2025 Beyond Shelter Deep Dive
Join us for this upcoming Deep Dive “Beyond Shelter: the business of ending homelessness in America” presented in partnership with Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health’s Initiative on Health and Homelessness, U.S Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.
2025 Longevity and Healthy Aging Deep Dive
Overview
We are delighted to announce that William Mair, Professor of Molecular Metabolism and Director of the Harvard Chan School Aging Initiative, will chair this Deep Dive.
2025 Health and Homelessness Deep Dive
Overview
In the Health and Homelessness Deep Dive, we will bring together providers, system leaders, advocates, researchers, people with lived expertise, and others from across the country to highlight important strategies that work, address emerging challenges, and discuss innovative solutions to the complex issue of homelessness. The Deep Dive will include individual and panel sessions, covering topics such as housing, healthcare, and international approaches to homelessness.
2025 Climate Change Deep Dive
In this deep dive, we will take an in-depth look at climate change, a particularly complex challenge facing society. Bringing in multiple perspectives from the university, we will cover a broad range of topics addressing climate science, the societal impacts of climate change, and actionable solutions.
2024 Final Symposium and 15 Year Celebration
Celebrate ALI’s 15 Year and 2024 Final Symposium
2024 AI & Technology Deep Dive
In this one-day deep dive, we will examine how generative AI works, how to use it, and the larger opportunities and challenges it poses for society. We will first explore inner workings of modern AI models, particularly focusing on Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, while engaging in practical applications of these systems. We will then assess the advantages and risks of deploying generative AI in a variety of contexts, and how to use AI responsibly for the benefit of society. Finally, we will discuss the effect of AI on the future of work and inequalities, and investigate effective policy solutions.
We will be welcoming co-chairs:
Sharad Goel, Professor of Public Policy, HKS
Dan Levy, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, HKS
Teddy Svoronos, Senior Lecturer of Public Policy, HKS
Schedule: View the agenda here
Deep Dive Pre-Work: Please complete this pre-session survey at on Google Forms
Post-Session Materials: Will be posted here after the event
2024 Democracy Deep Dive
Join us as we hear from experts from the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Law School, Brown University, and MIT on democracy and its effects on today's society. Led by Deep Dive Faculty Chair, Harvard Kennedy School’s Archon Fung.
2023 ALI Technology Deep Dive
Join Faculty Deep Dive chair Jonathan Zittrain of Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society lead our upcoming Technology Deep Dive. Open for REGISTRATION and schedule.
2023 Social Impact Hackathon
Join us at ALI’s Social Impact Hackathon where we will collaborate with several partner organizations on an end-to-end strategy for real-world timely problems they are currently facing.
2023 ALI Democracy Deep Dive
Join Faculty Deep Dive co-chairs Professor Archon Fung, Harvard Kennedy School and Nick Chedli Carter, Director of Democracy Initiatives at the Ash Center at the Harvard Kennedy School, as they lead our upcoming Democracy Deep Dive.
2023 Cross-Cohort Workshop
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2023 ALI Education Deep Dive
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2023 ALI Health and Homelessness Deep Dive
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2023 ALI Climate Change Deep Dive
Schedule and advanced readings will be available in the coming weeks. Click below for Zoom information.
The Interconnectedness Crisis of Homelessness and Housing with Professor Howard Koh and former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
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2022 ALI Social Impact Hackathon
We are excited to hold our second ALI Social Impact Hackathon! We have partnered with eight innovative social impact organizations who will each present a specific challenge that requires support and input.
Cross-Cohort Workshop
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Global Mental Health Deep Dive
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The African Leadership University: Excellence at Scale
Thank you for joining us at this conversation with Fred Swaniker and Brian Rosenberg!
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U.S Healthcare and the Affordable Care Act
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Human Rights and Inequality in the Digital Century Deep Dive
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Climate Change Deep Dive
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A Conversation on LGBTQ+ and human rights policy with Prof. Tim McCarthy
Thank you for joining us for this virtual conversation with award-winning Harvard faculty member Timothy McCarthy!
Final Symposium
We are so happy you were able to join us for this year’s Final Symposium on December 6th, 7th and 8th!
The Final Symposium presentation recordings are available. Please note that these recording links should not be shared outside of the ALI Community.
Social Impact Hackathon
This event is a unique opportunity for ALI Fellows and Harvard students to partner with social impact organizations and solve real-life challenges.
You’ll be working collaboratively with a small team to develop solutions and recommendations in response to specific asks from partner organizations. You’ll meet the organization leaders, learn the context around the problems they are facing and work intensively to create working solutions to their challenges.
2021 Cross-Cohort Workshop
Hear project updates from other members of the Coalition and connect with the 2021 ALI Cohort in our 2021 Cross-Cohort Workshop.
Technology Innovation Deep Dive
We look forward to seeing you at the virtual Technology Deep Dive! Over the course of two days we will explore some of the challenges technology has created and can help solve.
Resilient Cities Deep Dive
We look forward to seeing you at the virtual Resilient Cities Deep Dive! Over the course of two days we will explore some of the challenges facing cities around the world.
Climate Change Deep Dive
We look forward to seeing you at the virtual Climate Change Deep Dive! Over the course of three days we will explore some of the challenges facing our global environment.
2020 Final Symposium
Final Symposium is an opportunity to celebrate the work of the 2020 cohort, share knowledge and continue to connect for impact.
This year we are happy to welcome our speaker, Samantha Power, Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy, HKS; and Professor of Practice in Human Rights, HLS, as a keynote speaker.
Democracy Deep Dive
We look forward to seeing you at the virtual Democracy Deep Dive! Over the course of three days we will explore some of the challenges facing democracy and rebuilding democratic institutions.