Harvard Kennedy School (HKS),officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government,is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge,Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy,public administration,and international development,four doctoral degrees,and various executive education programs. It conducts research in subjects relating to politics,government,international affairs,and economics. As of 2021,HKS had an endowment of $1.7 billion. It is a member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA),a global consortium of schools that trains leaders in international affairs.
John Howard Francis Shattuck is an international legal scholar and human rights leader. He served as the fourth President and Rector of Central European University (CEU) from August 2009 until July 31,2016. He is a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School,and he joined the faculty of Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in January 2017.
Susan Catharine Eaton was an American political scientist and workers' rights activist. Eaton was an assistant professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School,who became a nursing home researcher at Harvard and workers' activist. She wrote about health care management,women's role in union leadership and work-family issues and gender equity in the workplace.
Fionnuala NíAoláin is an Irish academic lawyer specialising in human rights law. She was the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism for the United Nations Human Rights Council from August 1,2017 - November 2023.
Laura Elizabeth Sjoberg is an American feminist scholar of international relations and international security. Her work specializes in gendered interpretations of just war theory,feminist security studies,and women's violence in global politics.
John Gerard Ruggie was the Berthold Beitz Research Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University and an affiliated professor in international legal studies at Harvard Law School.
David W. Kennedy is an American academic and legal scholar known for his work on international law. As of 2017,he is the Manley Hudson Professor of Law at Harvard Law School,where he teaches the courses "Global Law and Governance","Law and Economic Development" and "Expertise and Rulership in Law and Science". He has been a professor at Harvard Law School since 1981,although for a few years he held an appointment at Brown University,as Vice President International Affairs and the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations.
Beth A. Simmons is an American academic and notable international relations scholar. She is the Andrea Mitchell University Professor in Law,Political Science and Business Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She is a former Director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs at the Department of Government. Her research interests include international relations,political economy,international law,and international human rights law compliance.
Lisa Anderson is an American political scientist and the former President of the American University in Cairo (AUC).
Patrick Mendis is an educator,diplomat,author,and executive in government service in the United States. A former American diplomat and military professor during the Clinton,Bush,and Obama administrations,he held various positions in the U.S. Departments of Agriculture,Defense,Energy,and State. He was appointed twice as a commissioner of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO at the State Department by the Obama administration. His appointment to the UNESCO Commission ended during the Trump administration when the White House withdrew from the UN agency.
Brenda Shaffer is an American scholar who holds positions as Fellow with the Atlantic Council and professor at University of Haifa. Shaffer was the former research director of the Caspian Studies Program at Harvard Kennedy School and past president of the Foreign Policy Section of the American Political Science Association. She specializes on energy in international relations and energy policy in the Caspian region and has written or edited several books of these topics,including "Energy Politics" and "Beyond the Resource Curse." Shaffer has also written a number of books on the topic of identity and culture in the Caucasus including explorations of Azeri literature and culture. She has been accused of lobbying for Azerbaijan and failing to disclose conflicts of interest. According to the 2019 book Lobbying in the European Union:Strategies,Dynamics and Trends,published by Springer:"research shows that her [Shaffer's] entire career has benefitted from financial support from sources tied to Azerbaijan's leadership".
Sarah Hull Cleveland,an American judge,lawyer,law professor,and former State Department official,is a judge on the International Court of Justice and the Louis Henkin Professor of Human and Constitutional Rights at Columbia Law School.
Martha Finnemore is an American constructivist scholar of international relations,and University Professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. She is considered among the most influential international relations scholars. Her scholarship has highlighted the role of norms and culture in international politics,as well as shown that international organizations are consequential and purposive social agents in world politics that can shape state interests.
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit human rights advocacy organization. It was named after United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968,a few months after his assassination. The organization of leading attorneys,advocates,entrepreneurs and writers is dedicated to a more just and peaceful world,working alongside local activists to ensure lasting positive change in governments and corporations. It also promotes human rights advocacy through its RFK Human Rights Award,and supports investigative journalists and authors through the RFK Book and Journalism Awards. It is based in New York and Washington,D.C.
Janet Benshoof was an American human rights lawyer and President and Founder of the Global Justice Center. She founded the Center for Reproductive Rights,the world's first international human rights organization focused on reproductive choice and equality.
Ellen J. Kennedy is an American academic who is the founder and executive director of World Without Genocide,a human rights organization headquartered at Mitchell Hamline School of Law,St. Paul,MN.
Emilie M. Hafner-Burton is a professor at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy and director of the School’s Laboratory on International Law and Regulation. She is the author of the book "Making Human Rights a Reality."
Sarah E. Mendelson is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Mendelson was confirmed by the Senate on October 8,2015,and sworn into her post on October 15,2015. In 2017,Mendelson was named Distinguished Service Professor and head of Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College's program in Washington,D.C.
Margaret Keck is an American political scientist and Brazilianist,currently an Academy Professor and professor emeritus of political science at Johns Hopkins University. Keck studies the Politics of Brazil,environmental politics,international activist movements and networked advocacy.
