Week 7 (11/14): What analytics can show us online In many respects, the friendliest place to approach politics in scientific terms is online, where every click is trackable, every user followable. But in certain respects the old New Yorker cartoon caption ...

Session 8 (11/13): Driving U.S. Growth and Competitiveness Guest: Hilda Solis, Former Secretary of Labor While other countries have explicit growth strategies, America’s economic policy is largely focused on macroeconomic issues such as deficit reduction ...

SESSION VIII  -- Epilogue As we wrap up we will reflect on our various discussions over the semester and engage in prognostication about our collective political futures. SESSION VIII -- Epilogue Event types:  Study Groups ...

[Nov 12] Healthcare.gov Guests: Clay Johnson, Lead Programmer for Dean For America Solving big problems requires political leadership, civic engagement, institutional support and an understanding of potential technologies to help understand and solve the ...

Interested in applying for the White House internship?  Learn about the internship and application process before the January 5th summer deadline. 1-2pm at the IOP Conference Room, L.166.  Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to IOP_ICS@hks.harvard.edu This ...

"Clay Shirky may be the finest thinker we have on the Internet revolution."                                                                                      -Steven Johnson   A Talk by Internet Theorist Clay Shirky Clay Shirky Associate Prof ...

The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy presents the 2013 Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics “The Moment of Truth: Math, Media and Mystery” The Honorable Alan K. Simpson Institute of Politics, Director (1998-2000) ...

Week 6 (11/7): What analytics can explain about TV Most campaign spending and strategic attention remains devoted to paid advertising and free press coverage, areas that lend them themselves to only crude targeting and limited opportunities for rigorous e ...

Week 7, Nov. 7th:  Can the Conservative and Tea party movements adapt to attract more minorities? Is a Conservative in 2013 the same as a Reagan Conservative? How about the Tea Party….is the party over or are we seeing a long-term movement? How do you say ...

WEEK SEVEN: November 6, Talking to the Voters-- Political Speechmaking in the Digital Age. Guest Peter Flaherty, Senior Advisor to Romney for President 2008, 2012. The spoken words of a candidate are one of the most revealing forms of communication in a c ...