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Crowd of Black Lives Matters demonstrators marching in the street.
Feature: The Democratic Necessity of Reckoning

Erica Chenoweth reviews scholarship that overwhelmingly shows the Black Lives Matter movement generated high levels of public awareness about systemic racism and increased support for criminal justice reform.

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Feature: Against Rule-of-Thumb Economics

Dani Rodrik argues against neoliberalism’s universal rule-of-thumb approach and for economic analyses grounded in contextual dependencies.

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Feature: Leaders’ Psychological Bravery

Dana Born explores what skills leaders need to cultivate psychological safety on their teams and across their organizations.

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Feature: Dollar vs. Euro as International Reserve Currencies

Jeffrey Frankel explores the strengths and weaknesses of using the Dollar and the Euro as international reserve currencies.

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

Ethics Inside the Black Box: Integrating Science and Technology Studies into Engineering and Public Policy Curricula

Lawrence, Christopher, Sheila Jasanoff, Sam Weiss Evans, Keith Raffel, and L. Mahadevan. "Ethics Inside the Black Box: Integrating Science and Technology Studies into Engineering and Public Policy Curricula." Science and Engineering Ethics 29.4 (August 2023).

Future Conversations – A Topical Exchange

Borrmann, Vera, Christopher Coenen, Alfred Nordmann, Roberto Cantoni, Sascha Dickel, Christopher Groves, Armin Grunwald, Ben Hurlbut, Sheila Jasanoff, George Khushf, Sebastian Pfotenhauer, Arie Rip, Martin Sand, and Christina Schües. "Future Conversations – A Topical Exchange." Hermeneutics, History, and Technology: The Call of the Future. Ed. Armin Grunwald, Alfred Nordmann, and Martin Sand. Routledge, 2023.

Technology in the Imagination of Society – A Conversation

Jasanoff, Sheila, and Alfred Nordmann. "Technology in the Imagination of Society – A Conversation." Hermeneutics, History, and Technology: The Call of the Future. Ed. Armin Grunwald, Alfred Nordmann, and Martin Sand. Routledge, 2023.

The Discontents of Truth & Trust in 21st Century America

Jasanoff, Sheila. "The Discontents of Truth & Trust in 21st Century America." Daedalus 151.4 (Fall 2022): 25-42.

A Stress Test for Politics: A Comparative Perspective on Policy Responses to COVID-19

Jasanoff, Sheila, and Stephen Hilgartner. "A Stress Test for Politics: A Comparative Perspective on Policy Responses to COVID-19." Routledge Handbook of Law and the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ed. Joelle Grogan, and Alice Donald. Routledge, 2022.

Spaceship or Stewardship: Imaginaries of Sustainability in the Information Age

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Spaceship or Stewardship: Imaginaries of Sustainability in the Information Age." Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung 47.4 (2022): 29-47.

Knowledge for a just climate

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Knowledge for a just climate." Climatic Change 169 (December 2021): 36.

Mythmakers in the Market for Perfection

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Mythmakers in the Market for Perfection." American Scientist 109.6 (November-December 2021): 376.

Renewing the future: Excluded imaginaries in the global energy transition

Jasanoff, Sheila, and Hilton R. Simmet. "Renewing the future: Excluded imaginaries in the global energy transition." Energy Research & Social Science 80 (October 2021): 102205.

The Dangerous Appeal of Tech

Jasanoff, Sheila. "The Dangerous Appeal of Tech." MIT Technology Review 124.4 (July/August 2021): 16-17.

The Practices of Objectivity in Regulatory Science

Jasanoff, Sheila. "The Practices of Objectivity in Regulatory Science." Social Knowledge in the Making. Ed. Charles Camic, Neil Gross, and Michèle Lamont. University of Chicago Press, 2021, 307-338.

The governance of sociotechnical transformations to sustainability

Beck, Silke, Sheila Jasanoff, Andy Stirling, and Christine Polzin. "The governance of sociotechnical transformations to sustainability." Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 49 (April 2021): 143-152.

Science and Technology for Humanity: An STS View from Singapore

Jasanoff, Sheila, Ian McGonigle, and Hallam Stevens. "Science and Technology for Humanity: An STS View from Singapore." East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal 15.1 (March 2021): 68-78.

