Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
America’s National Parks Are a $56 Billion Economic Engine
Harvard’s Linda Bilmes on measuring the economic value of public lands
Derek Bok on reforming higher ed
Derek Bok and other scholars weigh in on improving universities and colleges—and why that’s hard to do.
Excerpt from “Forged in Crisis,” by Nancy Koehn
The Business School’s Nancy Koehn analyzes the personal stakes that propel leaders.
Ricardo Hausmann and colleagues develop a predictive tool for urban leaders
The combination of certain factors can determine whether a city is plagued with disease, or is a hub for innovation.
by Oset Babür
Harvard summer archaeology in China
Field notes from a summer archaeological expedition
A Harvard sociologist studies how veganism went from tasteless to trendy
Studying how a movement went from activist activity to aspirational lifestyle
How U.S. companies stole American jobs
Domestic outsourcing, not globalization, has redefined employer-employee ties.
by Oset Babür
Why Trump Won the Republican Primary?
Why people vote for celebrities—even when they say they don’t want to.
Rethinking liberal arts Yale-NUS, Minerva
Yale-NUS, Nicholas Lemann, and Minerva remodel liberal arts for the twenty-first century.
Radcliffe Institute Announces 2017-2018 Fellows
Eleven of this year’s 52 fellows come from within the University.
by Oset Babür
Fake social media posts aim to distract
Distraction seems to be the aim of a massive government campaign of fake social media posts.