Faculty & Research

Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.

This Astronomer is Sounding a Warning on 'Space Junk'

As debris accumulates in low Earth orbit, the danger of destructive collisions continues to rise.

by Olivia Farrar

Why We Eat What We Do

“Resetting the Table,” a new exhibit at the Peabody Museum, examines American food traditions. 

by Jacob Sweet

Can the Catholic Church Help Explain Western Psychology?

A social-science analysis of how Catholicism transformed Western culture

by Drew Pendergrass

Medicine for an Ailing Democracy

How to reform voting and elections in the United States to create a representative democracy

by Jonathan Shaw

Speciation Is More Complicated Than Darwin Could Have Imagined

Research in butterflies reveals how genes flow among species—and lead to tangled genetic trees

by Bennett McIntosh

Lightning Strikes Twice

Professor Michael Kremer shares the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences with two scholars from MIT.

"Stories Are Powerful"

Harvard and the University of Michigan’s second joint summit on opioids addresses stigma, race, and access to care.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Forgive, but Don’t Forget

…and don’t always forgive

by Lincoln Caplan

Where Teachers Thrive, Students Do

Education policy should focus on schools as a whole, not individual teachers, argues Susan Moore Johnson.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

What Ails Modern Liberalism?

Eric Nelson says John Rawls led modern philosophy astray.

by John A. Griffin

Ryan Enos

The political scientist explains “social geography.”

by Marina N. Bolotnikova