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.
Controlling AI Influence Over Consumers
When pricing algorithms take advantage of an individual’s ignorance, legal scrutiny is in order.
Geopolitics and the Energy Transition
International relations during the shift to a net-zero economy
Cousins in the Ancient World
Long-distance human migration and population bottlenecks revealed in ancient DNA
Democracy Endangered
American democracy endangered by minority rule
Values and Voting Patterns
Thinking globally versus locally is predictive of political views
The Roman Empire’s Cosmopolitan Frontier
Genetic analysis reveals a culture enriched from both sides of the Danube.
Navigating Changing Careers
Harvard researchers seek to empower individuals to steer their own careers.
Easing the Energy Transition
How the Bezos Earth Fund hopes to seed economic transformation
AI and Democracy
The implications for campaigns and elections raise concern
by Aden Barton
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Brief life of a pioneering economist: 1915-2012