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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Arms control and foreign policy research organization in the Kennedy School at Harvard

Field	Value
name	Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
image	Belfer_Center.JPG
caption	The Belfer Center
formation	1973
named_after	Robert A. Belfer
type	Think tank
parent_organization	Harvard Kennedy School
headquarters	79 John F. Kennedy Street
location	Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
leader_title	Director
leader_name	Meghan O'Sullivan
website

The Robert and Renée Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, also known as the Belfer Center, is a research center located at the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States.

From 2017 until his death in October 2022, the center was led by director Ash Carter, former U.S. Secretary of Defense and co-director Eric Rosenbach, a former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense. Its current executive director is Natalie Colbert. The current director is Meghan O'Sullivan.

About

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs is the hub of Harvard Kennedy School's research, teaching, and training in international security and diplomacy, environmental and resource issues, and science and technology policy.

History

During the Cold War, Paul M. Doty, a Harvard biochemist, was concerned about the US-USSR relations at the time. After realizing the lack of courses on arms control and international university in universities, Doty thought of a program in Harvard dedicated to these areas.

Controversies

In 2012, the Stanton Foundation provided funds for a paid Wikipedian in residence at the Belfer Center. This became controversial due to links between the Belfer Center and the Stanton Foundation (the directors of each are a married couple) and public concerns about conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia. The center is organized into subgroups with specific areas of focus.

A 2021 investigative report by student group Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard found that many of the center's climate initiatives were funded in part by fossil fuel companies, and that the center had allegedly taken several steps to cover up that fact.

References

"About".
"Natalie Colbert".
"Belfer Center - About". Harvard.
(2024-09-12). "About Us {{!}} The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs".
"About: History {{!}} The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs".
Tim Sampson. (14 April 2014). "One of Wikimedia's largest donors accused in paid editing scandal". [[The Daily Dot]].
Science News Staff. (17 October 2011). "Super Science Suggestions: House Panel Lays Out Spending Preferences". Science Magazine.
Jesse Jenkins. (April 6, 2013). "Energy Facts: How Much Water Does Fracking for Shale Gas Consume?". The Energy Collective.
(15 November 2021). "Student group says Harvard's financial ties to fossil fuels undermine academic integrity".
"Divest Activists Lambast Harvard's Remaining Ties to Fossil Fuel Industry in Research Funding, Governance {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson".
Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard. (2021). "Beyond the Endowment".

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