Current Research Clusters

This research cluster is designed to help strengthen and scale the work of the Global Climate Policy Project , in collaboration with the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability and MIT. Addressing climate change requires global collective action...

This research cluster is designed to help strengthen and scale the work of the recently launched Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program , housed at the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights at the Harvard Kennedy School. LGBTQI+ human rights have become a canary...

Addressing Ethnic and Religious Conflict The Weatherhead Research Cluster on Identity and Conflict will be dormant during the 2025–2026 academic year. From Germany to Brazil, the world has witnessed the rise of ethno-nationalism over the past two decades...

The Political Economy of Firms and States in a Changing World Business interests are powerful players in all political systems, and an improved understanding of state-business relations is essential to addressing many of the most significant challenges of...

The Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion draws on expertise from across disciplines to gain international and comparative perspectives on how to extend cultural membership to the greatest number in society, to gain a better...

This cluster began in 2011 as the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History, before becoming a research cluster in 2017. Global history is one of the leading new approaches in recent years that has helped to transform the study of the past. The...