The Carr Center's affiliated faculty members teach a number of popular HKS degree courses, advise students, and develop unique curricular materials. In addition, the Carr Center supports HKS students with funding opportunities, support for student-led events and initiatives, research and applied learning experiences, skills workshops, and more.
Examining how technological advancements affect the future of human rights.
While recognizing the enormous progress that societies have made since the establishment of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, technological advancements have inevitably profound implications for the human rights framework.
From a practical perspective, technology can help move the human rights agenda forward. For instance, the use of satellite data can monitor the flow of displaced people; artificial intelligence can assist...
Producing and disseminating knowledge on nonviolent action
The Nonviolent Action Lab produces and disseminates up-to-date knowledge on nonviolent action, how it works, and global trends in success and failure. The world is facing numerous crises that demand urgent and effective nonviolent action. Movements worldwide are fighting global inaction on climate change, discrimination against refugee and immigrant communities fleeing war and hardship, and rising global inequality. At the same time, the very institution of democracy is under threat. Over...
Addressing current human rights concerns at local, state, and international levels
The Carr Center’s work includes a range of special initiatives focused on critical and compelling human rights concerns, including migration, trafficking, torture, transitional justice, humanitarian crises, LGBTQ rights, corruption, and shrinking civil society space. These initiatives are responsive to current events and are reflected in the work of our fellows, student experiential learning and funding, conferences and seminars, and the...
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The Carr Center provides HKS students with funding opportunities, support for student-led events and initiatives, research and applied learning experiences, skills workshops, and other enriching opportunities. Learn more about available resources and get involved.
A number of HKS research centers and initiatives are interested in supporting students conducting their Policy Analysis Exercise (PAE) or Second Year Policy Analysis (SYPA) by providing small grants to help defray the cost of travel or research in the event the student's client is not able to provide funding. Applications will only be accepted through this process for PAE or SYPA funding.
The Carr Center's Human Rights Summer Internship Fund supports Harvard Kennedy School students seeking to further their interest in human rights through research and first-hand experiences with our summer internship grant program.
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The Carr Center will provide financial support to selected first-year HKS graduate students who have secured a summer...
