Milestone or Misstep? Corruption, Development, and Democracy After Brazil’s Lava Jato Probe

Publication Date: October 3, 2024

This case explores Brazil’s Operation Car Wash (Lava Jato in Portuguese), the largest public corruption investigation in history, which led to indictments and convictions of some 359 business executives, government officials, and...

Operation Pufferfish: Building and Sustaining a Department of Neighborhoods and Citizen Engagement in Lansing, Michigan Slide Deck

Publication Date: September 24, 2024

Lansing native Andi Crawford returned home and took over a mismanaged and outdated neighborhood grant program, revamping grant processes, bringing in new money and capacity, and expanding eligibility.This shift became just one element of a much...

Operation Pufferfish: Building and Sustaining a Department of Neighborhoods and Citizen Engagement in Lansing, Michigan Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: September 24, 2024

Lansing native Andi Crawford returned home and took over a mismanaged and outdated neighborhood grant program, revamping grant processes, bringing in new money and capacity, and expanding eligibility.This shift became just one element of a much...

Operation Pufferfish: Building and Sustaining a Department of Neighborhoods and Citizen Engagement in Lansing, Michigan Epilogue

Publication Date: September 24, 2024

Lansing native Andi Crawford returned home and took over a mismanaged and outdated neighborhood grant program, revamping grant processes, bringing in new money and capacity, and expanding eligibility.This shift became just one element of a much...

Operation Pufferfish: Building and Sustaining a Department of Neighborhoods and Citizen Engagement in Lansing, Michigan

Publication Date: September 24, 2024

Lansing native Andi Crawford returned home and took over a mismanaged and outdated neighborhood grant program, revamping grant processes, bringing in new money and capacity, and expanding eligibility.This shift became just one element of a much...

More than a Contract: Black Self-Determination and People’s Assemblies in Jackson, Mississippi Slide Deck

Publication Date: September 23, 2024

The Jackson People’s Assembly (JPA), a vehicle of “Black self-determination and autonomous political authority of the oppressed peoples and communities in Jackson,” launched the political career of Chokwe Lumumba, a veteran...

More than a Contract: Black Self-Determination and People’s Assemblies in Jackson, Mississippi Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: September 23, 2024

The Jackson People’s Assembly (JPA), a vehicle of “Black self-determination and autonomous political authority of the oppressed peoples and communities in Jackson,” launched the political career of Chokwe Lumumba, a veteran...

"Trust the People" Civic Engagement and Collaborative Imagination in Bologna, Italy Slides

Publication Date: September 17, 2024

These slides accompany HKS Case 2289.0. An epilogue, HKS Case 2289.1, follows this case.  In the 2010s, Bologna, Italy, faced a crisis of civic trust and participation that seemed at odds with the city’s long tradition of...

"Trust the People" Civic Engagement and Collaborative Imagination in Bologna, Italy Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: September 17, 2024

This practitioner guide accompanies HKS Case 2289.0. An epilogue, HKS Case 2289.1, follows this case.  In the 2010s, Bologna, Italy, faced a crisis of civic trust and participation that seemed at odds with the city’s...

"Trust the People" Civic Engagement and Collaborative Imagination in Bologna, Italy Epilogue

Publication Date: September 17, 2024

This epilogue follows HKS Case 2289.0.  In the 2010s, Bologna, Italy, faced a crisis of civic trust and participation that seemed at odds with the city’s long tradition of progressive politics and cooperative enterprise...

"Trust the People" Civic Engagement and Collaborative Imagination in Bologna, Italy

Publication Date: September 17, 2024

In the 2010s, Bologna, Italy, faced a crisis of civic trust and participation that seemed at odds with the city’s long tradition of progressive politics and cooperative enterprise. Moreover, those who wanted to work with the city...

Through a New Lens: Physicians for Human Rights’ Photovoice Research with Kenyan Survivors of Sexual Violence

Publication Date: June 12, 2024

 In 2022, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), a US- and Kenya-based non-governmental organization, was eager to evaluate the impact of a multi-year project to improve mental health services for survivors of sexual violence in Kenya. In doing...