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At Kennedy School talk, Jeh Johnson advocates restructuring “outdated” DHS.
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.
Harvard Business School's New Take on Teaching Management
The Business School’s new take on teaching management
Diversity and diminishing tax revenues: research by Marco Tabellini
Can public goods survive white flight?
Karen King, historian of the early Christian church
Karen King studies texts from Christianity’s first centuries to reinterpret the history of the early church.
Democracy’s Prospects TK
A Harvard Magazine Roundtable
Harvard President Lawrence Bacow promotes Michigan initiatives
President Bacow listens (and builds partnerships) in Michigan.
The argument for geographically targeted economic interventions
Could place-based policies solve regional economic and social problems?
by Oset Babür
When Capital Trumps Labor
In the antebellum South, slavery was paired with modern business practices.