
Norris, Pippa. "Challenges in Electoral Integrity." Routledge Handbook of Election Law. Ed. Schultz, David, and Jurij Toplak. Routledge, 2022.
Sen, Maya, Yamil Velez, and Mayya Komisarchik. "The Political Consequences of Ethnically Targeted Incarceration: Evidence from Japanese American Internment during World War II." The Journal of Politics 84.3 (July 2022).
Norris, Pippa. "The reversal of reproductive rights in America is contrary to global trends. Why? Compared with similar Western democracies, Republican voters are exceptionally socially conservative, religious and authoritarian." USAPP: United States Politics and Policy Blog, June 30, 2022.
Shattuck, John, Sushma Raman, and Mathias Risse. Holding Together: The Hijacking of Rights in America and How to Reclaim Them for Everyone. The New Press, May 2022.
Kizilova, Kseniya, and Pippa Norris. "Assessing Russian Public Opinion on the Ukraine War." Russian Analytical Digest 281.29 (29 March 2022): 2-10.
Kizilova, Kseniya, and Pippa Norris. "What do ordinary Russians really think about the war in Ukraine?" EUROPP: European Politics and Policy Blog, March 17, 2022.
Kamm, Frances. "Meaning in Lives Nearing Their End." Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements 90 (October 2021): 277-296.
Ang, Desmond, Panka Bencsik, Jesse Bruhn, and Ellora Derenoncourt. "Police Violence Reduces Civilian Cooperation and Engagement with Law Enforcement." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP21-022, September 2021.
Risse, Mathias. "Artificial Intelligence and the Past, Present, and Future of Democracy." Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 7/28/2021.
Sikkink, Kathryn. "Practice What You Preach: Global Human Rights Leadership Begins at Home." Foreign Affairs, May/June.
Risse, Mathias. "Data as Collectively Generated Patterns: Making Sense of Data Ownership." Carr Center Discussion Paper Series, April 2021.
Kerner, Catherine and Mathias Risse. "Beyond Porn and Discreditation: Epistemic Promises and Perils of Deepfake Technology in Digital Lifeworlds." Moral Philosophy and Politics 8.1 (2021): 81-108.
Shattuck, John, and Mathias Risse. "Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Equal Access to Public Goods and Services." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP21-007, March 2021.
Shattuck, John, and Mathias Risse. "Reimagining Rights & Responsibilities in the United States: Gun Rights and Public Safety." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP21-006, March 2021.
Shattuck, John, and Mathias Risse. "Reimagining Rights & Responsibilities in the United States: Freedom of Speech and Media." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP21-004, March 2021.
Shattuck, John and Mathias Risse. "Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Equal Access to Public Goods and Services." Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, March 2021.
Shattuck, John and Mathias Risse. "Reimagining Rights & Responsibilities in the United States: Freedom of Speech and Media." Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, March 2021.
Shattuck, John, and Mathias Risse. "Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Privacy, Personal Data, and Surveillance." Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, February 26, 2021.
Shattuck, John, and Mathias Risse. "Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Hate Crimes." Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, February 22, 2021.
Shattuck, John, and Mathias Risse. "Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Religious Freedom." Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2/19/2021.
Shattuck, John and Mathias Risse. "Reimagining Rights & Responsibilities in the United States: Gun Rights and Public Safety." Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, February 2021.
Shattuck, John, and Mathias Risse. "Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Criminal Justice and Public Safety." Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, February 10, 2021.
Shattuck, John, and Mathias Risse. "Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Immigration." Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, February 4, 2021.
Kamm, Frances. "A Note on Margaret Gilbert’s Rights and Demands." Review of Rights and Demands: A Foundational Inquiry, by Margaret Gilbert. Law and Philosophy, 40 , February 2021: 89-95.
Shattuck, John, and Mathias Risse. "Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Disability Rights." Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, January 21, 2021.
Eck, Kristine, and Dara Kay Cohen. "Time For a Change: The Ethics of Student-led Human Subjects Research on Political Violence." Third World Quarterly (January 2021).
Power, Samantha. "The Can-Do Power: America’s Advantage and Biden’s Chance." Foreign Affairs. January/February 2021, 10-24.