Was 'Science' on the Ballot? Labeling Dissent as 'Anti-Science' is Bad Social Science and Bad Politics

Hilgartner, Stephen, J. Benjamin Hurlbut, and Sheila Jasanoff. "Was 'Science' on the Ballot? Labeling Dissent as 'Anti-Science' is Bad Social Science and Bad Politics." Science Magazine. February 26, 2021.

Humility in the Anthropocene

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Humility in the Anthropocene." Globalizations (02/09/2021).

The Vanishing Square: Civic Learning in the Internet Age

Jasanoff, Sheila. "The Vanishing Square: Civic Learning in the Internet Age." Hastings Center Report, January-February 2021.

Comparative Covid Response: Crisis, Knowledge, Politics

Jasanoff, Sheila, Stephen Hilgartner, J. Benjamin Hurlbut, Onur Özgöde, and Margarita Rayzberg. "Comparative Covid Response: Crisis, Knowledge, Politics." January 2021.

Ours Is the Earth: Science and Human History in the Anthropocene

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Ours Is the Earth: Science and Human History in the Anthropocene." Journal of the Philosophy of History 4.3 (November 2020): 337–358.

Constitutionalism at the Nexus of Life and Law

Hurlbut, J. Benjamin, Sheila Jasanoff, and Krishanu Saha. "Constitutionalism at the Nexus of Life and Law." Science, Technology, & Human Values (May 2020).

Bioconstitutional Imaginaries and the Comparative Politics of Genetic Self-Knowledge

Hurlbut, J. Benjamin, Ingrid Metzler, Luca Marelli, and Sheila Jasanoff. "Bioconstitutional Imaginaries and the Comparative Politics of Genetic Self-Knowledge." Science, Technology, & Human Values (May 2020).

Imagined Worlds: The Politics of Future-Making in the 21st Century

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Imagined Worlds: The Politics of Future-Making in the 21st Century." The Politics and Science of Prevision: Governing and Probing the Future. Ed. Andreas Wenger, Ursula Jasper, and Myriam Dunn Cavelty. Routledge, 2020.

Knowing Earth

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Knowing Earth." Earth 2020: An Insider’s Guide to a Rapidly Changing Planet. Ed. Philippe Tortell. Open Book Publishers, 2020.

Borderlands of Life: IVF Embryos and the Law in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany

Jasanoff, Sheila, and Ingrid Metzler. "Borderlands of Life: IVF Embryos and the Law in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany." Science, Technology, & Human Values 45.6 (2020): 1001-1037.

Democratic Governance of Human Germline Genome Editing

Sheila Jasanoff, J. Benjamin Hurlbut, and Krishanu Saha. "Democratic Governance of Human Germline Genome Editing." The CRISPR Journal 2 2.5 (October 2019): 266-71.

Can Science Make Sense of Life?

Jasanoff, Sheila. Can Science Make Sense of Life? Polity, 2019.

Governance of the Deployment of Solar Geoengineering

Keith, David, Peter Irvine, et al. "Governance of the Deployment of Solar Geoengineering." Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, October 2018.

Science, Common Sense & Judicial Power in U.S. Courts

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Science, Common Sense & Judicial Power in U.S. Courts." Daedalus 147.4 (Fall 2018): 15-27.

A Global Observatory for Gene Editing

Jasanoff, Sheila, and J. Benjamin Hurlbut. "A Global Observatory for Gene Editing." Nature (Spring 2018).

Borderlands of Life: IVF Embryos and the Law in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany

Jasanoff, Sheila, and Ingrid Metzler. "Borderlands of Life: IVF Embryos and the Law in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany." Science, Technology and Human Values (January 2018).

Virtual, Visible, and Actionable: Data Assemblages and the Sightlines of Justice

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Virtual, Visible, and Actionable: Data Assemblages and the Sightlines of Justice." Big Data & Society 4.2 (December 2017).

Panacea or Diagnosis? Imaginaries of Innovation and the ‘MIT Model’ in Three Political Cultures

Pfotenhauer, Sebastian, and Sheila Jasanoff. "Panacea or Diagnosis? Imaginaries of Innovation and the ‘MIT Model’ in Three Political Cultures." Social Studies of Science 47.6 (December 2017): 783-810.

