Guest blog written by Artem Shaipov After completing the Implementing Public Policy Program and joining the IPP Community of Practice, I was thrilled to receive an invitation to work with a group of master students taking a class at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) titled, “Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) in Action: Development through facilitated … Continue reading Coupling Action Learning and International Development
Guest blog written by Nevena Bosnic, Mehdi El Boukhari, Ama Peiris, Matthew Welchert This is a blog series written by students at the Harvard Kennedy School who completed “PDIA in Action: Development Through Facilitated Emergence” (MLD 103) in March 2020. These are their learning journey stories. Over the past seven weeks, our group embarked on the learning … Continue reading PDIA and Coordination Challenges within Government
Guest blog written by Tamsir Cham, Andrea Hayes, Fateme Najafi, Aysha Valery This is a blog series written by students at the Harvard Kennedy School who completed “PDIA in Action: Development Through Facilitated Emergence” (MLD 103) in March 2020. These are their learning journey stories. Overall, we learned that the PDIA process is about being patient, digging … Continue reading PDIA and Dementia in the Workplace
Guest blog written by Simone D’Abreu, Smriti Iyer, Sofia Salas, Hafou Toure, Annie White This is a blog series written by students at the Harvard Kennedy School who completed “PDIA in Action: Development Through Facilitated Emergence” (MLD 103) in March 2020. These are their learning journey stories. PDIA can simultaneously hold the complexity of being exciting and … Continue reading Strengthening Collaboration to Tackle Increasing Homicides in Charlotte, North Carolina
Guest blog written by Akbar Ahmadzai, Emma Davies, Renzo Lavin, Fernando Marquez This is a blog series written by students at the Harvard Kennedy School who completed “PDIA in Action: Development Through Facilitated Emergence” (MLD 103) in March 2020. These are their learning journey stories. Six weeks ago, the class counted off numbers: One, two, three, four, five. … Continue reading A Reflection on PDIA in Action: Homelessness in Tarrant County
written by Salimah Samji Implementation is hard. It is often the weakest link in the success of a policy or program. Yet, public policy education remains focused on teaching students to design and analyze policies. As Francis Fukuyama aptly wrote, “most programs train students to become capable policy analysts, but with no understanding of how to … Continue reading Bringing the Field to the Classroom: Learning to do PDIA in Practice
Guest blog written by Mer Carattini, Sasha Mathew, Imara Salas, Kishan Shah, Katie Wesdyk This is a blog series written by students at the Harvard Kennedy School who completed “PDIA in Action: Development Through Facilitated Emergence” (MLD 103) in March 2021. These are their learning journey stories. The PDIA process taught us how to turn a ‘wicked … Continue reading Countering Radicalization in France
Guest blog written by Nathalie Gazzaneo, Tendai Mvuvu, Rodrigo Tejada, Matt Weber This is a blog series written by students at the Harvard Kennedy School who completed “PDIA in Action: Development Through Facilitated Emergence” (MLD 103) in March 2021. These are their learning journey stories. On a winter’s afternoon in early February this year, a Mexican MPP1, … Continue reading If on a Winter’s Afternoon Four Policy Students …
Guest blog written by Bishal Belbase, John Diing, Mayra Hoyos, Stephanie Shalkoski This is a blog series written by students at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard School of Public Health who completed “PDIA in Action: Development Through Facilitated Emergence” (MLD 103) in March 2021. These are their learning journey stories. As a pedagogical procedure for … Continue reading From Pyrethrum Exports to the Knowledge Economy: Exploring Trade Between Kenya and Canada
Guest blog written by Ilhom Aliyev, Yousif Folathi Alkhoori, Manoj Kumar, Mike Ramirez, Frederick Tarantino This is a blog series written by students at the Harvard Kennedy School who completed “PDIA in Action: Development Through Facilitated Emergence” (MLD 103) in March 2021. These are their learning journey stories. MLD 103MA: Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) in Action: … Continue reading Exploring Legal Education Reform in Ukraine
