Social Sciences Courses

Think critically about social questions such as education policy, upward income mobility, and racial disparities, and understand how big data can answer these questions as well as impact policies that lead to improved outcomes around the world.

This free webinar from HKS Professor Matthew Bunn tours the horizon of nuclear dangers.

Leading Economic Growth is an online executive program that brings together leading experts in economic development with practitioners from around the globe to focus on practical approaches to shared growth and development. 

An online executive program to explore how policy and technology, together, can address critical threats of the cyber world.

Leadership in Crises is an on campus executive program that will help you learn how to build the expertise needed to ensure a more successful crisis management process.

Leadership for Social Change is a 3.5 day on-campus executive education program developed by faculty from the Social Innovation + Change Initiative within the Harvard Kennedy School.

Join Harvard Medical School faculty Dr. Luana Marques to use applied psychology to build personal resilience with five science-driven skills.

This 4-week Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education online program is designed to help managers in nonprofit organizations understand the tools, techniques and concepts of good financial management.

Design Thinking and Innovation from Harvard Business School (HBS) Online will teach you how to leverage fundamental design thinking principles and innovative problem-solving tools to address business challenges.

This on-campus executive program is designed to equip leaders with the technical, strategic, and policy foundations necessary to navigate these critical emerging technologies.

Join Harvard Kennedy School faculty and former Pentagon Chief of Staff Eric Rosenbach to learn how to develop strategies for public leadership success.

Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.

Leadership Decision Making features hands-on learning experiences that help leaders like you improve decision analysis and leadership effectiveness.

Led by Harvard Instructors and historians, you will discover China’s return to power through political, social, and economic growth in relation to other countries.