Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
FAS Overhaul Brings Deep Cuts to Social Sciences, Phillips Brooks House
After a final round of layoffs, University leaders say 165 staff jobs were eliminated across the division.
Translating Evidence Into Action In International Development
Evidence Action strives to make international development cost-effective.
by Zara Zhang
Global surgery gets a game plan, with Harvard players
Lack of access to surgery globally will cost $12.3 trillion during the next 15 years.
Reinhart and Rogoff review the tools governments use to cope with debt.
Eliminating the Great Recession’s overhang
HBS experts on the disruptive power of the Internet of Things
What smart gadgets mean for big business
Centennial Medalists 2015
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences honors four distinguished alumni.
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.