#  Social Science 

 



The [**Division of Social Science**](https://socialscience.fas.harvard.edu/) seeks to innovate and excel in creating and passing on social science knowledge, with the goal of enriching our understanding of human society and relationships and improving people’s lives. FAS Social Science engages and powerfully responds to the challenges and opportunities of our times, including social injustice, inequality, threats to democratic institutions, global warming, and more. To learn more about academics in the Division of Social Science, including [**undergraduate and graduate programs**](https://socialscience.fas.harvard.edu/departments-and-centers) and [**research initiatives**](https://socialscience.fas.harvard.edu/programs-initiatives), visit the [**Division of Social Science website**](https://socialscience.fas.harvard.edu/).



 

  [### African & African-American Studies

 ](http://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/) 

   [### American Studies

 ](https://americanstudies.fas.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Anthropology

 ](https://anthropology.fas.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Asia Center

 ](https://asiacenter.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Center for African Studies

 ](https://africa.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Center for American Political Studies

 ](http://caps.gov.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Center for Middle Eastern Studies

 ](https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments

 ](https://chsi.harvard.edu/) 

   [### David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies

 ](http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Studies

 ](http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Economics

 ](http://www.economics.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics

 ](https://ethics.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Edwin O. Reischauer Institute for Japanese Studies

 ](https://rijs.fas.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

 ](https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Government

 ](http://www.gov.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Harvard China Fund

 ](https://hcf.fas.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Harvard Museum of Natural History

 ](http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Harvard University Center for the Environment

 ](http://www.environment.harvard.edu/) 

   [### History

 ](http://history.fas.harvard.edu/) 

   [### History of Science

 ](http://histsci.fas.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Hutchins Center for African & African-American Research

 ](https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/home) 

   [### Institute for Quantitative Social Science

 ](http://www.iq.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Korea Institute 

 ](http://korea.fas.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute

 ](https://mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Museum of Comparative Zoology

 ](http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Opportunity Insights

 ](https://opportunityinsights.org/) 

   [### Psychology

 ](https://psychology.fas.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Regional Studies–Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia

 ](https://gsas.harvard.edu/program/regional-studies-russia-eastern-europe-and-central-asia) 

   [### Social Studies

 ](https://socialstudies.fas.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Sociology

 ](http://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality 

 ](https://wgs.fas.harvard.edu/) 

   [### The Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History 

 ](https://warrencenter.fas.harvard.edu/) 

   [### Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

 ](http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/)