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Social Sciences
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We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy

Gain a foundational knowledge of American constitutional democracy while crafting your own civic voice and identity.
Price
Free*
Duration
7 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Social Sciences
In-Person

Leadership in Emerging Technology: Security, Strategy & Risk

This on-campus executive program is designed to equip leaders with the technical, strategic, and policy foundations necessary to navigate these critical emerging technologies.
Price
$10,900
Duration
1 week long
Registration Deadline
Register by Mar 9
Participants learning
Social Sciences
In-Person

Executive Leaders and Government

The Executive Leaders and Government program at Harvard Kennedy School provides a unique opportunity for senior executives to strengthen their leadership skills and expand their competencies.
Price
$18,900
Duration
2 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Register by Aug 24
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Social Sciences
In-Person

Women and Power

Women and Power is an intensive one-week on campus program designed to accelerate women's leadership advancement.
Price
$10,900
Duration
1 week long
Registration Deadline
Register by Feb 16
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Humanities
Online

China’s Political and Intellectual Foundations: From Sage Kings to Confucius

Learn about China’s origins, its integral early thinkers, and competing states and schools of thought.
Price
Free*
Duration
15 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Social Sciences
Online
Online Live

Negotiation Strategies: Building Agreement Across Boundaries

Negotiation Strategies: Building Agreement Across Boundaries is an online executive program that goes beyond other negotiation workshops to address the challenges of negotiating across cultures, organizations, and sectors.
Price
$5,100
Duration
1 week long
Registration Deadline
Register by Mar 2
HKS Executive Education
Social Sciences
Online

Our Information Emergency: Navigating the Media Environment in 2021

Led by Nancy Gibbs, this video explores the underlying forces that are shaping today’s media environment.
Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Social Sciences
In-Person

Empowering Black Leaders: Strategies for Personal and Professional Success

This executive leadership program is designed to inspire, energize, and prepare Black leaders, and those working for their success, by providing tools to help them thrive professionally and personally, as well as improve their organizations’ culture, prod
Price
$7,100
Registration Deadline
Register by Jan 12
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Social Sciences
In-Person

Infrastructure Financing, Regulation, and Management

Infrastructure Financing, Regulation, and Management is an executive program that gives participants the tools needed to develop, finance, regulate, and manage infrastructure using public, private, and PPP/P3-based procurement mechanisms.
Price
$10,600
Duration
1 week long
Registration Deadline
Register by Mar 9
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Social Sciences
Online

Big Data for Social Good

Think critically about social questions such as education policy, upward income mobility, and racial disparities, and understand how big data can answer these questions as well as impact policies that lead to improved outcomes around the world.
Price
$950
Duration
4 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Opens Mar 18
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Social Sciences
In-Person

Comparative Tax Policy and Administration

This on-campus executive program, Comparative Tax Policy and Administration, can provide you with insights and tools to adapt tax theory to everyday challenges.
Price
$13,900
Duration
2 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Register by Jun 15
Public Leadership Credential
Social Sciences
Online

Public Leadership Credential

Developed by Harvard Kennedy School faculty, this professional credential program equips you with the skills necessary to advance the public good.
Price
$1,149+
Duration
6 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Register by Jan 8
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Humanities
Online

Women Making History: Ten Objects, Many Stories

Learn how American women created, confronted, and embraced change in the 20th century while exploring ten objects from Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library.
Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Humanities
Online

The Einstein Revolution

Traces Albert Einstein’s engagement with relativity, quantum mechanics, Nazism, nuclear weapons, philosophy, the arts, and technology.
Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now
Online Participants
Social Sciences
In-Person

Crisis Leadership in Higher Education

This on-campus program will help you prepare for and respond to crises, develop protocols that minimize the potential for future occurrences, and inspire confidence in the long-term success and resilience of your institution.
Price
$6,100
Registration Deadline
Register by Jan 7
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Business
Online

Tech Ethics: Critical Thinking in the Age of Apps, Algorithms, and AI

Taught by Harvard Professor Michael Sandel with insights from actor Michael B. Jordan
Price
$175
Registration Deadline
Available now
Participants networking
Social Sciences
In-Person

Negotiation Strategies: Building Agreement Across Boundaries

Negotiation Strategies: Building Agreement Across Boundaries is an online executive program that goes beyond other negotiation workshops to address the challenges of negotiating across cultures, organizations, and sectors.
Price
$10,900
Duration
1 week long
Registration Deadline
Register by Mar 2
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Social Sciences
Online

American Government: Constitutional Foundations

Learn how early American politics informed the U.S. Constitution and why its promise of liberty and equality has yet to be fully realized.
Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now
William Shakespeare
Humanities
Online

Shakespeare's Life and Work

Learn how to read William Shakespeare's plays through his biography, Elizabethan and Jacobean history, and modern performance.
Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Science
In-Person

Leadership for Social Impact

Leadership for Social Change is a 3.5 day on-campus executive education program developed by faculty from the Social Innovation + Change Initiative within the Harvard Kennedy School.
Price
$7,100
Duration
3 days long
Registration Deadline
Register by Apr 20
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Humanities
Online

Global China: From the Mongols to the Ming

Explore the impact of the conquest dynasties and the world of the Ming.
Price
Free*
Duration
15 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
Flags
Social Sciences
In-Person

Senior Executives in National and International Security

Senior Executives in National and International Security is an online executive program convening senior security officials from around the world focused on the future of security.
Price
$11,500
Duration
1 week long
Registration Deadline
Register by Oct 1
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Social Sciences
In-Person

Art and Practice of Leadership Development

This highly interactive and experiential executive program is designed to train executive leadership development professionals from around the world, including consultants, teachers and trainers.
Price
$11,300
Duration
1 week long
Registration Deadline
Register by Apr 6
Public Leadership Credential
Social Sciences
Online

Public Leadership Credential

Developed by Harvard Kennedy School faculty, this professional credential program equips you with the skills necessary to advance the public good.
Price
$1,149
Duration
6 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Register by Mar 12
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Social Sciences
Online

U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy

Examine the inner workings of the three branches of the U.S. Federal Government
Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now
Artificial Intelligence and Technology
Social Sciences
In-Person

Leading in Artificial Intelligence: Exploring Technology and Policy

The Leading in Artificial Intelligence: Exploring Technology and Policy on-campus executive program lies at the critical intersection of policy and technology.
Price
$11,700
Registration Deadline
Register by May 18
Faculty teaching
Social Sciences
Online
Online Live

Leading Successful Programs: Using Evidence to Assess Effectiveness

Leading Successful Programs will challenge you to rethink your programs' goals and reassess how you gather, evaluate, and use data to determine their effectiveness.
Price
$5,400
Duration
1 week long
Registration Deadline
Register by Jan 26
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Social Sciences
Online

Policy Design and Delivery: A Systematic Approach

Created by Senior Lecturer Michael Walton, examine real-world policy challenges and learn how to analyze, design, and recommend effective policy solutions.
Price
$1,149
Duration
6 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Register by Mar 12
Shanghai
Humanities
Online

Contemporary China: The People's Republic, Taiwan, and Hong Kong

Use the case study method to study China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present.
Price
Free*
Duration
15 weeks long
Registration Deadline
Available now
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Humanities
Online

Modern Masterpieces of World Literature

Examine how great modern writers capture the intricacies of our globalized world and how their works circulate within that world to find their own audiences.
Price
Free*
Registration Deadline
Available now

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