Research & Ideas
Discover Harvard research, scholarship, and ideas shaping the world—from science and technology to policy, education, and the humanities.
Jason Furman: Capitalism Is Working. It Could Work Better.
On Open to Debate, the Harvard economist defended free market competition—with meaningful government involvement.
Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?
Historian Alexander Keyssar on why the unpopular institution has prevailed
At Home with Harvard: The Immigrant Experience
A selection of Harvard Magazine's writing on immigration, displacement, and the global refugee crisis
Calhoun-Fall
The rise and fall of Charleston’s John C. Calhoun statue, a monument to white supremacy
At Home with Harvard: Inequality in America
Selections from Harvard Magazine’s extensive coverage of wealth and income inequality
How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic
Fall semester interrupted, a century ago
by Matteo Wong
At Home with Harvard: Pride Month
Stories on LGBTQ life, research, and history at Harvard
Music theorist Alexander Rehding profiled by Jacob Sweet
A professor’s interstellar reach
by Jacob Sweet
Excerpt from Marjorie Garber, “Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession”
Marjorie Garber explores the word’s complexity and history.
Callimachus
Brief life of a multifaceted poet: c. 310 B.C.E. - c. 240 B.C.E.
by Stephanie Burt , Mark Payne
Nicholas Burns on diplomacy’s role in fostering U.S. standing in the world
On restoring American leadership through diplomacy