Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
FAS Overhaul Brings Deep Cuts to Social Sciences, Phillips Brooks House
After a final round of layoffs, University leaders say 165 staff jobs were eliminated across the division.
The Case for Smaller Classes
We look back to one of the classic experiments in education: an attempt to determine the effects of class size on young students’ learning.
Updates on Peter Brand, Roland Fryer, the graduate-student union, and more
A coach cashiered, a professor sanctioned, an Allston update, and more
Historian Elizabeth Hinton: a profile
Historian Elizabeth Hinton probes the roots of a gathering crisis.
Adella Hunt Logan
Brief life of a rebellious black suffragist: 1863-1915
Ann Forsyth reviews “Saving America’s Cities” by Lizabeth Cohen
In the history of urban renewal, a glimmer of the possibilities of social policy today
by Ann Forsyth
John Rawls and the remaking of political philosophy
The lasting influence and limitations of John Rawls’s political philosophy
From the Archives: The Wired Society
In 1999, scholars, finance experts, an entrepreneur, and a journalist considered the emerging Internet.
From the Archives: Animal Research
Every year, scientists use millions of animals—mostly mice and rats—in experiments. The practice provokes passionate debates over the morality and efficacy of such research—and how to make it more humane.
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.