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.
How to Reduce Air Pollution in China
Market-based policies for air-pollution control
by Mun S. Ho
Eye on Iran and Israel
"This autumn may be Israel's last and best chance to go after Iran's nuclear capability," Feldman wrote in the New York Times Magazine recently...
The Seductions of Snooping
Historian of science Kristie Macrakis's book on spying techniques used by communist East Germany's secret police.
Maxim Gorky
Brief life of a great enigma, the Russian author and political propagandist born Alexei Maksimovich Peshkov: 1868-1936...
Where Does Tuberculosis Hide?
The fight against an ancient scourge shifts to new battlegrounds...
Home of the Humanities
At a serene Harvard outpost, scholars find fertile ground for Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and landscape studies...
Good-bye to HMI
There is a revolution afoot in international healthcare. Wealthy foreigners still come to the United States—to the Mayo Clinic, say, or to...
Harvard faculty and alumni engage with China
China disorients the visitor. The scale and bustle of its cities—propelled by the greatest economic growth and urban migration in...
From Haiti to Rwanda, Paul Farmer Moves Mountains
Paul E. Farmer, Presley professor of social medicine at Harvard Medical School, made the front page of the Boston Sunday Globe this week with his work in providing healthcare in rural Rwanda...
Trails of Tears, and Hope
The hamlet of Alkali Lake, about 100 miles north of Vancouver, is home to one of a handful of surviving Shuswap bands of Native Americans in...