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.
Paper Peepshows at Harvard's Baker Library
How “paper peepshows” brought distant realms to life
The Sum of Our Choices
On the limitations of a prevailing worldview
The Franklin Stove—A Historical Climate Change Adaptation
Historian Joyce E. Chaplin reinterprets an early era of invention, industrialization, and climate challenge
Why Men Are Falling Behind in Education, Employment, and Health
Can new approaches to education address a growing gender gap?
Making Green Energy Projects Financially Viable
A proposed “green” swap enables decarbonization of emerging market development projects.
Democrats, Republicans, and Zero-Sum Thinking
The founder of Harvard’s Social Economics Lab on a mindset held across the partisan divide
Housing in the Climate Crosshairs
A Harvard briefing on climate change and the U.S. housing crisis
Harvard Education School Dean Appointed
Nonie K. Lesaux transitions from interim to permanent dean.
Five Questions with Professor Peter Der Manuelian
Harvard professor of Egyptology on unsolved mysteries, cats, and the beauty of ancient craftsmanship
Galileo's Compass and the Art of Branding
How Galileo’s geometric and military compass helped him calculate his own ascent