ANNOUNCEMENTS
September 12, 2008
Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements: Winner of Research Paper Competition
We are pleased to announce that Larry Karp (University of California, Berkeley) and Jinhua Zhao (Michigan State University) have been chosen as the winners of the open research paper competition of the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements. Their paper, "A Proposal for the Design of the Successor to the Kyoto Protocol", was selected based on its innovative and realistic approach to post-2012 global climate policy.
August 1, 2008
New Commission on United States Policy toward Russia
The Belfer Center at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and The Nixon Center are pleased to announce a new Commission on United States Policy toward Russia. The commission will be co-chaired by former Senator Gary Hart and Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE).
June 3, 2008
Professor Emad Shahin, DI Facutly Affiliate, on "Toleration in Modern Islamic Polity: Contemporary Islamic Views"
By Emad Shahin, Former Faculty Affiliate, The Dubai Initiative
Professor Emad Shahin, Visiting Professor in Harvard's Government Department and DI Faculty Affiliate, recently published a chapter on "Toleration in Modern Islamic Polity: Contemporary Islamic Views" in Toleration on Trial.
April 8, 2008
Monica Duffy Toft Named 2008 Carnegie Scholar
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
Monica Duffy Toft, associate professor of public policy and director of the Belfer Center’s Initiative on Religion in International Affairs, has been named a 2008 Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Toft is one of 20 scholars to receive the prestigious Carnegie Scholar designation for 2008 "for compelling ideas and commitment to enriching the quality of the public dialogue on Islam."
Spring 2008
Free: College Curriculum Package Simulates Oil Crisis
By Eric Rosenbach, Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE), in collaboration with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, has created a free college curriculum box set that includes all of the materials needed to conduct an energy crisis simulation in your classroom. The exercise is based on Oil ShockWave™, SAFE's one-of-a-kind oil crisis simulation, which has featured participants such as Defense Secretary Robert Gates, former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Dan Yergin and former director of the CIA R. James Woolsey.
March 2008
Broadmoor Project Announces 2008 Summer Internships
The HKS-Broadmoor Project for Community Engagement in New Orleans is pleased to announce 3 paid summer internships in the Broadmoor neighborhood of New Orleans.
January 22, 2008
Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements Research Paper Competition
The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements invites submission of papers focused on the design of international climate policy architectures. Papers should propose a complete policy framework to succeed the Kyoto Protocol in the post-2012 period.
September 4, 2007
DI Welcomes Four New Fellows
The Dubai Initiative welcomes its four new Research Fellows for 2007-2008: Mohammad Arzaghi, Ant Bozkaya, Marwa Farag, and Haroon Ullah.
Scott Saltzman
April 2007
Summer Internships Open to KSG Students in New Orleans
The KSG-Broadmoor Project for Community Engagement in New Orleans is pleased to announce up to 6 paid summer internships in community-driven disaster recovery in the Broadmoor neighborhood of New Orleans. The initiative is designed to provide an opportunity for Kennedy School students to apply their policy analysis training, research skills, and operations and leadership experience to support community-based recovery and redevelopment efforts in New Orleans in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
September 20, 2006
Clinton Global Initiative Commits to Broadmoor
Today the Clinton Global Initiative announced a one year commitment to create a network of public-private partnerships that will empower local leadership and leverage resources and expertise in support of the redevelopment plan created by the residents of New Orleans' Broadmoor neighborhood.
