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.
Articles on Esther Duflo, Shing-Tung Yau, and cancer drug discovery
Our news roundup includes articles on Shing-Tung Yao, Esther Duflo, and cancer drug discovery efforts with Harvard Medical School links.
Network scientists at Harvard: Nicholas Christakis, Laura Bogart, Martin Nowak
Exploring the weblike structures that underlie everything from friendship to cellular behavior
Online voting system Helios offers prototype for transparent, secure elections
The online voting system Helios offers a prototype for transparency and security in elections.
Jared Diamond and James Robinson apply "natural experiments" to studying histor
Applying "natural experiments" to the study of history
Jay Lorsch and Rakesh Khurana offer a new paradigm for executive compensation
Time for a new paradigm for executive compensation
by Jay Lorsch , Rakesh Khurana
Gutenberg 2.0: What future for libraries?
Harvard’s libraries deal with disruptive change.
Michael Kremer's Group Aims To Bring Safe Drinking Water to the Developing World
A Harvard professor's project in Kenya strives to avoid common pitfalls of development work.
Scholars from Harvard and beyond address "hard problems" in the social sciences
Scholars from Harvard and elsewhere name their fields' most pressing problems, and open a forum for public debate on the Web.
Harvard in China: Michael Sandel comments on the moral limits of markets
Remarks by Michael Sandel
Harvard in China: Barry Bloom, Arthur Kleinman, and Yuanli Liu on healthcare
A panel discussion with Barry Bloom, Yuanli Liu, and Arthur Kleinman