James Radner
Biography
James M. Radner is a Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, a Senior Fellow at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, and Research Director of the TruePoint Center for Higher Ambition Leadership. He has wide experience in civil society and international development, including positions at community health, education and economic development organizations, as well as program and management work at Amnesty International U.S.A., and action research, program evaluation and consulting assignments for governments, aid institutions, businesses and civic organizations. Prof. Radner obtained a B.A. from Harvard University, an M.Phil. from the University of Cambridge, and a P.M.D. from Harvard Business School.
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Articles
- D. Leong, J. Lam, E. Bedrova, B. Wilder-Smith, A. Mathur, Aakanksha, J. Radner. "Scaling Up a Kindergarten and Pre-K Curriculum with a Focus on Teacher Agency." Global Implementation Research and Applications, 2025.
- Patricia Guzman Bautista, Jasmine Lam, James M. Radner. "Scaling Up Whole Child Development Initiatives: Lessons from the Early Journey of Life Program in Vietnam." Global Implementation Research and Applications, 2024.
- Radner, James M., Ferrer, Marvin J.S., McMahon, Dominique, Shankar, Anuraj H., and Silver, Karlee L. (2018) “Practical considerations for transitioning early childhood interventions to scale,” The Annals of New York Academy of Sciences.
- Shonkoff, Jack P., Radner, James M., and Foote, Nathaniel (2016) “Expanding the evidence base to drive more productive early childhood investment,” The Lancet.
- Radner, James M., Silver, Karlee L., and Foote, Nathaniel (2015) Lab and Village: Reimagining how science can serve children.”
Editorials
- Tomlinson, M. & Radner, J. "Children are not future producers and customers: a plea for the moral imperative of acting now." Lancet Child Adolesc. Health, 2024,
- Radner, J., Tomlinson, M., Lam, J., & Hughes, R. "Children First? We need to rethink global governance to prioritise child health." British Medical Journal, 2025.