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At Kennedy School talk, Jeh Johnson advocates restructuring “outdated” DHS.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

Review of Daniel Ziblatt, “Conservative Political Parties”

Scholarly lessons from Europe prove pertinent today.

by Daniel J. Solomon

Peabody Museum 150th anniversary exhibition anthropology

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

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard plans significant data science institute

Unveiling a University research initiative

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard conference explores universities' role in slavery

A Radcliffe Institute conference highlights universities’role—and debates how to come to terms with their past.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Nutrition for health, environment, and society

Gidon Eshel explains the environmental, social, and political effects of food choices.

by Jonathan Shaw

Modeling suicide risk

Traditional methods of preventing suicide have been ineffective, says psychologist Matthew Nock.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Michael Klarman reinterprets the American founding

The anti-democratic origins of the Constitution

by Lincoln Caplan

Ukrainian-language collections housed at Harvard

One of the largest Ukrainian-language collections in the world, housed at Harvard

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Crowdsourcing solutions

Harvard’s Crowd Innovation Lab studies what motivates crowds to solve problems.

by Michael Fitzgerald

Tax Collection and Civil Society

Paying Pakistani tax collectors for better performance to increase tax revenue

by Marina N. Bolotnikova