Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
Making Money Funny
Matt Levine’s spunky Bloomberg column
by Max J. Krupnick
The “Global Chemical Experiment”
Elsie Sunderland traces the flows of human pollutants in the oceans. They come back to bite us.
by Courtney Humphries
Writing Crime into Race
Historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad studies one of the most powerful ideas in the American imagination.
by Lydialyle Gibson
He Has Made the World a Safer Place
A symposium honors a scientist who championed biological and chemical weapons control.
by Jonathan Shaw
Tomiko Brown-Nagin to Lead Radcliffe Institute
The legal historian will become dean on July 1.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Trimming Truancy
Interventions that mobilize family support networks have powerful effects.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Disinformation Dilemma
The digital tools advertisers rely on can be easily manipulated to influence public opinion on politics.
by Oset Babür
Slavery’s Southern Legacy
A new book traces today’s politics back to chattel slavery.
by Sophia Nguyen
Educational Improv
A theatre troupe aims for higher ed.
by Sophia Nguyen
Tax Reform, Round One
Understanding the real consequences of the new tax law
by Mihir A. Desai
Money Can’t Buy Love, But Here’s What Can
New research proves that couples should spend money to increase quality time spent together.
by Oset Babür