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At Kennedy School talk, Jeh Johnson advocates restructuring “outdated” DHS.
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.
Excerpt from Anne Harrington’s “Mind Fixers”
A history of psychiatry’s troubled search for the biology of mental illness
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.
Howard Gardner et al. on higher education in the twenty-first century
Howard Gardner and colleagues release a seven-year study of higher education in the twenty-first century.
Replacement of Iberian Men 4,000 Years Ago Raises Fresh Questions
Ancient DNA reveals Bronze Age replacement of Iberian men, raising new questions.
Wanted: Big ideas from the humanities
Wanted: Big ideas from the humanities