Blog Post
Belfer Center, HKS Researchers Receive Global Awards for Collaborative Work
The recipients of this year’s coveted Harvard Global Institute grants for interdisciplinary, cross-collaborative research on critical global issues include four Belfer Center-affiliated faculty members: Center Director Ash Carter, Middle East Initiative Faculty Chair Tarek Masoud, HKS Professor Arne Westad, and Director of the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements Robert Stavins. Three other Harvard Kennedy School faculty are also recipients of the grants: Rema Hanna, Timothy Colton, and Tony Saich.
The awards that range from $100,000 to $1 million will enable the faculty and their students to partner with scholars outside the U.S. to exchange ideas and search for solutions to worldwide issues such as climate change, migration, health, and cybersecurity.
Stavins’ project will identify and compare innovative approaches to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions in states, provinces, and cities in China, India, and North America.
Professors Masoud and Westad, along with their HKS colleague Colton and Harvard Business School’s Meg Rithmire, will study global neighborhoods to better understand the shape and logic of their roles, how solutions to global issues vary by region, and what roles regional actors may play.
Carter’s project will explore how China and the U.S. can jointly promote greater international stability in cyberspace by identifying the options and resources available to the two governments that could lead to or reduce cyberspace conflict.
Saich will look into how China can work collaboratively with the five other countries through which the Mekong River flows.
Center’s First Soccer Team Makes Playoffs
“Real Belfer C.F.,” the Belfer Center’s first-ever soccer team, reached the playoffs in their inaugural season. The co-ed team, consisting of Center staff and fellows, was established and captained by Laura Manley, Director of the Technology and Public Purpose project.
After a few post-work practices, the team played on Wednesday nights in Cambridge and earned a 1-2-2 record before losing in the first round of the playoffs to the eventual champions.
Next up for the team: a one-day holiday-themed kickball tournament in December. Go Belfer!
Recommended citation
"Belfer in Brief." Fall/Winter 2018-2019 Belfer Center Newsletter. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Summer 2018.