About Us
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs is the hub of Harvard Kennedy School's research, teaching, and training in international security and diplomacy, environmental and resource issues, and science and technology policy.
Leadership Team
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Our Mission
We have a dual mission: to advance policy-relevant research, and to train the next generation of leaders and scholars.
Building on the vision of founder Paul Doty, we integrate insights and research of social scientists, natural scientists, technologists, and practitioners of government, diplomacy, the military, and business.
We bridge the gap between scholarly rigor and real-world impact: combining the best of academic research with practical solutions.
The heart of the Belfer Center is our resident research community of more than 150 scholars, including Harvard faculty, researchers, practitioners, and each year a new, international group of research fellows.
Through publications and policy discussions, workshops, seminars and conferences, we promote innovative solutions to significant national and international challenges.
Belfer Director Meghan O'Sullivan Sets Out Our Role Today
"One of the Belfer Center's great strengths has always been an orientation toward the future, rooted in an appreciation for the fundamental lessons of the past. We bring this lens when we identify the challenges we can help understand, the opportunities we can illuminate, the risks we can help manage, and the policy ideas we can propose.”
Our Experts in Action
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In The NewsWhy Syria Matters to the Kremlin
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In The NewsElon Musk’s $2 Trillion Fiscal Fantasy
