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.
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.
Clayton Christensen on disruptive innovation
Innovation guru Clayton Christensen on spreading his gospel, the Gospel, and how to win with the electric car
Harvard launches research center for greener buildings
An ambitious Harvard research center's quiet debut