# Robert D. Putnam Faculty Associate (emeritus). Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy, Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School. ![Headshot of Robert Putnam. ](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-09/putnam-robert.jpg?h=2fbd4cf9&itok=yNvVV_Gl) location\_on 79 JFK Street B125, Cambridge, MA 02138 smartphone [(617) 495-1148]() email [robert\_putnam@harvard.edu](mailto:robert_putnam@harvard.edu) laptop\_windows [Personal website](http://robertdputnam.com/) **Research interests:** The changing role of religion in civic life; the implications of immigration for American communities; and the growing inequality among American youth. - ## People Categories [Affiliates](/affiliates) [Faculty Associates](/affiliates/faculty_associates) [Faculty Emeriti](/people-categories/faculty-emeriti)