Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
Former Homeland Security Chief Says ICE and CBP Have “Lost Their Way”
At Kennedy School talk, Jeh Johnson advocates restructuring “outdated” DHS.
A Gut Renovation for U.S. Labor Law
A Harvard Law School initiative calls for rewriting labor law “to shift power from corporations to workers.”
A better way to reduce gun violence
David Hemenway advocates a pragmatic, public-health-based solution to gun homicides and suicides.
David Deming on tuition-free public college underwritten by existing funds
David Deming says existing federal higher-education subsidies, if redeployed, could make public colleges free.
Demographic distortions will require eldercare solutions
Can technology coupled with cultural understanding improve the health and wellness of the elderly?
Why we eat what we do
“Resetting the Table,” a new exhibit at the Peabody Museum, examines American food traditions.
by Jacob Sweet
Can the Catholic Church Help Explain Western Psychology?
A social-science analysis of how Catholicism transformed Western culture
Lawrence Lessig Delivers a Prescription for Reforming American Democracy
How to reform voting and elections in the United States to create a representative democracy
Electoral College Reform
A conference at Harvard Law School focused on reform of the Electoral College
Michael Kremer wins Nobel Prize in economics
Professor Michael Kremer shares the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences with two scholars from MIT.
Harvard and University of Michigan joint summit on stigma and opioid addiction
Harvard and the University of Michigan’s second joint summit on opioids addresses stigma, race, and access to care.