Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science

The preliminary program is now available for the Dataverse Community Meeting in May. You still have time to register! @dataverseorg #DCM26 #Dataverse #DataScience dcm2026.com/preliminary-pr…

Starting at 12:00 ET: Issa Dahabreh ( @HarvardChanSPH) uses external data to improve #clinicaltrials without affecting unbiased randomization, presenting "Augmenting Randomized Trials" at this week's #AppliedStats workshop. …atsworkshopgov3009.hsites.harvard.edu/event/issa-dah…

Thurs at 4:30pm: Harvard @Kennedy_School assistant professor Gautam Nair presents "Group-targeted wealth transfers reduce #inequality and intergroup conflict but trigger policy backlash" in this week's Alesina Seminar #politicaleconomy #india iq.harvard.edu/event/gautam-n…

Looking to build up your #Rprogramming skills? Learn how to use R for #spatialanalysis in this week's workshop from @HarvardCGA. #GIS #geostatistics #programming #Harvard gis.harvard.edu/event/getting-…

Wednesday at 12:00 noon: @Yale assistant professor @MelodyYHuang addresses statistical bias with "Relative Bias Under Imperfect Identification in Observational #CausalInference" at this week's #AppliedStatistics workshop. #politicalscience #statistics …atsworkshopgov3009.hsites.harvard.edu/event/melody-h…

There's still time to register at the early bird rate for #Dataverse2026! This year's @Dataverseorg Community Meeting, co-organized with @BSC_CNS, takes place May 12–15 in Barcelona. #Dataverse dcm2026.com/registration/

Thursday at 4:30pm ET: @LBS professor Elias Papaioannou presents "The Industrial Revolution and Forced Labor in Colonial Africa" in this week's Alesina Seminar. iq.harvard.edu/event/elias-pa…

Wednesday at 12pm ET: Wenqi Shi proposes a privacy-preserving approach to meta-analysis for new target populations, presenting "Meta-analysis through Low-Rank Basis Hunting" at this week's #AppliedStats workshop. …atsworkshopgov3009.hsites.harvard.edu/event/wenqi-sh…

Coming up on Feb 24: @Crhistian__Joel González-Cuatianquis presents "From classrooms to regions: the scale of inequality and educational aspirations" in the next brown bag presentation from @HarvardCGA. #GIS #DataScience gis.harvard.edu/event/classroo…

Tyler VanderWeele, Loeb Professor of Epidemiology and director of the Human Flourishing Program at IQSS, has been appointed by Pope Leo to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. #socialscience #flourishing #Harvard ewtnnews.com/vatican/pope-a…

Today at 4:30 pm: @UChicago scholar Victoria Mooers examines socially shared political information within voter districts, presenting "Social Networks and Voter Information" at this week's Alesina Seminar. #elections #socialmedia #voting iq.harvard.edu/event/victoria…

Starting 12pm on Wednesday: @HGSE professor Andrew Ho presents a measurement error model to reconcile data from different testing programs with "Two Watches: Measurement Error Models for Estimating Educational Progress from Discrepant Test Score Trends." iq.harvard.edu/event/andew-ho…

IQSS is developing LOOP, a new desktop #application that will provide a direct, streamlined connection between the @HarvardDV and Sid, simplifying how researchers move, manage, and analyze their data. #researchcomputing iq.harvard.edu/news/2026/02/a…

Thursday at 3:30pm: @HarvardCMES fellow Evangeline McGlynn discusses open source intelligence in wars and other violent conflicts, presenting "Open Data/Opaque Analysis: Examining #OSINT Use in Conflict," hosted by the Center for #Geographic Analysis. gis.harvard.edu/event/open-dat…

Thursday at 4:30pm: HBS associate professor of finance Elisabeth Kempf examines growing #political segregation in corporate leadership with "The Political Polarization of Corporate America" in this week's Alesina Seminar. iq.harvard.edu/event/elisabet…

Starting at 12pm ET: Joris Frese presents "Type I Error Inflation in Unexpected Event During Survey Designs" at this week's #AppliedStats Workshop. …atsworkshopgov3009.hsites.harvard.edu/event/joris-fr…

Interested in working on your #GIS skills? There's still room in upcoming training sessions offered by the Center for #Geographic Analysis--starting with "Introduction to GIS" on Jan 30. Visit the CGA calendar for details and to sign up! gis.harvard.edu/events

The Workshop in #AppliedStatistics is back for the Spring Term at 12:00 noon ET! This week, Susan @Dynarski presents "A Pathway to Mobility: Shifting Low-Income Students To Higher-Quality Degrees."

Congratulations to IQSS faculty affiliate Cynthia Dwork!

OpenDP is hiring! There are two opportunities to join the team, as Research Associate or Senior Data Privacy Software Developer. Visit the OpenDP site for full details: opendp.org/job-opportunit…