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.
Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson urge compromise in U.S. politics
Continuous campaigning and gridlocked governing in American politics
Lawrence Lessig explains how money corrupts Congress
Lawrence Lessig thinks American democracy requires a constitutional overhaul to counter the “economy of influence.”
Kathryn Edin explains the increase in births out of wedlock
Kathryn Edin of Harvard Kennedy School explains why more and more American children are born out of wedlock.
Harvard awards eight honorary degrees at Commencement 2012
Eight awarded honorary degrees at 361st Commencement exercises
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