News

IQSS Affiliate Bridges Communities

By Ann Starkey, April 29 2009

The IQSS community of social scientists includes members from within Harvard University and from many external institutions. One IQSS faculty affiliate bridges several social science programs at multiple institutions. In 2002 Mahzarin Banaji came to Harvard as Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics in the Department of Psychology.

Recent Study Assesses Mexican Health Insurance Program

By Emily Ware, April 20 2009

A recent study assessed the success of Seguro Popular, a program designed to provide health care coverage to 50 million Mexicans for whom the cost of health care would otherwise be devastating.  The study was headed by Professor Gary King, along with seven of his current and former students and IQSS affiliates, and several researchers from Mexico.

New Graduate Student Working Paper Series

By Patrick Lam, April 14 2009

In response to requests from our graduate student affiliates, we are pleased to announce the introduction of the new IQSS Graduate Student Working Paper series.  This series is intended to provide graduate student affiliates with an opportunity to obtain feedback from colleagues on their recent work for eventual publication.

Stephen Ansolabehere Testifies Before Senate Rules Committee

By Emily Ware, April 9 2009

Professor Stephen Ansolabehere was called before the Senate Rules Committee to testify about the latest wave of the Cooperative Congressional Election Study, which revealed that a significant proportion of the electorate continues to be disenfranchised due to problems with voter registration and election administration.

Our New Web Site Has Arrived!

By Jamaica Baldwin, April 8 2009

We are thrilled to unveil the new and improved IQSS web site. Through the determined effort of the dedicated IQSS staff, and the input of the entire IQSS community, we created a site that promises to meet the demands of the increasingly diverse community that we serve.

Need Advice? Ask a Neighbor

By Emily Ware, April 3 2009

In "The Surprising Power of Neighborly Advice," Professor Daniel Gilbert concludes that "(i) people can more accurately predict their affective reactions to a future event when they know how a neighbor in their social network reacted to the event than when they know about the event itself, and (ii) people do not believe this."

Literature Contributes to Criminal Remediation

By Ann Starkey, March 26 2009

The Changing Lives Through Literature (CLTL) program requires criminal offenders to read and discuss literature, engaging with professors, judges, and probation officers to study literature that centers on themes of violence, poverty, identity, and abuse as an alternative to more punitive sentencing practices. Professors John H. Laub and Robert Sampson contribute.

CEGRP: Using GIS Technology to Analyze a Disaster

By Emily Ware, March 11 2009

Researchers at Harvard’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Center for Geographic Analysis launch the China Earthquake Geospatial Research Portal (CEGRP) to both aid humanitarian efforts and facilitate analysis of the great Sichuan earthquake in May of 2008.

Ideas42 Takes A New Approach to Research

By rfonseca, February 27 2009

Ideas42 is a research and development laboratory that draws on economics, psychology, finance and social science more broadly, and takes research into the world, thereby creating products and policies that have real impact, while at the same time creating novel research motivated by real world insights.

Congratulations to Patrick Lam, First IQSS Graduate Student Liaison

By Ann Starkey, February 17 2009

The IQSS congratulates Patrick Lam on his selection as our first Graduate Student Liaison, charged with serving as the primary link among the IQSS graduate student population, faculty, and administrators.