肯尼迪奖学金获得者2020-21

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Kennedy Scholars 2020-21
In light of the unprecedented circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kennedy Memorial Trustees granted scholarship deferrals to awardees whose plans to start postgraduate courses in 2020 were disrupted. Deferred awards are indicated with * below, and those students will begin their courses in 2021-22 or 2022-23.

Aymen Ati*, 27
Harvard Law School LLM (will attend 2021-22)

Aymen studied Law and Politics at Queen Mary University of London, and the Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) at Christ Church, Oxford, on scholarship. He was awarded several prizes and graduated with a First Class Honours. He subsequently interned at JUSTICE (Bonavero Fellow) and Reprieve, and worked as a Judicial Assistant at the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. He has also previously been a delegate for an NGO at the United Nations Human Rights Council, and published a paper on the securitisation of Islamic dress by the European Court of Human Rights. As the son of refugees who fled dictatorship in Iraq, Aymen is keen to use the knowledge and skills he has acquired to strengthen the rule of law in Iraq’s nascent democracy. He thus felt a call to action by the 2019 Iraqi protests, and at Harvard intends to explore how Iraqi law can be reformed to reduce mass corruption and sectarianism. Ahead of attending Harvard in 2021, Aymen will spend this year pursuing the Bar Course at City Law School in London.

Sophie D’Souza, 24
Harvard Graduate School of Education EdM

Sophie is motivated to challenge and redress social inequalities and has worked in research, policy and practice capacities across global mental health and public health contexts. Sophie has worked in Sierra Leone with women who survived Ebola, implementing community-led projects and designing a sexual rights and innovation program in response to rising gender-based violence. Sophie graduated from Cambridge with Double First Class Honours in Psychological and Behavioural Sciences, and was the first in her family to attend university. Following this, at the World Health Organization Sophie developed an online intervention for informal caregivers of people with dementia in low-resource settings. More recently, Sophie has been delivering two national evaluations commissioned by NHS England; one of 13 new Community Forensic CAMHS, the other of 18 custodial settings implementing a trauma-informed framework of care for young people in custody. She has published research on children and young people’s mental health in peer-reviewed journals. At Harvard, Sophie looks forward to pursuing interdisciplinary study on the Human Development and Psychology Master’s program, and contributing to research. She is particularly interested in psychologically-informed social justice, risk and resilience.

Alastair Holder Ross*, 25
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Special Student (will attend 2021-22)

Alastair’s academic interests lie at the intersection of history, government and political philosophy. He graduated with a First in History from Oxford in 2016, before completing an MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History at Cambridge, where he wrote about theories of the state in 20th century Britain. Since 2017, he has worked in Parliament as the policy adviser to a senior MP during a period of intense political gridlock and polarisation. At Harvard, he hopes to reflect on these experiences as a Special Student affiliated to the Department of Government, considering the challenges facing democratic institutions on both sides of the Atlantic and new ways of imagining participatory politics in the 2020s. He intends to use the freedom that the Special Studentship offers to pursue interests in digital technology, policy innovation and international law, and to make the most of the opportunity to travel widely in the US to gain insight into new experiments in democratic engagement taking place across the country.


Dr Harun Khan*, 28
Harvard Chan School of Public Health, MPH (will attend 2021-22)

Harun is a physician and public health researcher. He graduated from Imperial College London with an MBBS, BSc (First Class Honours) and two academic prizes. He is interested in health inequities, particularly the intersection between maternal health outcomes and social identifiers (race and social class). Harun has worked in a research capacity for several institutions including London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the World Health Organization in Geneva. His research has been published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, international conferences and medical textbooks. His commentary on race and health has also been featured on various media platforms such as Audible, Media Diversified, and The Huffington Post.

At Harvard, Harun will pursue the MPH where he will explore policy solutions to maternal health disparities in the UK and USA. He will also develop his qualitative analysis skills for maternal health projects that centre on asylum seeking women in Birmingham, UK. Harun has deferred his studies to work on the NHS frontline in anaesthetics and intensive care due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He will also spend the year working towards fluency in Spanish, his sixth language, ahead of his time in Boston. Harun will be the recipient of a joint award from the Kennedy Memorial Trust and the UK Fulbright Commission in 2021.

Joel Nelson*, 25
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Special Student (will attend 2021-22)

Joel studied History at the University of Oxford, graduating in 2016 with a first-class degree, having won an academic scholarship and two academic prizes. He then undertook postgraduate research at the University of Cambridge, with a particular focus upon 20th century British history. Joel worked in British politics as an advisor to a Government Minister from 2018-20 and for the Jo Cox Foundation. He intends to use the Special Studentship to research a range of subjects at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, both political and governmental, with a particular focus upon the development and efficacy of contemporary campaigning practices.