No Funeral Bells: Public Reason in a ‘Post-Truth’ Age

Jasanoff, Sheila, and Hilton R. Simmet. "No Funeral Bells: Public Reason in a ‘Post-Truth’ Age." Social Studies of Science 47.5 (October 2017): 751-770.

Back from the Brink: Truth and Trust in the Public Sphere

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Back from the Brink: Truth and Trust in the Public Sphere." Issues in Science & Technology 33.4 (Summer 2017): 25-28.

Traveling Imaginaries: The ‘Practice Turn’ in Innovation Policy and the Global Circulation of Innovation Models

Pfotenhauer, Sebastian, and Sheila Jasanoff. "Traveling Imaginaries: The ‘Practice Turn’ in Innovation Policy and the Global Circulation of Innovation Models." The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Science. Ed. David Tyfield, Rebecca Lave, Samuel Randalls, and Charles Thorpe. Routledge, 2017.

A History of Scales and the Scales of History

Jasanoff, Sheila. "A History of Scales and the Scales of History." Review of The Shock of the Anthropocene, by Bonneuil, Christophe, and Jean-Baptiste Fressoz. Development & Change, 48.3, May 2017: 613-622.

Disaster and Sociolegal Studies

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Disaster and Sociolegal Studies." Review of Disaster and Sociolegal Studies, by Susan Sterett. Law & Society Review, 50.4, December 2016: 1054-1057.

The Ethics of Invention: Technology and the Human Future

Jasanoff, Sheila. The Ethics of Invention: Technology and the Human Future. W.W.Norton, 2016.

Small Lamps of Environmental Heroism

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Small Lamps of Environmental Heroism." Review of A River Runs Again: India's Natural World in Crisis, from the Barren Cliffs of Rajasthan to the Farmlands of Karnataka, by Meera Subramanian. Current History, 115.780, April 2016: 157-159.

CRISPR Democracy: Gene Editing and the Need for Inclusive Deliberation

Hurlbut, J. Benjamin, Krishanu Saha, and Sheila Jasanoff. "CRISPR Democracy: Gene Editing and the Need for Inclusive Deliberation." Issues in Science & Technology. October 2015.

Serviceable Truths: Science for Action in Law and Policy

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Serviceable Truths: Science for Action in Law and Policy." Texas Law Review 93.7 (June 2015): 1723-1749.

Dreamscapes of Modernity: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and the Fabrication of Power

Jasanoff, Sheila, and Sang-Hyun Kim, eds. Dreamscapes of Modernity: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and the Fabrication of Power. University of Chicago, 2015.

Weathering the Climate Crisis

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Weathering the Climate Crisis." Current History 113.759 (January 2014): 12-15.

Review of Making and Unmaking Intellectual Property: Creative Production in Legal and Cultural Perspective

Jasanoff, Sheila. Review of Making and Unmaking Intellectual Property: Creative Production in Legal and Cultural Perspective, ed. Mario Biagioli, Peter Jaszi, and Martha Woodmansee. Isis, 104.3, September 2013: 595-596.

Sociotechnical Imaginaries and National Energy Policies

Jasanoff, Sheila, and Sang-Hyun Kim. "Sociotechnical Imaginaries and National Energy Policies." Science as Culture 22.2 (June 2013): 189-196.

A World of Experts: Science and Global Environmental Constitutionalism

Jasanoff, Sheila. "A World of Experts: Science and Global Environmental Constitutionalism." Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review 40.2 (2013): 439-452.

Watching the Watchers: Lessons from the Science of Science Advice

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Watching the Watchers: Lessons from the Science of Science Advice." Gaurdian, April 8, 2013.

The Public of Public Reason (Sarton Chair Lecture)

Jasanoff, Sheila. "The Public of Public Reason (Sarton Chair Lecture)." Sartoniana 25 (2012): 17-36.

Science and Public Reason

Jasanoff, Sheila. Science and Public Reason. Routledge, 2012.

Genealogies of STS

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Genealogies of STS." Social Studies of Science 42.3 (June 2012): 435-441.

Taking Life: Private Rights in Public Nature

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Taking Life: Private Rights in Public Nature." Lively Capital: Biotechnologies, Ethics, and Governance in Global Markets. Ed. Kaushik Sunder Rajan. Duke University Press, 2012, 155-183.