An individuals birth year can be an indicator of the likelihood of coming in contact with the criminal justice system. Read more about the research conducted by...

In Un/Equal, the Gazette's series on race and inequality in America, Christina Cross, postdoctoral fellow and assistant professor beginning 2022, discusses new findings suggesting financial and other resources are also key to success for youth.

Un/Equal, the Gazette's series on race and inequality in America, highlights the work of Professor Sasha Killewald, Anthony Jack, PhD '16, and Faculty Affiliate Raj Chetty.

Professor Bobo, Dean of Social Science and the W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences, receives AAPOR (American Association for Public Opinion Research) Award for Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement for work that "has influenced every scholar in the field for decades".... Read more about Professor Larry Bobo honored with two awards for public opinion research

Faculty affiliate, S.V. Subramanian, was recently featured in a Q&A  with The Harvard Gazette to discuss his experience in India as India becomes a major Covid 19 hotspot.

In Un/Equal, the Gazette's series on race and inequality in...

Ya Wen Lei's research, recently published in the American Sociological Review, is featured in Rest of World, an international nonprofit journalism organization.

 A neighborhood’s well-being depends not only on its own socioeconomic conditions but on those of the neighborhoods its residents visit and are visited by. Read more about a new study led by Robert J. Sampson.... Read more about Predicting homicides in disadvantaged neighborhoods