Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
Robert Coles Was Most at Home on the Playground
A colleague remembers the late Harvard professor and child psychiatrist, who died this month.
by Alex Harris
Disadvantaged students in elite colleges
Anthony Jack’s new book on the “doubly disadvantaged”
Samuel Stouffer profile by Jackson Toby
Brief life of Samuel Stouffer, survey researcher: 1900-1960
by Jackson Toby
Excerpt from “How Art Works: A Psychological Exploration”
Unpacking “what art does to us”
Will future online education become limited to professional degrees?
Harvard and MIT experiences suggest a more constrained vision for massive free courses.
Harvard’s Womanless History
Completing the University’s self-portrait
Delba Winthrop on Aristotle and Democracy
The Kenan professor of government’s story of a dissertation published 44 years after it was accepted
Ulysses S. Grant profile by Elizabeth D. Samet
Brief history of the image of a hero: 1822-1885
Confronting pitfalls of machine learning, artificial intelligence
Ethics and the dawn of decision-making machines
“Austerity—When It Works and When It Doesn’t” reviewed by Idrees Kahloon
Economists revisit an unsettled economic policy.
The positive impact of entrepreneurial immigrants
Economist William Kerr argues for streamlining immigration to attract high-skilled talent from abroad.