Research & Ideas
Discover Harvard research, scholarship, and ideas shaping the world—from science and technology to policy, education, and the humanities.
Öberg to Lead Harvard Faculty Recruitment and Retention
The astrochemist will become senior vice provost for faculty affairs this summer.
Tom Hyry
What Harvard's special collections librarian has learned from athletics, activism
Shakespeare’s Uncanny Presence
Marjorie Garber explores the bard’s influence on the Bloomsbury Group.
How Revolutions Happen
Robert Darnton on the origins of the French Revolutionary temperament
Reforming International Finance
Is it time to reform global financial institutions that support economic and political stability?
Harvard Responds to Violence in Israel
As war in the Middle East rages, a war of words is fought at Harvard.
The Food-Climate Conundrum
A Harvard Radcliffe Institute symposium tackles sustainable food systems in a changing climate.
The GOP's Return to Ideas?
Proposing a new Republican platform
How Not to Write about Minorities
Viet Thanh Nguyen urges moving beyond the “sob story.”
#MeToo Meets Mt. Olympus
A new play at the A.R.T. provides a modern take on ancient mythologies
Bringing Art to Life
Cecilia Zhou’s approach to makeup, protest, and science