Cases with Video Supplements

Eradicate or Contain? Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Navigates the M. Bovis Outbreak (B)

Publication Date: May 28, 2025

This B case is a companion document to HKS #2299.0 "Eradicate or Contain? Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Navigates the M. Bovis Outbreak (A)," which also includes five short video supplements featuring Jacinda Ardern.    It...

Eradicate or Contain? Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Navigates the M. Bovis Outbreak (A)

Publication Date: May 28, 2025

When Jacinda Ardern became prime minister of New Zealand in October 2017, she immediately faced a major crisis: an outbreak of Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis), a serious cattle disease threatening the country's dairy industry. With the dairy...

The Economic and Political Drivers of U.S. Tariff Policy

Publication Date: January 29, 2025

This 10-min. video case is designed to illustrate the role that economic considerations and political calculations play when a large country decides to impose tariffs on imported foreign goods. It uses a real-life example, a trade dispute...

Dallas Independent School District Changes the Default: Interview with Shannon Trejo

Publication Date: January 8, 2025

In 2019, the Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD) decided to change its policy regarding enrollment in middle school Honors classes. The change was driven by a need to increase participation in these advanced courses by students of...

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...

Confronting Constraints: Shashi Verma & Transport for London Tackle a Tough Contract Sequel

Publication Date: December 19. 2023

This sequel accompanies HKS Case 2275.0, "Conflicting Constraints: Shashi Verma &Transport for London Tackle a Tough Contract."  The case introduces Shashi Verma (MPP 97) in 2006, soon after he has received a plum appointment: Director...

Confronting Constraints: Shashi Verma & Transport for London Tackle a Tough Contract

Publication Date: December 19. 2023

The case introduces Shashi Verma (MPP 97) in 2006, soon after he has received a plum appointment: Director of Fares and Ticketing for London's super agency, Transport for London. The centerpiece of the agency's ticketing operation was the Oyster...

Nothing Can Prepare You for This Job: Germany’s Health Minister Faces Tough Decisions during COVID-19

Publication Date: September 24, 2023

This case and video supplement recount three high-profile public health decisions that German Minister of Health, Jens Spahn, made during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: how to procure masks, which vaccines to procure (and how many...

Leadership and Negotiation: Ending the Western Hemisphere’s Longest Running Border Conflict

Publication Date: October 4, 2022

For centuries, Ecuador and Peru each claimed sovereignty over a historically significant, but sparsely inhabited tract of borderland in the Amazonian highlands. The heavily disputed area had led the two nations to war—or the brink of...

Work or Exploitation? Debating Whether to Decriminalize the Sex Industry

Publication Date: August 12, 2022

As traditionally written and enforced, laws regulating the sex trade in the United States and abroad have disproportionately penalized the least powerful players in the industry—the people, mostly cis- and transgender women, directly...

An Intractable Challenge? HIV Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Zambia

Publication Date: March 4, 2022

This multimedia case is set in the Southern African country of Zambia, where the rates of HIV new infections, especially among adolescent girls and young women, remain high in spite of recent government efforts. After laying out the history of...

Lobbying and Advocacy: Theory and Practice Course Bundle

Publication Date: August 10, 2021

The materials in this course are designed to help students understand how lobbying and advocacy impact the making of public policy. In doing so students will explore the power of persuasion, as well as the skills necessary to build an effective...