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.
Raj Chetty Will Return to Harvard
Chetty is a global leader in research on inequality and social mobility.
Harvard’s HouseZero, the building that thinks
The Center for Green Buildings and Cities aims to reduce energy used to heat and cool buildings to nearly zero.
Harvard’s Elsie Sunderland maps invisible ocean pollutants
Elsie Sunderland traces the flows of human pollutants in the oceans. They come back to bite us.
Profile of Harvard Kennedy School historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad studies one of the most powerful ideas in the American imagination.
The Language of Emotion
Developmental psychologists find a surprising relationship between age and emotional understanding.
A celebration of Matthew Meselson
A symposium honors a scientist who championed biological and chemical weapons control.
Tomiko Brown-Nagin to Lead Radcliffe Institute
The legal historian will become dean on July 1.
Behavioral “nudges” boost student performance
Interventions that mobilize family support networks have powerful effects.
Dipayan Ghosh on how Russia hacked its way into our politics
The digital tools advertisers rely on can be easily manipulated to influence public opinion on politics.
by Oset Babür
Harvard researchers discuss Southern politics’ roots in slavery
A new book traces today’s politics back to chattel slavery.