Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
Former Homeland Security Chief Says ICE and CBP Have “Lost Their Way”
At Kennedy School talk, Jeh Johnson advocates restructuring “outdated” DHS.
Pedagogy, classroom design, evaluation: the recent history at Harvard
The context for a major new initiative on teaching skills, classrooms, learning technology, and evaluation
HBS study finds positive Yelp.com reviews lead to increased business
Independent restaurants benefit more than chains.
Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband on beliefs and medical choices
In Your Medical Mind, Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband write about beliefs and medical choices.
Sue Goldie, Daniel Lord Smail, George Whitesides featured in New York Times
Professors Goldie, Smail, and Whitesides all work on topics featured in one day’s New York Times
Michael Norton surveys Harvard alumni preferences on wealth distribution
Take a professor's poll on alumni opinions about the distribution of wealth in America.
The Veil’s Revival
Veils have seen a resurgence among young Muslim women worldwide. Is this a step backward, or a marker of progressive politics?
From Human Nature to Human Resources
By reading Darwin, a business school professor has found a unifying way to think about human motivation.
HBS professor Clayton Christensen questions the future of higher education
The HBS professor predicts that online education will disrupt old models.
Excerpt from Sophia Rosenfeld, "Common Sense: A Political History"
Historian Sophia Rosenfeld examines the origins of politicians' appeals to "common sense."
Public input revises a list of important “hard problems” in the social sciences
An online discussion and poll revise the list of “hard problems” in the social sciences drafted by scholars at a Harvard symposium last year.