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
John Muir
A brief life of a Scottish-American conservationist
Sociologist Orlando Patterson does landmark work on slavery and freedom.
Orlando Patterson may be the last of Harvard sociology’s big thinkers.
The Scholars Strategy Network aims to integrate scholarship into public policy
The Scholars Strategy Network aims to integrate scholarship into public policy.
Ryan Enos of Harvard explores how race-based reactions affect society
Ryan Enos probes how people react to those of a different race
by Laura Levis
Harvard Berkman Center Fellow Judith Donath says pseudonyms make better citizens
Berkman Fellow Judith Donath says they can.
Harvard's Dale Jorgenson advocates taxing carbon and recycling the revenue
A plan for controlling greenhouse gases while enhancing economic growth
Harvard Graduate School of Education releases study on teens and digital stress
Study could lead to better support of adolescents growing up in the digital world.
Filmmaker Robert Gardner Dies at 88
The anthropological filmmaker founded the Harvard Film Study Center.
Tobin Project real-world social science, inequality, regulation
The interdisciplinary Tobin Project addresses real-world problems.
Harvard historian of science Naomi Oreskes takes on climate-change skeptics
Harvard historian of science Naomi Oreskes takes on climate-change skeptics.