Emirates Leadership Initiative

Emirates Leadership Initiative

Launched in 2014, the Emirates Leadership Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School comprises a portfolio of programs designed to facilitate capacity building, leadership development, and policy-oriented scholarly exchange between the Kennedy School, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the broader Arab world. 

About the Emirates Leadership Initiative

Co-led by Tarek Masoud, Faculty Chair of the Middle East Initiative, and Anthony Foxx, Director of the Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership, the Emirates Leadership Initiative (ELI) at the Harvard Kennedy School aims to:
•    build capacity in the UAE and broader Arab world. 
•    advance scholarship and identify evidence-based solutions to pressing public policy challenges.
•    facilitate the exchange of ideas, expertise, and know-how between Harvard and educational and policy-oriented institutions in the UAE and the region.

Launched in 2014 and made possible by the generous support of the Abu Dhabi Department of Government Enablement, ELI comprises the following program components:
•    Graduate Student Fellowship Program
•    Research Program
•    January Term course
•    Custom Executive Education Program

Further information about each of these components can be found below.