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.
The Movement for Open Syllabi
“It’s kind of like when you go to the library to check out one book, but it’s actually the book next to the book you were looking for that was the important one. A syllabus sets up that opportunity.”
A scholar's prescient view of global immigration—in 1996
In industrial nations worldwide, a fin de siècle hysteria builds over immigration.
The short-term investing trap
Long-term investors fall to short-term thinking.
by Jacob Sweet
New HGSE dean Bridget Terry Long takes stock a year in
New HGSE dean Bridget Terry Long seeks to “expand, double down, and deepen our impact.”
Ellen Newbold La Motte
Brief life of a bold activist: 1873-1961
Edward S. Steinfeld reviews Ezra Vogel’s “China and Japan: Facing History”
The parallel, perilous, histories of China and Japan
"Effective Treatment Everywhere"
A joint Harvard-University of Michigan summit addresses opioids stigma, drug marketing, and race.
In search of deeper learning
What the rare bright spots in American high-school education teach
A key to the markets?
Corporate reports contain clues to predicting a firm’s future performance.
Cities Too Smart for Their Own Good
Ben Green warns against simple technological solutions for complex problems.