Juliette Kayyem smiling at camera in blazer
Date
March 11, 2026
Time
7:00-8:00 a.m. ET
Location
Virtual Event
Category
Attendance Policy
Open to alumni, Registration required
Contact
HAA Speakers Bureau | haa_speakersbureau@harvard.edu
Add to Calendar 03-11-2026 7:00:00 03-11-2026 8:00:00 America/New_York Speakers Bureau Spotlight: The Risk Environment in 2026 with Juliette Kayyem

Hear from Professor Juliette Kayyem, homeland security and crisis management expert, about her outlook for the risk environment for 2026.



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The Risk Environment in 2026 is the second program in the Speakers Bureau Spotlight Series.

Juliette Kayyem AB '91, JD '95 is a national leader in homeland security and crisis management in academia, the private sector, government and media.  She is currently the Robert and Renee Belfer Senior Lecturer and faculty chair of the Homeland Security and Security and Global Health Projects at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Professor Kayyem also serves as a national security analyst for CNN where she has been described as CNN’s “go to” for disasters. A frequent contributor to The Atlantic, she has a weekly security segment on NPR’s Boston station WGBH. Her most recent book, The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters, was described in a New Yorker profile as an “engagingly urgent blueprint for rethinking our approach to disaster preparedness and response.”

Professor Kayyem teaches courses on International and Global Affairs and Mitigating and Managing a Crisis at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Event Co-Sponsors: to come