Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
Is the Constitution Broken?
Harvard legal scholars debate the state of our founding national document.
Ask a Harvard Professor with Caroline Buckee
Anonymized location data can help guide strategies for protecting public health in a pandemic.
National Academy of Medicine Elects New Members
More than a dozen Harvard faculty members are honored.
Hospitalization for neurological disease rises with air pollution
Hospitalizations for neurological disease rise with increases in fine particle pollution.
Economic damages of pandemic estimated at $16 trillion
Economic damage makes a compelling argument for robust federal policies to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2.
Alumnus Robert B. Wilson shares Economics Nobel
A scholar and his student share their field’s best-known honor.
by Jean Martin
When spending on social programs pays
Economic analysis of U.S. government spending shows that some social programs more than pay for themselves.
Can solar geoengineering slow climate change?
Coming to terms with climate change’s relentless, long-term fallout
Review of new Putnam and Garrett book, “The Upswing,” by Idrees Kahloon
In search of optimism, a sweeping interpretation of American social history
The Voter-Fraud Disinformation Campaign
A White House-led effort to recast public discourse
Immigrant Stories, in Song
Sociologist Roberto Gonzales’s research is becoming a musical.