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IQSS - Microsoft Collaboration

Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science and Microsoft announce a major collaboration to develop an Open Data Differential Privacy Platform

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Safe Data Sharing

How Harvard-developed research tools helped Suso Baleato win the 2019 poster prize of the FAS Postdoc Research Symposium

“Differential privacy,” says Suso Baleato, “is a computational way to safely share statistical analysis of sensitive data. Now you can apply differential privacy to real cases. This is IQSS!”

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Gary King Receives 2019 Excellence in Mentoring Award

The Society for Political Methodology has named Gary King, Weatherhead University Professor at Harvard and Director of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science, as the 2019 recipient of the Excellence in Mentoring Award.

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Remembering Sid Verba

Political science lost one of its most respected—and beloved—colleagues on March 4, 2019.

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Different parties, different lives

Ryan Enos explores the risks of partisan segregation and is remaking online research

Former Massachusetts Congressman and Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill was known for saying that “All politics is local.” Ryan Enos has the data to prove it.

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Magaro Peer Pre-Review Program

The Institute for Quantitative Social Science is excited to announce the Alexander and Diviya Magaro Peer Pre-Review Program (PPR).

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Research Resources

Research Computing

The Research Computing Evironment (RCE) offers you a centralized place in which to store your data and run your analysis on your own or in collaboration with other researchers.

Data Science Services

Our team of PhD data science specialists provides research support to the Harvard community, offering both consultation and collaboration services for researchers.

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Training & Workshops

We offer specialized instruction to develop your software skills and broadening your knowledge on social science-related topics.

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IQSS Computer Labs

The Labs offer access to workstations with a full array of statistical, GIS, and other commonly-used desktop applications.

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Client Support Services

We're here to help you with your software, hardware and all your technological needs including (but not limited to) computer, smartphone, tablet and printer issues .

Our Impact

IQSS worked with a research fellow in brain surgery to analyze data on a new procedure. The goal of the project was to understand if a new surgical procedure might extend the survival of brain shunts used to drain fluids from and relieve pressure on the brain.

Funding Opportunities

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For Faculty

Undergraduate Research Scholars Program

The IQSS Undergraduate Research Scholars program is an opportunity for Harvard College students to gain first-hand research experience working with faculty members all across the University.

Travel Grants

Travel grants are available to IQSS graduate student affiliates and are meant to support travel to facilitate presentation at a professional conference relevant to their research.

Research Grants

Harvard Graduate student affiliates may apply for funding to support ongoing or future research activities.

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Upcoming Events

2020 Feb 26

Dataverse Open Office Hours

Repeats every week every Wednesday until Wed Sep 02 2020 except Wed Dec 30 2015, Wed Dec 28 2016, Wed Dec 27 2017, Wed Dec 26 2018, Wed Dec 25 2019, Wed Jan 01 2020.

11:00am to 1:00pm

2020 Feb 26

Applied Statistics Workshop (Gov 3009)

12:00pm to 1:30pm

2020 Feb 27

Program on Political Economy Seminar

4:30pm to 5:45pm

2020 Feb 28

R Regression Models

9:30am to 12:30pm

2020 Feb 28

Working Group in Political Psychology and Behavior (WoGPoP)

12:00pm to 1:30pm

2020 Mar 04

Dataverse Open Office Hours

11:00am to 1:00pm

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Latest News

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DataFest 2020 Gathers Researchers to Collaborate and Hone Their Data Skills

February 3, 2020

by Steve Worthington
Photography by Dwayne Liburd

During the 2020 J-term, IQSS hosted the DataFest 2020 conference—a two-day series of workshops focusing on teaching best practices for analyzing, visualizing, and managing data throughout its lifecycle... Read more about DataFest 2020 Gathers Researchers to Collaborate and Hone Their Data Skills

Register for DataFest 2020

December 19, 2019

Registration is now open for DataFest 2020, a data science bootcamp for better research taking place in January.... Read more about Register for DataFest 2020

Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science and Microsoft announce a major collaboration to develop an open data differential privacy platform

September 26, 2019

Gary King, Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor and director of Harvard University’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS) will be leading our collaboration with Microsoft to build a platform to ensure data is kept private, while enabling researchers from academia, government, nonprofits, and the private sector to gain new and novel insights that can rapidly advance human knowledge. This project is intended to provide both mathematical guarantees of...

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IQSS welcomes requests from scholars to become affiliated with our institution. Affiliation allows graduate students and faculty to apply for funding or access IQSS-based services, such as Sponsored Research Services.