The ambition of the Dean’s Symposia on Social Science Innovations is to increase the level of deeply intellectual colloquy, exchange, and connection across the diverse units that constitute the division of social science; to reinforce our sense of common purpose in serving the academic mission of Harvard University; and to showcase our engagement with critical issues and problems facing society. We anticipate hosting one symposium per semester and posting the videos on this site shortly thereafter.
- 5th Dean’s Symposium: Inequality in AmericaThe crown jewel of the Inequality in America Initiative is our postdoctoral scholars program, and today we are featuring two members of our fifth cohort: Peter Harvey talking on education and Jessica Katzenstein talking on police reform. Two of our august faculty…Continue Reading 5th Dean’s Symposium: Inequality in America
- 4th Dean’s Symposium: China in FocusToday’s symposium is ‘China in Focus: New Social Science Approaches,’ which should be especially timely and interesting. China, of course, is of increasing importance as a global economic force, as a technological leader, and as a geopolitical actor on the world stage….Continue Reading 4th Dean’s Symposium: China in Focus
- 3rd Dean’s Symposium: Inequality in AmericaThank you all for making the time to join us for this year’s Inequality in America symposium. I’m Claudine Gay, the Edgerley Family Dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences. And I’m thrilled to be the official host. But the real attraction will be the scholars who are going to be joining us and sharing their work….Continue Reading 3rd Dean’s Symposium: Inequality in America
- 2nd Dean’s Symposium: Truth DecayThis afternoon’s topic is fighting truth decay. I very much suspect all of us have witnessed a level of contestation over scientific claims, even sometimes observations of seemingly obvious facts, or as is now emerged, ‘alternative facts’, that literally bewildering….Continue Reading 2nd Dean’s Symposium: Truth Decay
- 1st Dean’s Symposium: Big DataThis session is on big data: opportunities, contributions, challenges, and limitations, an arena in which several of our departments are actively engaged in cutting edge scholarship and development….Continue Reading 1st Dean’s Symposium: Big Data