Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
Making Money Funny
Matt Levine’s spunky Bloomberg column
by Max J. Krupnick
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
Housing in the Climate Crosshairs
A Harvard briefing on climate change and the U.S. housing crisis
by Jonathan Shaw
Harvard Education School Dean Appointed
Nonie K. Lesaux transitions from interim to permanent dean.
by Nina Pasquini
Five Questions with Professor Peter Der Manuelian
Harvard professor of Egyptology on unsolved mysteries, cats, and the beauty of ancient craftsmanship
by Olivia Farrar
Scientific Stardom
How Galileo’s geometric and military compass helped him calculate his own ascent
by Nina Pasquini
Making Schools Work
Tom Kane deploys data to help improve education.
by Nina Pasquini