Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
Why America’s Strategy For Reducing Racial Inequality Failed
Harvard professor Christina Cross debunks the myth of the two-parent Black family.
by Saima Sidik
Can solar geoengineering slow climate change?
Coming to terms with climate change’s relentless, long-term fallout
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.
Michael Kremer Departs for the University of Chicago
Development economist pulls up roots.
CARES Act watchdog Bharat Ramamurti ’03
Bharat Ramamurti ’03 oversees CARES Act spending—and pursues corporate reform.
Harvard Law School’s Food Law and Policy Clinic, led by Emily Broad Leib
A holistic approach to food safety and food law
Using puzzles to teach physics
In his freshman seminar, Cumrun Vafa uses puzzles to help students understand complex physics.
by Steve Nadis
Dairy culture on the Eurasian Steppe
Ancient dental plaque points to the historical significance of dairy culture on the Eurasian Steppe.
Excerpt from “Exercised,” by Daniel E. Lieberman
A biological anthropologist explains why and how exercise works to combat senescence.
Constitutional scholar Noah Feldman profiled by Lincoln Caplan
Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman’s constitutionalism is a branch of the humanities.