Senior Researcher
Harvard Kennedy School
Siri Chilazi is a senior researcher at the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School and an internationally recognized expert in advancing women and promoting gender equity in organizations.
As an academic researcher, Siri specializes in identifying practical approaches to close gender gaps at work by de-biasing structures and designing fairer processes. As an advisor and speaker, she collaborates with organizations including start-ups, large multinational companies, top professional services firms, governments, non-profits, and academic institutions to advance gender equity through evidence-based insights.
Siri’s work regularly appears in leading media outlets including the BBC, Fast Company, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and New York Times. She has spoken on gender equity at hundreds of large events including the American College of Surgeons annual meeting, the Women’s Forum Global Meeting, and the DEI Innovation Summit. She is the coauthor, with Iris Bohnet, of the award-winning book Make Work Fair: Data-Driven Design for Real Results (HarperCollins, 2025).
Siri has an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Master in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School, and a BA in Chemistry and Physics from Harvard College. In addition to her academic career, she is an award-winning fitness instructor, presenter, and educator.