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Transparent Engagement

As a school dedicated to solving real world public problems, we recognize the strong value of faculty engagement with public and private actors outside of HKS. The school seeks to advance and strengthen our connections to the world of practice in both its scholarship and teaching. We will continue to promote and support these activities as appropriate.

At the same time, as a school dedicated to advancing the public interest, the reputations of individual faculty members, the School, the University, and the credibility of our work itself can be damaged by potential conflicts of interest. To address this, the University and the School have adopted a set of disclosure and conflict of interest policies. Such policies aim to balance the value of involvement with the real world actors we seek to understand, the legitimate desire of the public for transparency, and the autonomy and privacy interests of individual members of the faculty. A simple summary of our goal is "transparent engagement."

This website is one of many tools available to HKS faculty to facilitate public disclosure of their outside professional activities.



Outside Professional Activities For Arnold Howitt


  • Lectures/teaching (2019): (1) School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University, Qingdao, China. Paid. (2) School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Paid. (3) School of Government, Nanjing University, conference presentation. Travel expenses paid. (4) Chinese Association for International Understanding. Conference panelist. Unpaid. (5) Nanjing University School of Government, conference speaker, travel expenses paid.
  • Lectures/teaching (2018): (1) China Executive Leadership Academy at Pudong, Shanghai; Paid. (2) Vocational Training Center, Hong Kong; Paid (3) Ministry of Emergency Management, Hangzhou and Beijing, China. Unpaid. (4) China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing. Unpaid. (5) School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University. Paid. (6) Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development. Unpaid. (7) Special Centre for Disaster Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Unpaid. (8) Nepal Army, Kathmandu, Nepal. Unpaid. (8) Paris Fire Brigade conference. Unpaid.
  • Iwate University, Morioka, Japan. (1) Global Fellow (2017-present). Unpaid. (2) Speaker (2017) Paid. (3) Conference co-organizer (2018) Unpaid
  • Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. (1) School of Public Policy and Management. Member, Academic Committee, Center for Crisis Management Research (2009-present). Unpaid. (2) Institute for Public Safety Research, International Advisory Board. (2013-present). Unpaid. (3) Schwarzman College (2017-present). Visiting faculty. Paid through Schwarzman Education Foundation, NYC.
  • Keio University SFC, Kanagawa, Japan (1) Guest speaker (2017) Unpaid. (2) Visiting faculty (2018) Paid.
  • Asia Foundation-Nepal. International NGO. Research collaboration. (2015-2016) Unpaid.
  • Nanjing University, School of Government, Nanjing, China. (1) International Board of Advisors, Journal of Risk, Disaster, & Crisis Research (2015-present). Unpaid.(2) Conference presentation in July 2019. Travel expenses paid.
  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2017) University. Conference participant. Unpaid.
  • Ministry of Interior and Safety, Republic of Korea (2017, 2018, 2019) Conference participant. Travel expenses paid.
  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Crisis/Response Journal (2014-present). Unpaid.
  • Member, Finance Committee, Young Audiences of Massachusetts (2013-2018). Unpaid.
  • Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Visiting International Professor, Inter-School Graduate Program for Sustainable Development and Survivable Societies (2013). Unpaid.
  • Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. School of Social Development and Public Policy.(1) Adviser, Case Research Center (2012-2015)  Unpaid.; (2) lecture given in December 2018. Paid. (3) Two lectures given at UN-sponsored summer institute. Paid. (3) Lectures given in June 2019. Paid.
  • National Graduate Institute for Public Policy, Tokyo, Japan. Speaker (2013). Paid.
  • Canon Institute for Global Studies, Tokyo, Japan. (2012-2013) Speaker. Paid.
  • Kansai University, Osaka, Japan. Visiting Scholar in the Faculty of Safety Science (2012). Unpaid.
  • Korea National Diplomatic Academy. Discussion-based learning workshop leader (2012). Paid.

 


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