Amplifying Dialogues

Policy School faculty convened dynamic conferences, workshops, and cross-university discussions to explore critical issues of civic engagement, economic empowerment, and environmental justice.

If you’re curious about how many different ways there are to build a life, live in a community, contribute, make a living, there is no place that’s going to give you the window into those things like the public sector.

Moving Past Politics to Deliver Results, moderated by Prof. Alicia Sasser Modestino

September 21, 2022: How do you move beyond politics to get big things done? Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and former chief of staff Steve Kadish spoke about the nonpartisan framework they created to tackle some of the state’s most complex policy problems in their new book, titled “Results: Getting Beyond Politics to Get Important Work Done,”as part of Northeastern’s Civic Experience.

From Boston to Beirut with Prof. Rebecca Riccio and Lynn Zovighian, Zameli Family Fellow

October 3-7, 2022: The Social Impact Lab (SIL) kicked off October with a week of talks and workshops that reimagined the work of social change in the Middle East. Featured projects include a housing program for a seminomadic desert community in Saudi Arabia, a grant making program to support women’s economic empowerment, Lebanon’s political and economic freefall, and Lynn’s collaboration with survivors of the Yazidi genocide.

Rising Tides Conference presented by The Dukakis Center and The Leventhal Map & Education Center

November 4, 2022: The Rising Tides Conference discussed how policymakers engage with and contribute to equitable green development while addressing issues of environmental justice and governance Keynote speaker Senator Ed Markey discussed building a scientific and social movement towards environmental justice and called out the Mapping Environmental Justice Act.

Midterm Election Results Discussion organized by Maria Ivanova and Adam Hosein

November 16, 2022: The Policy School convened a dynamic cross-university discussion on politics. Ted Landsmark, Policy School professor, Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, assistant professor of religion and anthropology, Jeremy Paul, professor of law, and Costas Panagopoulos, professor of political science, analyzed how the 2022 midterm election will impact America going forward and the likelihood of bipartisan cooperation.

Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI) Conference facilitated

by Aida Kilkic and Dan O'Brien

April 23, 2023: With more than 300 people in attendance, over 40 presentations on social issues, and 70 total speakers, the BARI Conference was a huge success Keynote speaker Geeta Pradhan, President of the Cambridge Community Foundation, emphasized the importance of research and community connection, introducing a 'Provocateur' role for moderators to address research and community concerns.