The Fellows Program at the Institute of Politics is a cornerstone of Institute life and the only program of its kind at Harvard University or anywhere else.  An IOP Fellowship offers the rare opportunity for professionals in politics and public service to ...

Components of the Fellowship Leading an eight-week study group All Fellows must develop an eight-week “study group” that engages students in a current political issue area. Each study group session is 75 minutes long and is usually opened by the Fellow pr ...

"Pizza and Politics" are open events, primarily targeted for students, to engage in a free-flowing discussion led by an expert, professor, or political/media figure on an important issue. Pizza is provided, the event is very informal, and the lo ...

Special Events hosts dinners with Harvard University graduate students involved in business, innovation, and research that deals in politics, policy, and public service. These "Better Know a Grad Student" dinners help undergraduates interested i ...

Hosted by the IOP Director, "Director's Dinners" bring together invited participants to engage in a discussion led by a high-profile guest speaker in an area of their expertise. Seats at the dinner are lotteried. The event is formal, catere ...

The liaison program offers Harvard undergraduates a unique opportunity to interact with and get to know one of our Resident Fellows- public figures with exceptional careers and experiences in politics and public service- in an intimate & personal sett ...

John Palfrey is  Henry N. Ess Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School. He is the co-author of "Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives" (Basic Books, 2008) and " ...

Timothy McCarthy, Adjunct Lecturer on Public Policy Program Director Carr Center for Human Rights Policy Timothy Patrick McCarthy holds a joint faculty appointment in Harvard's undergraduate honors program in History and Literature and at the Harvard ...

Barbara Kellerman is the James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Public Leadership at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. She was the Founding Executive Director of the Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership, from 2000 to ...

Ryan Enos, Assistant Professor of Government at Harvard College and a faculty associate of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science Ryan D. Enos is an assistant professor of government and a faculty associate of the Institute for Quantitative Social ...