Research & Ideas
Discover Harvard research, scholarship, and ideas shaping the world—from science and technology to policy, education, and the humanities.
Remembering Jack Reardon
He was Harvard’s quintessential people person.
In South Africa, examining HIV-positive adults' childbearing choices
Rethinking the conventional wisdom that HIV-positive adults should forgo having children
Using soccer to teach South African teens about health and gender roles
South African teens learn about leadership and health through their country’s most popular sport.
Small loans for business help HIV patients in Uganda pay for treatment and food.
Small loans for business help HIV patients in Uganda pay for treatment—and food.
Fighting brain drain in sub-Saharan Africa by mentoring young scientists
Relationships with Harvard scholars bolster scientific research in sub-Saharan Africa.
Personal stories teach about HIV in a new book by Max Essex and Unity Dow
In a new book, Max Essex and Unity Dow use stories to illuminate the science of HIV.
Slide show: In Dar es Salaam, women living with HIV support each other
Supporting each other in living with HIV
Slide show: Harvard scholars and students fight HIV in Africa
A look at the daily life of Harvard scholars and students fighting HIV in Africa
David Edwards's New Book "The Lab: Creativity and Culture"
The Lab: Creativity and Culture sets forth a vision of multidisciplinary innovation.
Study Finds Effects of Holocaust on Russian Economy and Politics
The Russian regions that lost the most Jews have shown slower economic growth and resistance to political reform, a new study finds.
Historian Vincent Brown uses multiple media to study slavery
The professor of African and African American studies uses multiple media to study slavery.