Social Sciences

Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.

Is the Constitution Broken?

Harvard legal scholars debate the state of our founding national document.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Jonathan Gruber, the man behind the models of the health insurance mandate

Jonathan Gruber crunches the numbers on healthcare reform

New Harvard education doctoral program

New Harvard degree aims to advance research

Harvard professors project education research in 2036

Faculty of Arts and Science professors project 400th anniversary

Harvard online showcased at SXSW Interactive

A smorgasbord of Harvard online ventures at South by Southwest Interactive

Excerpt from "The Great Divergence" by Timothy Noah

Excerpt from The Great Divergence by Timothy Noah ’80

The Humanities, Digitized

Reconceiving the study of culture

by Jonathan Shaw

Joseph Aldy studies and devises climate change policy and energy policy

Profile of a scholar and adviser to presidents on energy policy and climate change policy

Todd Rogers studies how people dodge questions without being detected

How people successfully dodge questions and how to prevent them from getting away with it.

by Peter Saalfield

Allan Brandt, Harvard graduate school dean, steps down for health reasons

Allan Brandt faces health issue; Richard Tarrant is interim dean.

Harvard faculty elected to National Academy of Engineering

Harvard's George Church, genomics pioneer, and William George, healthcare and management leader, are recognized.