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...

Building Inclusion and Sustaining Solidarity [ Weatherhead Research Cluster on Migration Website ] Gone are the days when most forced international migration occurred along well-charted and predictable routes. People fleeing war, violence, climate related...

Establishing an Academic Pipeline in the Social Sciences [ Weatherhead Research Cluster on Climate Change Website ] This cluster catalyzes the study of climate change—a global and local challenge throughout the world—by supporting the next generation of...

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...

Much scholarly and public attention is paid these days to nonconventional security challenges like civil conflicts, terrorism, and human security more broadly. Our cluster aims to revive the academic study of traditional interstate security studies at...

Since 2018, the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Regions in a Multipolar World has been focused on building intellectual bridges between the study of transnational regions, the evolution of the world system, and shared dilemmas of governance. Recent...

In the fall of 2018, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs launched the Research Cluster on Religion in Public Life in Africa and the African Diaspora to explore the way religion has taken a central place in Africa and African diaspora affairs...

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...