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Symposium on Patterson's Paradox of Freedom Published

June 02, 2026

The European Journal of Sociology has published the remarks delivered at a panel discussion on the life and work of Stone Program faculty affiliate Orlando Patterson, the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. This event took place at...

Avi Moorthy Wins William Julius Wilson Research Award

May 27, 2026

Stone PhD Scholar Avi Moorthy, who is graduating with a PhD in Public Policy, won the 2026 William Julius Wilson Research Award at HKS Class Day on May 27, 2026. The award is given by the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy in recognition of an...

Maya Sen Named 2026-2027 Radcliffe Fellow

May 14, 2026

Stone Program faculty affiliate Maya Sen, former director of the program from 2020 to 2024, has been named a 2026-27 Evelyn Green Davis Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Sen, a Professor of Public Policy at the...

Gautam Nair and Akshay Dixit Win MPSA Awards

April 01, 2026

Congratulations to Stone Program faculty affiliate Gautam Nair and recent Stone PhD Scholar graduate Akshay Dixit, who have won more awards for their paper "Caste Reparations: Economic Advance, Social Concord, and Policy Backlash." They have received the...

Claudia Goldin Wins Talcott Parsons Prize

March 12, 2026

Stone Program faculty affiliate Claudia Goldin, the Samuel W. Morris University Professor, Lee and Ezpeleta Professor of Arts and Sciences, and Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University, is receiving the 2026 Talcott Parsons Prize from the...

Desmond Ang Receives Sloan Research Fellowship

February 21, 2026

Stone Program faculty affiliate Desmond Ang, an applied economist and Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, has received a 2026 Sloan Research Fellowship in Economics. According to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation...

Stone Program Faculty Affiliates to Direct Harvard Pop Center

February 13, 2026

Two Stone Program faculty affiliates have been appointed to leadership roles at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies.

Gautam Nair and Akshay Dixit Win Prize for Best Paper on Economic and Social Inequality

October 02, 2025

Congratulations to Stone Program faculty affiliate Gautam Nair and recent Stone PhD Scholar graduate Akshay Dixit, who have won the Best Paper on Economic and Social Inequality prize from the American Political Science Association's Class and Inequality...

Welcoming the New Stone Program Postdoctoral Fellows

September 01, 2025

The Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy is excited to welcome the second cohort of Stone Program Postdoctoral Fellows. Sociologist Davis Daumler and political scientist Ritika Goel begin their fellowships in September 2025...

Announcing the 2025 Stone PhD Scholars

August 01, 2025

The Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy has awarded nine fellowships to a new cohort of Stone PhD Scholars conducting research on inequality across disciplines at Harvard. Brianna Alderman (Economics) is a 3rd year...

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Jennifer Hochschild Publishes Op-Ed in the Chicago Tribune

July 07, 2025

Stone Program faculty affiliate Jennifer Hochschild, t he Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government, Professor of African and African American Studies, and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University, has published an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune...

Welcoming Lisa Lynch as the 2025-2026 Stone Visiting Scholar

July 01, 2025

Harvard Kennedy School's Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy has appointed economist Lisa Lynch as the 2025-2026 Stone Visiting Scholar and Visiting Professor of Public Policy. She is the Stone Program's fourth Stone...