Aleksei Opacic, 23
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, PhD in Sociology

Driven by his own socio-economic background, coming from a low-income, single-parent family, Aleksei wants to understand why economic inequalities exist, change over time, and are intergenerationally transmitted. In studying for a PhD in sociology and an AM in statistics at Harvard, Aleksei hopes to contribute to recent statistical and computational methods which aim to efficiently estimate the causal mechanisms mediating parental-child economic associations, especially those related to education and schooling. His longer-term aim is for these methods and their substantive insights to be widely applied and to inform policy both in the UK and elsewhere. Aleksei graduated top of his year at Cambridge, with a starred First in Social and Political Science, and top of his year at Oxford, with an MSc in Sociology. He has since worked as a policy researcher at a London-based think tank, and as a research assistant at Oxford and Harvard.







Jean-André Prager, 27
Harvard Kennedy School, MPP

Jean-André has served as a Special Advisor on welfare, disability and pensions policy to two Prime Ministers, Theresa May and Boris Johnson, in the Downing Street Policy Unit. He is a graduate of Kings College School, Wimbledon and won the Julia Wood History Prize from St. Hugh’s College, Oxford and took a place there to study History. On receiving his degree he went to work as a Parliamentary Researcher before moving to the Conservative Research Department where he worked on a range of domestic policies. He is a secondary school Governor and a committed supporter of Fulham Football Club. He hopes his time at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government will further his policy knowledge and quantitative skills and give him greater perspective on issues around international relations and the challenges faced, and solutions found by other countries in domestic and foreign policy areas.





Dr Rhea Saksena*, 26
Harvard Chan School of Public Health, MPH (will attend 2021-22)

Rhea is a Medical Doctor in the National Health Service (NHS) and a passionate health advocate. She is particularly interested in the way global health structures intersect and contribute to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and obesity prevalence worldwide. She has interrogated these relationships through her undergraduate studies in Global Health at the Institute of Global Health, University College London (UCL) where she graduated with First Class Honours and Highly Commended on the UCL Dean’s List. She was nominated for the Faculty of Life Sciences Medal for her dissertation analysing obesity policies in the UK as well as being awarded the John Yudkin Prize in International Health for outstanding commitment to global health advocacy. She has also worked as Scientific Officer with Public Health England to design and implement national sugar reduction strategies to reduce childhood obesity and Global Policy Coordinator with NCDFREE, an international civil society organisation advocating to end NCDs worldwide. As an Academic Foundation Programme trainee at UCL, Rhea was involved in researching community-based strategies to tackle diabetes in Bangladesh while pursuing full-time clinical training. Rhea is now training as an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Oxford, a role which enables her to continue to develop both her clinical and academic interests in obesity and diabetes simultaneously. Rhea is thrilled to undertake the Masters in Public Health (MPH) programme at the Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health. She hopes to develop the skills and understanding required to design health systems that are resilient to obesity and NCDs, to ensure that attainment of the highest standard of health is a certainty for all and not a privilege for a lucky few. Rhea will be the recipient of a joint award from the Kennedy Memorial Trust and the UK Fulbright Commission in 2021.

Huw Spencer*, 25
Harvard Kennedy School, MPP (will attend 2022-2023)

Huw graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in modern languages, specialising in French and Spanish literature. He spent his year abroad studying politics in Sciences Po Paris and learning tango in Argentina. After university, he returned north to work for a UK MEP in an attempt to understand how Brexit had come about. The experience consolidated his interest in education policy and the democratic mechanisms needed to make politics work for everyone. This led him to work at the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, as an analyst supporting the devolved agenda around children's services. He also set up the Northern Policy Forum, a network for young people interested in policy that aims to make policymaking more inclusive and accessible across the region. Huw has spent the last two years working in the intersecting policy spheres of early years, children's social care, education and health. He intends to build on this policy knowledge at the Harvard Kennedy School, but also to deepen his understanding of how policy is designed at all levels of government. Ahead of commencing his studies at the Kennedy School, Huw will continue to explore these twin interests, and is looking forward to getting back to tango when government covid-19 regulations permit it.



