Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government Academic Dean of Harvard Kennedy School Co-Director, Women and Public Policy Program
A behavioral economist, combining insights from economics and psychology to improve decision-making in organizations and society, often with a gender or cross-cultural perspective. Her most recent research examines behavioral design to de-bias how we live, learn and work.... Read more about Iris Bohnet
Roy E. Larsen Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Management Co-Director, Women and Public Policy Program Chair, Management, Leadership, and Decision Sciences Area
Hannah Riley Bowles is the Roy E. Larsen Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Management at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). Hannah chairs HKS Management, Leadership, and Decision Sciences (MLD) Area and co-directs the HKS Women and Public Policy Program (WAPPP). In addition, she serves on the Faculty Board of Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative, and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Program on Negotiation. She is a leading expert on how gender influences pay negotiations and more broadly on negotiation as a micro-mechanism of inequality.
Victoria Budson is founder and Executive Director of the Women and Public Policy Program (WAPPP) at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She also founded and chairs WAPPP’s From Harvard Square to the Oval Office: A Political Campaign Practicum (Oval Office) preparing women to run for public office, which has trained over 600 Harvard graduate students from across the world. From Australia to Ecuador, Israel and France, multiple institutions are replicating or drawing insights from the training methodology of Oval Office as they seek to increase gender equity in political leadership in their respective nations.
Tania Del Rio is working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, conducting research on the problem of under-representation of women in the higher ranks of the Foreign Service. She is using Human Resource data to make comparative analyses of the entry, promotion, and exit patterns of men and women in the Foreign Service. In addition, Tania is conducting a series of interviews to gather information about gender differentiation in the work experience of Mexican diplomats. Through this research, the Ministry is looking to pinpoint the causes of under-representation of women in decision-making posts and implement policies that address the problem.
Eva-Maria founded a social enterprise called STEMgem with the aim to make STEM more accessible for teenage girls. Currently, there are no STEM products that... Read more about Eva-Maria Olbers
Working with UN Women in Jordan to better understand and address the needs of Syrian female refugees in the Za’atari camp, Rana developed advocacy tools on issues of women’s economic empowerment, leadership, and access to resources.... Read more about Rana Abdelhamid
MPA 2017 Ontario/Montclair School District Board of Trustees Ontario, CA
Last summer Teresa built on her eight years of public policy and public service experience in the California State Legislature and U.S. House of... Read more about Teresa Acuña
Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance (MOVA) Boston, MA
Emeka is working with Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance (MOVA) in Boston, Massachusetts on a domestic violence project. Collaborating with MOVA and other stakeholders, he is examining the current status of domestic violence and emergency assistance shelter beds in the state of Massachusetts, the state systems engaged in housing/shelter services for victims, the matrix of referral networks, and triage system among state agencies. Consequently, he is developing policy recommendations for regulatory and operational changes to streamline the activities of all agencies involved in the provision of domestic violence shelters. This includes creating a database of all the available shelter options for domestic violence victims, recommending innovative housing options for victims, and developing an efficient referral/triage system for referring and assessing victims specialized needs and risk factors. Through this research the state government is looking to provide a FRESH START to victims of domestic violence since it has been shown that domestic violence shelters are very critical in helping survivors permanently escape violence and increase their economic stability. Also, given the fact that domestic violence is the leading cause of homelessness among women, the lessons learned from the research will be invaluable in improving Governor Baker’s reforms aimed at reducing family homelessness in general in Massachusetts.
MPP 2011, Cultural Bridge Fellow Shuhada Organization, Afghanistan
Afreen Akhter worked with Shuhada Organization in Afghanistan. Shuhada is an Afghan NGO, run by Afghan women, which utilizes a cross-sectoral approach...
Founder and Director, Gender and Public Policy Program, Dubai School of Government Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi
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May Al-Dabbagh is an Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi with an...
Raafi worked at Frost Included where he designed and implemented behavioural insights interventions to improve gender, racial, and LGBT equality in organizations. He worked under a former Women and Public Policy Program Fellow Stephen Frost to both implement Frost Included's diversity and inclusion programs and improve their strategy using cutting edge behavioural insights research.... Read more about Raafi Alidina
MPA-ID/2014, Cultural Bridge Fellow Pratham, India June 2 - August 10, 2013
Maria Antonieta joined the team at Pratham that carried out two studies regarding the access to post-primary educational opportunities for girls in India....
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), France
At the OECD, Jorge conducted research on policies to increase the representation of women in corporate decision-making bodies. The goals were to better understand the dynamics that have led to the current low availability of senior level corporate positions for women and identify policies that have been successful on increasing their opportunities.... Read more about Jorge Andrés Tapia
