Research & Ideas
Discover Harvard research, scholarship, and ideas shaping the world—from science and technology to policy, education, and the humanities.
Court Blocks International Student Visa Rule
Citing improper procedure, a district judge postponed the government’s efforts to cap student visas at four years.
Slavery’s Sway
Interdisciplinary economist Nathan Nunn explores the problem of African underdevelopment by drawing on—and unearthing—historical data about slavery.
by Paul Gleason
A Window on Beijing
The Olympics focused global attention generally on air pollution in China, and particularly on air quality in Beijing.
Shanghai Central
Harvard on July 1 opened the newest in an expanding network of international offices, in Shanghai, and is scheduled to launch another in Beijing...
How to Reduce Air Pollution in China
Market-based policies for air-pollution control
by Mun S. Ho
Eye on Iran and Israel
"This autumn may be Israel's last and best chance to go after Iran's nuclear capability," Feldman wrote in the New York Times Magazine recently...
Where Does Tuberculosis Hide?
The fight against an ancient scourge shifts to new battlegrounds...
The Seductions of Snooping
Historian of science Kristie Macrakis's book on spying techniques used by communist East Germany's secret police.
Maxim Gorky
Brief life of a great enigma, the Russian author and political propagandist born Alexei Maksimovich Peshkov: 1868-1936...
Harvard faculty and alumni engage with China
China disorients the visitor. The scale and bustle of its cities—propelled by the greatest economic growth and urban migration in...
Could Rock-Weathering Help Solve Climate Change?
Accelerating natural processes presents a potential new CO2 mitigation strategy.