肯尼迪奖学金获得者2020-21
鉴于围绕COVID-19大流行病的前所未有的情况，肯尼迪纪念馆受托人对那些计划在2020年开始研究生课程的获奖者给予了奖学金的推迟。推迟发放的奖学金在下面用*表示，这些学生将在2021-22年或2022-23年开始他们的课程。

艾门-阿提*，27岁
哈佛大学法学院法律硕士（将于2021-22年入学）

艾门在伦敦大学玛丽皇后学院学习法律和政治，并以奖学金在牛津大学基督教堂学习民法学士（BCL）。他获得了多个奖项，并以一级荣誉学位毕业。他随后在JUSTICE（Bonavero研究员）和Reprieve实习，并在英格兰和威尔士上诉法院担任司法助理。他还曾是一个非政府组织在联合国人权理事会的代表，并发表了一篇关于欧洲人权法院将伊斯兰服饰安全化的论文。作为逃离伊拉克独裁统治的难民的儿子，艾门渴望利用他所获得的知识和技能来加强伊拉克新兴民主的法治。因此，他感受到了2019年伊拉克抗议活动对他的召唤，并打算在哈佛大学探索如何改革伊拉克法律，以减少大规模腐败和宗派主义。在2021年上哈佛之前，艾门今年将在伦敦的城市法学院攻读律师课程。

苏菲-德索萨, 24
哈佛教育研究生院教育学硕士

苏菲致力于挑战和纠正社会不平等现象，在全球心理健康和公共卫生领域从事研究、政策和实践工作。索菲曾在塞拉利昂与埃博拉病毒幸存的妇女一起工作，实施社区主导的项目，并设计了一个性权利和创新项目，以应对不断上升的基于性别的暴力。苏菲毕业于剑桥大学，获得心理和行为科学双一等荣誉，是她家族中第一个上大学的人。此后，在世界卫生组织，苏菲为低资源环境下的痴呆症患者的非正式护理人员开发了一个在线干预。最近，苏菲受英国国家医疗服务系统（NHS）的委托进行了两项全国性的评估；一项是对13个新的社区法医CAMHS的评估，另一项是对18个羁押场所实施对在押青少年的创伤知情框架的评估。她在同行评议的杂志上发表了关于儿童和青少年心理健康的研究。在哈佛，Sophie期待在人类发展和心理学硕士课程中进行跨学科研究，并为研究作出贡献。她对以心理学为基础的社会正义、风险和复原力特别感兴趣。

Alastair Holder Ross*, 25岁
哈佛大学艺术与科学研究生院，特殊学生（将于2021-22年入学）

Alastair的学术兴趣在于历史、政府和政治哲学的交叉点。他于2016年毕业于牛津大学，获得历史学学士学位，之后在剑桥大学完成了政治思想和思想史的硕士学位，在那里他写了关于20世纪英国的国家理论。自2017年以来，他在议会工作，在激烈的政治僵局和两极分化时期担任一名高级议员的政策顾问。在哈佛，他希望作为隶属于政府系的特别学生思考这些经验，考虑大西洋两岸的民主机构所面临的挑战以及2020年代想象参与式政治的新方式。他打算利用特别学生奖学金提供的自由，追求数字技术、政策创新和国际法方面的兴趣，并充分利用在美国广泛旅行的机会，深入了解全国各地发生的民主参与的新实验。


哈伦-汗博士*，28岁
哈佛大学陈氏公共卫生学院，公共卫生硕士（将于2021-22年入学）

哈伦是一名医生和公共卫生研究人员。他毕业于伦敦帝国学院，获得医学学士学位和理科学士学位（一级荣誉），并获得两项学术奖。他对健康不平等问题感兴趣，特别是孕产妇健康结果和社会标识物（种族和社会阶层）之间的交叉。哈伦曾以研究身份为多个机构工作，包括伦敦卫生与热带医学学院和日内瓦的世界卫生组织。他的研究在同行评议的期刊、国际会议和医学教科书上广泛发表。他关于种族和健康的评论也被各种媒体平台报道，如Audible、Media Diversified和The Huffington Post。

在哈佛大学，哈伦将攻读公共卫生硕士，他将探索英国和美国产妇健康差异的政策解决方案。他还将为以英国伯明翰寻求庇护的妇女为中心的孕产妇健康项目发展其定性分析技能。由于COVID-19的大流行，哈伦推迟了他的学习，在NHS的麻醉和重症监护一线工作。他还将在这一年里努力学习流利的西班牙语，这是他的第六种语言，在他去波士顿之前。哈伦将在2021年获得肯尼迪纪念信托基金和英国富布赖特委员会的联合奖励。

乔尔-尼尔森*, 25岁
哈佛大学艺术与科学研究生院，特别学生（将于2021-22年入学）

乔尔在牛津大学学习历史，于2016年以一等学位毕业，曾获得学术奖学金和两个学术奖。随后，他在剑桥大学进行了研究生研究，特别关注20世纪的英国历史。乔尔在英国政界工作，在2018-20年期间担任政府部长的顾问，并为乔-考克斯基金会工作。他打算利用特别奖学金在艺术和科学研究生院研究一系列的课题，包括政治和政府方面的课题，特别关注当代竞选活动的发展和功效。





