Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
Robert Coles Was Most at Home on the Playground
A colleague remembers the late Harvard professor and child psychiatrist, who died this month.
by Alex Harris
Harvard graduate school centennial medalists 2012
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences confers its 2012 Centennial Medals
Harvard Radcliffe Institute 2012-2013 fellows
Harvard’s advanced-study center plans 51 resident academics, artists
Sociologist Kevin Lewis probes preferences in online dating
How personal preferences drive our choice of mates—as understood through an online dating site.
Jacqueline Bhabha reviews David Scheffer's new book on war crimes tribunals
On the evolving system of international criminal justice
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