Hovannisian Public Policy Program

Hovannisian Public Policy Program
Name	Hovannisian Public Policy Program
Established	2000s
Type	Academic program
Location	University campus
Director	Distinguished scholar

Hovannisian Public Policy Program is an academic program housed within a research university that focuses on public affairs, policy analysis, and civic leadership. The program engages faculty, students, and practitioners from across campuses and professional sectors including think tanks, legislative bodies, international organizations, nonprofit foundations, and municipal agencies.

History

The program emerged amid collaborations among scholars associated with Armenian Studies, Harvard Kennedy School, Columbia University, Stanford University, Princeton University, Yale University, Oxford University, Cambridge University, University of California, Berkeley, London School of Economics, University of Chicago, Georgetown University, King's College London, Sciences Po, Johns Hopkins University, Brown University, Duke University, Brown University School of Public Health, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Michigan, New York University, University of Southern California, Rice University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, University of Washington, Colgate University, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Bocconi University, National University of Singapore, Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, McGill University, University of Toronto, Australian National University, University of Melbourne, University of Amsterdam, Leiden University, Humboldt University of Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Sorbonne University, University of Bologna and regional policy centers. Founders and early directors had prior roles in institutions such as United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, European Commission, Council of Europe, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, USAID, United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, California State Legislature, City of Los Angeles, Armenia, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, Turkey, Iran, Lebanon, Georgia (country), Azerbaijan, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Switzerland.

Mission and Objectives

The program states objectives aligned with policy analysis, leadership training, community engagement, and scholarship, drawing on networks that include American Political Science Association, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, International Studies Association, Council on Foreign Relations, Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, RAND Corporation, Hoover Institution, Cato Institute, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Heritage Foundation, Urban Institute, Economic Policy Institute, Pew Research Center, Annenberg Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Open Society Foundations, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Gates Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Kluge Center, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Public Administration, American Society for Public Administration, International City/County Management Association, National Governors Association, and U.S. Conference of Mayors.

Academic Programs and Curriculum

Coursework and seminars draw on comparative policy, quantitative methods, qualitative methods, program evaluation, ethics and leadership, public finance, and sectoral policy studies taught by faculty affiliated with units such as School of Public Policy, Department of Political Science, Department of Economics, Department of History, School of International Service, School of Law, School of Public Health, School of Business, Graduate School of Education, Institute for Advanced Study, Center for Data Science, Center for Democracy, Center for Human Rights, Environmental Studies Program, Energy Institute, Urban Studies Program, Migration Studies Program, Conflict Resolution Program, Peace Studies Program, Armenian Studies Program, Middle East Studies Program, European Studies Program, Russian and Eurasian Studies, East Asian Studies, South Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, African Studies Center, Balkans Program, Caucasus Research Resource Centers, Transatlantic Relations Program, NATO Defense College, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Institute of Politics, and Hastings Center.

Research and Publications

Research agendas have produced policy briefs, working papers, peer-reviewed articles, edited volumes, and monographs published in outlets linked to Journal of Public Policy, Policy Studies Journal, Public Administration Review, American Political Science Review, World Development, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, International Organization, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Survival, Geopolitics, International Security, Human Rights Quarterly, Journal of Democracy, European Journal of International Relations, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Peace Research, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Journal of European Public Policy, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, Springer, SAGE Publications, Taylor & Francis, Elsevier, Project MUSE, JSTOR, SSRN, and repositories such as Harvard Dataverse and ICPSR.

Events and Public Engagement

The program convenes lectures, conferences, workshops, symposia, roundtables, and public panels featuring speakers from United Nations Development Programme, UNICEF, World Health Organization, World Trade Organization, International Labour Organization, Organization of American States, European Union External Action Service, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Defense, European Parliament, NATO Parliamentary Assembly, International Criminal Court, International Court of Justice, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Transparency International, International Rescue Committee, Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam International, Save the Children, Red Cross, IOM, UNHCR, Council on Foreign Relations, Asia Society, Middle East Institute, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, Wilson Center, Aspen Institute, Chatham House, and media partners like The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, BBC News, Al Jazeera, Reuters, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Financial Times, The Economist, Foreign Policy, NPR, CNN, and MSNBC.

Partnerships and Affiliations

Institutional partners include universities, policy institutes, government agencies, philanthropic organizations, international organizations, and municipal partners such as City of New York, City of Los Angeles, State of California, Armenian Revolutionary Federation, Republic of Armenia, Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, Armenian General Benevolent Union, Tatevik Society, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, United Nations Development Programme, World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank, USAID Armenia, Embassy of the United States, Yerevan, British Council, Institut français, Goethe-Institut, Max Planck Society, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Fulbright Program, Rhodes Trust, Marshall Scholarship, Chevening Scholarship, Erasmus Programme, Horizon Europe, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, and corporate partners.

Notable Faculty and Alumni

Faculty and alumni have included scholars, diplomats, legislators, judges, ministers, think tank directors, journalists, and civic leaders associated with names such as Richard G. Hovannisian, Adam Smith, John F. Kennedy, Robert D. Putnam, Samuel P. Huntington, Amartya Sen, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Paul Krugman, Noam Chomsky, Fareed Zakaria, Madeleine Albright, Condoleezza Rice, Samantha Power, Catherine Ashton, Federica Mogherini, Ban Ki-moon, Kofi Annan, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Angelina Jolie, Malala Yousafzai, Shirin Ebadi, Elie Wiesel, Leonard Cohen, Hrant Dink, Serj Tankian, Vartan Gregorian, Zori Balayan, Garen Yegparian, Tigran Petrosian, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Robert Kocharyan, Serzh Sargsyan, Nikol Pashinyan, Anoush Ter-Mikaelian, Aram Khachaturian, Charles Aznavour, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Hovhannes Aivazovsky, Trude Fleischmann, Arto Tunçboyacıyan, Atom Egoyan, Rouben Mamoulian, William Saroyan, Peter Balakian, Andranik Ozanian, Monte Melkonian, Garegin Nzhdeh, Serj Sargsyan, Richard Holbrooke, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Henry Kissinger, Madeleine Albright.

Category:Public policy programs