Beyond Common Ground: How Everyday Places Solve Big Social Challenges

Published on October 26, 2026

Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262)
CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Mon., Oct. 26, 2026, 12 – 1 p.m.

Beyond Common Ground: How Everyday Places Solve Big Social Challenges

Gazette Classification: Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Program on US-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center, Harvard University
Speaker(s): Daniel P. Aldrich, Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University, Moderator: Christina Davis, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government; Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Maximilian Calleo(mcalleo@[email protected])
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu…?

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