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.
The Burst of the South Sea Bubble
A Harvard Business School exhibit documents the first global financial crisis.
Marla Frederick Named Dean of Harvard Divinity School
The scholar of the African American religious experience will become dean January 1.
The Return of History
Ukrainian scholar Serhii Plokhy on the war in his home country
Speaking Volumes
Glimpsing Harvard’s East Asian language materials collection
Tracing the Enslaved to Modern Descendants
A new technique for connecting ancient DNA to living relatives may have implications for institutions with legacies of slavery.
Spotting Pollutants from Space
A satellite-mounted instrument developed at the Center for Astrophysics will track air pollution hourly across North America.
Seeking Climate Solutions
Teams of Harvard researchers have developed concrete proposals for addressing specific climate impacts.
Building a Better World
MASS Design’s healing architecture
by Mark Travis
Among the Brokenhearted
The ministry of Matthew Ichihashi Potts
The Modern World Reconceived
Interpreting politics through the rise of technocracy, morality, and the “web of capital”