The Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia will host the fifth annual China Goes Global conference Sunday, October 2 through Tuesday, October 4, 2011. Held at Harvard Kennedy School, this international research conference will convene over 100 participants from government, academic, nonprofit, and business sectors to present original, multi-disciplinary research on China’s globalization. More»
The fourth annual China Goes Global conference will be held at HKS on October 6-8, 2010. Hosted by the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia at the Ash Center, this event will convene scholars, business executives, and students from around the world to present original research on the political, economic, cultural, and social dimensions of the China’s globalization. More»
The Center welcomes its inaugural Democracy Fellow, five Ford Foundation Mason Fellows, two Roy and Lila Ash Fellows in Democracy, and 19 Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia Fellows for the 2010-2011 academic year. More»
Formerly an authoritarian state, Indonesia has made impressive gains over the last 10 years as the world’s first majority Muslim, multi-party democracy. The country’s successes and challenges as a new democracy are the subject of the new report titled “From Reformasi to Institutional Transformation: A Strategic Assessment of Indonesia’s Prospects for Growth, Equity, and Democratic Governance.” More»
The policy impact forum “Improving Child Well-Being: What Cities Can Do” will be held on Thursday, August 5 at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. This half-day forum will examine innovations in child well-being policies and emphasize increasing and improving municipal responses to the needs of young children and their families. More»
How to leverage America’s current leadership in global aviation to assure primacy in the 21st century is the focus of a new report prepared by the Ash Center in collaboration with Booz Allen Hamilton. The report, “Assuring the Transition to the Next Generation Air Transportation System,” synthesizes discussions and findings from a 2009 Executive Session held at HKS. More»
At a time of tremendous economic growth and political transformation throughout East Asia, the Ash Center has announced a $20.5 million gift to launch an important new initiative designed to expand and strengthen the School’s support for policy research and educational programming in Asia. More»
The Ash Center today announced its student fellows for the 2009 summer term. Nine Harvard Kennedy School degree students will participate in Innovations, Urban Policy, or Latin American Government on-site summer fellowships. More»
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation today announced 11 new fellows for the spring 2009 term. More»
“This is one of the defining moments of the school,” Dean David Ellwood announced at Wednesday’s (Feb. 5, 2009) Ash Center inaugural panel “Democracy in the 21st Century: Global Challenges and Opportunities.” More»
Under the new plan, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) will focus on the study, teaching, and dissemination of solutions to real world problems facing democratic governance. More»
Today the Rajawali Institute for Asia of the Ash Center announced the launch of its two-year Master’s in Public Policy (MPP) program at the Fulbright School in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. More»
The Ash Center for Democratic announced over 60 student and research fellows for the 2011-2012 academic year. Such fellows hail from around the world to study at the Ash Center—from as far away as Malawi, Japan, and China to Palestine, Germany, Italy, and India. Their research topics mirror the diversity of the countries they represent: from clean water scarcity in rural Africa and environmental activism in Japan to challenges to China’s governance policies and the automotive industry in Mexico. More»