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At Kennedy School talk, Jeh Johnson advocates restructuring “outdated” DHS.

by Lydialyle Gibson

A Harvard sociologist studies how veganism went from tasteless to trendy

Studying how a movement went from activist activity to aspirational lifestyle

by Sophia Nguyen

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.

by Jonathan Shaw

Rethinking liberal arts Yale-NUS, Minerva

Yale-NUS, Nicholas Lemann, and Minerva remodel liberal arts for the twenty-first century.

by John S. Rosenberg

Radcliffe Institute Announces 2017-2018 Fellows

Eleven of this year’s 52 fellows come from within the University.

by Oset Babür

Peabody Museum 150th anniversary exhibition anthropology

The Peabody Museum 150th is a showcase for the origins and evolution of anthropology.

by John S. Rosenberg

Fake social media posts aim to distract

Distraction seems to be the aim of a massive government campaign of fake social media posts.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard and the working class

The chasm between elite academia and working-class Americans—and how to bridge it

by Richard D. Kahl...

Yellow Wolf's Silence: The Untold Nez Perce War Story

Brief life of a Native American witness to history: c. 1855-1935

by Daniel J. Sharfstein

The Discovery of a Lost Harvard Museum

Recreating the Philosophy Chamber

by Jonathan Shaw , Jennifer Carling