Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
Why America’s Strategy For Reducing Racial Inequality Failed
Harvard professor Christina Cross debunks the myth of the two-parent Black family.
by Saima Sidik
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.
Durba Mitra studies gender in South Asia
Harvard’s first professor appointed solely in gender studies
“Rebellious Lawyering” author Gerald López: a profile
Gerald López’s radical theory—and practice
“Shifting Sands”: photos from the Peabody Museum
Family snapshots of living off the land, in the Kalahari