Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University

🎉 Welcome to our eighth class of mayors! 39 mayors and 78 senior leaders from 11 countries across 5 continents have joined our yearlong executive education program designed to build executive leadership, strengthen city halls and improve the cities they serve. Learn more about this year’s class: https://lnkd.in/gFxQWdRM There are now more than 300 alumni mayors of the program, representing millions of residents globally. Thanks to Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, mayors around the world are solving problems and bettering their communities through this world-class Initiative—together.

Learn how Bloomberg Philanthropies and Mike Bloomberg make an enormous impact through their philanthropic giving. ⬇️ We're so grateful for their work, including here at the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, where faculty research and the student community continually benefit, and in #cities, helping local governments better serve residents.

#FacultyTuesday: center affiliate Jan Rivkin is a professor in the strategy unit at Harvard Business School. His research, course development, and teaching focus on business strategy and U.S. competitiveness. His work has been featured in numerous publications, including Harvard Business Review, The Economist, and Fortune. #cityresearch #businessintelligence #centerforcities https://lnkd.in/e8E6_gDP

#FacultyTuesday: center affiliate Danielle Allen is a professor of political philosophy, ethics, and public policy at Harvard Kennedy School and directs the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation at the Harvard Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. She is also a nonprofit leader, democracy advocate, tech ethicist, and an author. #centerforcities #leadership #democracy https://lnkd.in/ej8J_j3h

The People Lab is hiring! Are you an undergraduate student interested in spending the fall semester getting trained in applied research? Apply for our Fall 2024 Undergraduate Student Research Fellowship by July, 22nd! Learn more about this opportunity here: https://lnkd.in/eWxbpSgc

How does your team address complex housing and public health problems? Read and learn from these Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative teaching cases. Tackling Big, Thorny Problems – an Action Insights summary based on peer-reviewed research — can help your team invest in leadership capabilities to save time, money, and lives: https://lnkd.in/eAy6X46q #cityresearch #publicmanagement #centerforcities #teachingcase #leadership #housing #publichealth

Center faculty affiliate Karen G. Mills is a senior fellow at Harvard Business School with expertise in U.S. competitiveness, #entrepreneurship, and #innovation. She served in President Barack Obama's Cabinet as Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013 and was a member of the President's National Economic Council. She is the author of Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream as well as many other publications on #fintech, innovation policy, and the supply chain economy. #FacultyTuesday #cityresearch #smallbusiness #innovation #centerforcities https://lnkd.in/e-qrqTcw

Center affiliate Elizabeth Linos of Harvard Kennedy School is the faculty director of The People Lab and faculty co-chair of the Managing Talent in City Government program offered by the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative. Her research uses insights from behavioral science and evidence from public management to consider how to recruit, retain, and support the government workforce, how to improve resident-state interactions, and how to better integrate evidence-based policymaking into government. Linos was the 2023 recipient of the David N. Kershaw award “established to honor persons who, before the age of 40, have made distinguished contributions to the field of public policy analysis and management.” #FacultyTuesday #publicpolicy #behavioralscience #centerforcities https://lnkd.in/ebpkEEfm

#FacultyTuesday: center affiliate Gary Adamkiewicz of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health founded the Healthy Cities Lab and researches how to alleviate environmental health disparities. His current projects include housing-related exposure, evidence-based interventions, healthy urbanization, and the future of food. #cityresearch #urbanization #centerforcities #healthdisparities https://lnkd.in/gsUeyh7A

Center affiliate Christopher Herbert of Harvard Kennedy School is the managing director of the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. A key focus of his research is on the financial and demographic dimensions of homeownership, and the implications for housing policy. He is also a lecturer at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in the urban planning and design department. #FacultyTuesday #cityresearch #housingpolicy #housing #urbanplanning #centerforcities https://lnkd.in/g58pjV9i