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 Kennedy School journal program connects students to the field
Through nine journals, students “take control of the narrative” surrounding public policy.
Harvard Islamic Legal Studies Program launches SHARIASource digital platform
SHARIASource—“Google-like aspirations” for an online resource on Islamic law
Harvard Medical School makes biomedical informatics a full-scale department
Building scale in biomedical informatics
Harvard’s Sendhil Mullainathan on behavior and poverty
A behavioral economist’s fresh perspectives on poverty
Harvard MOOC online learning lessons from edX
Harvard and MIT researchers mine masses of data about online learning—and begin to address applications to campus classrooms.
Harvard professors, journalist Nate Cohn discuss data and voting rights
Why good data are essential to understanding the Voting Rights Act
Beckert's “Empire of Cotton” Wins a Bancroft Prize in History
His Empire of Cotton: A Global History puts slavery in an international context.
Harvard’s Eric Maskin and Michael Kremer look at globalization and inequality
Modeling how globalization leaves the least-skilled workers behind
Teaching with technology, for a new generation
From the “Teaching Machine” to the promise of twenty-first-century learning technology
Historian Ronald Suny Discusses Armenian Genocide at Harvard's Davis Center
On the centenary, historian Ronald G. Suny discusses the causes of the twentieth century’s first genocide.