Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
Harvard Law School Announces a New National Security Initiative
The program will focus on the U.S. Congress and the separation of powers in its first year.
Harvard researchers discuss Southern politics’ roots in slavery
A new book traces today’s politics back to chattel slavery.
Harvard’s Bok Players get audiences “below the neck”
A theatre troupe aims for higher ed.
Money Can’t Buy Love, But Here’s What Can
New research proves that couples should spend money to increase quality time spent together.
by Oset Babür
Can Science Justify Itself?
Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now defends science from modern-day foes.
by Ada Palmer
How news outlets have the power to change conversation
Observations from Twitter prove that even the smallest news outlets can shape public opinion.
by Oset Babür
How Americans Turned Against Knowledge
Tom Nichols dissects the dangerous antipathy to expertise.
A new challenge for antitrust
An increasing consolidation of ownership in health care
Samuel Huntington remembered
A memorial minute on the eminent political scientist
Excerpt from “Off the Charts,” by Ann Hulbert
Parents and superkids, then and now
by Ann Hulbert
Excerpt from "Slow Medicine: The Way to Healing," by Victoria Sweet, M.D.
A doctor’s take on the destruction of medicine