Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
An Original Magna Carta, Hidden in Plain Sight
A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment.
by Nina Pasquini
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
Reforming the Electoral College
A conference at Harvard Law School focused on reform of the Electoral College
by Cherone Duggan
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
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
Mount Laurel and Climate Change
In combatting climate change, will courts hold that the general welfare trumps local sovereignty?
by Cherone Duggan
Ryan Enos
The political scientist explains “social geography.”
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Permission to Know
The Undergraduate explores the ethics of gathering knowledge.
by Julie Chung