the IOP welcomed the 29th President of Harvard, Lawrence S. Bacow, to Washington, D.C. for a celebration of public service. 

Washington Post chief correspondent will serve for 2018-2019 academic year 

David Gutierrez is a rising senior concentrating in social studies with a minor in economics. Originally from Colombia, David is spending his summer as a Director's Intern in the Mexican government's Ministry of Public Administration in the Digital Governance Unit in Mexico City.

The last three weeks have been a whirlwind, to say the least. Between sharing the story of Coding it Forward at conferences on both coasts and launchingthe 2018 Civic Digital Fellowship, our team has been busy. I feel so fortunate to see our past year of work come to fruition, so I wanted to take an opportunity to reflect.

Suriya is spending her summer interning at Quorum in Washington, DC.

This summer Kiera is excited to be joining the National Republican Congressional Committee's Data Department. 

The IOP has been conducting regular polling of America’s young adults for eighteen years, examining their political views and highlighting key trends and issues.  

The IOP has been conducting regular polling of America’s young adults http://iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll for eighteen years, examining their political views and highlighting key trends and issues.  

More young Americans are saying they will vote in the upcoming midterm elections than in the last two midterms, according to a new national poll released Tuesday by the Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics.

Co-Sponsors: Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Center for Public Leadership

For the first time, the Harvard Public Opinion Project asked a series of questions about how responsible 18- to 29-year-olds believed different groups were for the existing problems in American politics and society today.  Politicians were viewed as very or somewhat responsible by at least 7-in-10 young Americans, regardless of political affiliation.   Money in politics and the media were mentioned by at least 6-in-10 Democrats, Republicans and Independents.

Last week, Atul Gawande joined the JFK Jr. Forum for a conversation about The State of Public Health.