阿列克谢-奥帕契奇，23岁
哈佛大学艺术与科学研究生院，社会学博士

Aleksei来自一个低收入的单亲家庭，在他自己的社会经济背景的驱动下，他想了解为什么经济不平等会存在，会随着时间的推移而改变，以及会在代际之间传播。在哈佛大学攻读社会学博士和统计学硕士期间，Aleksei希望对最近的统计和计算方法做出贡献，这些方法旨在有效地估计介导父母与子女经济关系的因果机制，特别是那些与教育和学校教育有关的机制。他的长期目标是使这些方法和它们的实质性见解得到广泛的应用，并为英国和其他地方的政策提供信息。阿列克谢在剑桥大学以第一名的成绩毕业，获得了社会和政治学硕士学位，并在牛津大学以第一名的成绩获得了社会学硕士学位。此后，他在伦敦的一个智囊团担任政策研究员，并在牛津和哈佛担任研究助理。







让-安德烈-普拉格，27岁
哈佛大学肯尼迪学院，MPP

让-安德烈曾在唐宁街政策部门担任两位首相特雷莎-梅和鲍里斯-约翰逊的福利、残疾和养老金政策特别顾问。他毕业于温布尔登的国王学院学校，并赢得了牛津大学圣休斯学院的朱莉娅-伍德历史奖，在那里学习历史。获得学位后，他先是担任议会研究员，然后转到保守党研究部，从事一系列国内政策的工作。他是一名中学校长，也是富勒姆足球俱乐部的忠实支持者。他希望在哈佛大学肯尼迪政府学院的学习将进一步提高他的政策知识和定量技能，并使他对围绕国际关系的问题以及其他国家在国内和外交政策领域所面临的挑战和找到的解决方案有更多的了解。





瑞亚-萨克森纳博士*, 26岁
哈佛大学陈氏公共卫生学院，公共卫生硕士（将于2021-22年入学）

瑞亚是国家卫生服务系统（NHS）的一名医生，也是一名热情的健康倡导者。她对全球卫生结构与全球非传染性疾病（NCDs）和肥胖症流行的交织方式特别感兴趣。她在伦敦大学学院（UCL）全球健康研究所的全球健康本科学习中，对这些关系进行了审视，并以一级荣誉和UCL院长名单上的高度赞扬毕业。她因其分析英国肥胖症政策的论文而被提名为生命科学学院奖章，并因其对全球健康宣传的杰出承诺而被授予国际健康奖John Yudkin奖。她还曾担任英格兰公共卫生局的科学官员，设计和实施国家减糖战略以减少儿童肥胖症，并担任NCDFREE的全球政策协调员，该组织是一个倡导在全球范围内消除非传染性疾病的国际民间社会组织。作为UCL的学术基础项目受训者，瑞亚在接受全日制临床培训的同时，还参与了在孟加拉国解决糖尿病的社区战略研究。瑞亚现在在牛津大学作为NIHR学术临床研究员接受培训，这使她能够继续同时发展她在肥胖症和糖尿病方面的临床和学术兴趣。瑞亚很高兴能在哈佛大学陈氏公共卫生学院攻读公共卫生硕士（MPH）课程。她希望能够发展设计能够抵御肥胖症和非传染性疾病的卫生系统所需的技能和理解，以确保实现最高标准的健康是所有人的必然选择，而不是少数幸运者的特权。瑞亚将在2021年获得肯尼迪纪念信托基金和英国富布赖特委员会的联合奖励。

胡-斯宾塞*, 25岁
哈佛大学肯尼迪学院，MPP（将于2022-2023年入学）

Huw毕业于牛津大学的现代语言专业，专攻法国和西班牙文学。他在国外的一年是在巴黎政治学院学习政治，并在阿根廷学习探戈。大学毕业后，他回到北方，为英国的一位议员工作，试图了解英国脱欧是如何产生的。这一经历巩固了他对教育政策和使政治为每个人服务所需的民主机制的兴趣。这促使他在大曼彻斯特联合管理局工作，作为分析员支持围绕儿童服务的权力下放议程。他还建立了北方政策论坛，这是一个为对政策感兴趣的年轻人建立的网络，旨在使整个地区的政策制定更具包容性和便利性。在过去的两年里，Huw一直在幼儿、儿童社会护理、教育和健康等交叉的政策领域工作。他打算在哈佛大学肯尼迪学院学习这些政策知识，同时加深他对各级政府如何制定政策的理解。在开始他在肯尼迪学院的学习之前，Huw将继续探索这些双重兴趣，并期待着在政府covid-19法规允许的情况下重新开始跳探戈。