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.
Brief life of formidable anthropologist Cora Du Bois, by Susan C. Seymour
Brief life of a formidable anthropologist: 1903-1991
Harvard’s new dean of Engineering and applied sciences outlines goals
School of engineering positioned to tackle big, cross-disciplinary societal problems, says new dean.
Reviews of four books on what ails American higher education
American higher education and its discontents
Profile of Harvard Law professor Jon Hanson
A law professor plumbs social problems.
Michael Porter of HBS on the Social Progress Index
Measuring the economic growth of nations is not enough, says Harvard Business School’s Michael Porter.
by Laura Levis
Results of Sexual Conduct Survey released by Harvard and AAU
President Drew Faust calls results “deeply troubling” for Harvard and higher education.
Cellphone money transfers and cardiac care
Cellphone-based money transfers and cardiac care in base-of-the-pyramid markets in Kenya and Mexico
Harvard Business School studies: online sharing can help people, hurt businesses
According to two HBS studies, sharing can benefit individuals but hurt businesses.
by Laura Levis
Harvard study: “Cowboy Doctors” partly to blame for healthcare costs
Overly aggressive physicians account for significant healthcare cost, according to a recent study.
by Zara Zhang
Catherine Brekus, Harvard historian, studies women religious leaders
A Harvard Divinity School specialist on women in early America