Events

On Nov. 4, 2022, Harvard media scholar Thomas E. Patterson held a one-hour webinar to discuss how the 2022 midterms may differ from prior years and implications for the 2024 presidential election.

The HKS Pakistan Caucus will host Kathy Gannon, a Fall ’22 Joan Shorenstein Fellow at the Shorenstein Center, for a conversation centered on “Pakistan Through the Afghan Eyes: What role can Pakistan play in fostering stability and development?” This event is the inaugural guftugu session for the academic year 2022-23.

This event is part of the Speaker Series on Misinformation, co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School and the NULab at Northeastern University.

This event was the formal launch of the report “Parallel Public Spheres: Influence Operations in the 2022 Philippine Elections,” presented by Jonathan Corpus Ong and JM Lanuza. Former Vice President of the Philippines Leni Robredo presented her expert comments about the report and shared her advocacy to combat disinformation. Dr. Joan Donovan presented a global-level view of media manipulation. Sushma Raman, Executive Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights and Policy, served as chair of the discussion.

Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer HLS ‘64 retired in June after nearly 28 years on the Supreme Court of the United States. Justice Breyer will return to the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum to discuss the state of our judicial system and the rule of law in a conversation moderated by Nancy Gibbs, director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, and Daphna Renan, the Peter B. Munroe and Mary J. Munroe Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. This Forum is cosponsored by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and Harvard Law School.

Please join the Institute of Politics, the Shorenstein Center, and centers across the Harvard community for a Forum commemorating National Coming Out Day and discussing the progress and challenges facing LGBTQ+ Americans.

Is there a future for opinion journalism in today’s media marketplace—and is it even worth saving? Many readers cannot tell the difference between opinion and news, and are confused and alienated by op-eds about polarized national party politics. On Wednesday, September 28th, Joshua Darr will discuss his research which shows the potential of local opinion pages to bring people together—if they ignore what’s happening in Washington.

This event is cosponsored by the Institute of Politics (IOP)

A team of researchers from the COVID States Project discuss the findings from their latest report comparing public attitudes regarding abortion before and after the Dobbs decision was announced, and the implications of the decision for the upcoming midterm elections. Panelists included: Matthew A. Baum, Harvard University; Kristin Lunz Trujillo, Northeastern University; Alauna C. Safarpour, Harvard […]

Nudge is seemingly everywhere, merging with innovative technology to affect the finest aspects of our daily experience. But has it succeeded in improving our social existences, as promised?