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.
Hume, Heaney, Harvard—and Peace in Northern Ireland
In life and literature, living “dangerously out between” opposing factions while seeking common ground
Research Clusters Seek Climate Solutions
Teams of Harvard researchers will develop concrete proposals for addressing specific climate impacts.
Henry Clarke Warren
Brief life of a Harvard-educated Buddhist scholar: 1854-1899
by David Gauld
The Case for Cultural Appropriation
How humans hybridize their civilizations
by Adam Kirsch
How to Adapt to Climate Change
Lessons from Bangkok presented at the Harvard Graduate School of Design
“A Grinding War”
A former ambassador to Ukraine offers her perspective on the conflict
Deprivation’s Mark on the Brain
Neglected children’s neurodevelopmental impairments persist into young adulthood.
Hybrid Work’s Sweet Spot
A business school study finds hybrid workers generate more novel and useful information.
To the Rescue
Harvard’s Scholars at Risk Program helps endangered artists and scholars
Fernando Zóbel-Montojo
Brief life of an abstract painter: 1924-1984