Social Sciences


An Original Magna Carta, Hidden in Plain Sight

A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment. 

by Nina Pasquini

Radcliffe Institute Announces 2025-2026 Fellows

Scholars pursue projects ranging from reducing ethnic violence to searching for an undiscovered super-Earth.

by Olivia Farrar

Danielle Allen Debates Far-Right Blogger Curtis Yarvin

Popular monarchist debates Allen on democracy.

by Max J. Krupnick

The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes Announced

Winners across five categories, from commentary on Gaza to criticism on public architecture

by Olivia Farrar

Taking the Fight for Equality into the AI Era

Radcliffe Institute conference tackles bias, fairness, inclusivity in AI development.

by Tamara Evdokimova

Miniature Worlds

How “paper peepshows” brought distant realms to life

by Nina Pasquini

The Sum of Our Choices

On the limitations of a prevailing worldview

Ben Franklin’s Project

Historian Joyce E. Chaplin reinterprets an early era of invention, industrialization, and climate challenge

by Joyce E. Chaplin

The New Gender Gaps

What to do as men and boys fall behind

by Nina Pasquini

Greening Global Finance

A proposed “green” swap enables decarbonization of emerging market development projects.

by Jonathan Shaw

Democrats, Republicans, and Zero-Sum Thinking

Founder of Harvard’s Social Economics Lab on a mindset held across the bipartisan divide

by Olivia Farrar