Mens et Manus America initiative launches with documentary event
Over 200 students and faculty attend kickoff as SHASS and Sloan begin an exploration of current U.S. social, political, economic challenges.
Over 200 students and faculty attend kickoff as SHASS and Sloan begin an exploration of current U.S. social, political, economic challenges.
PhD student Dean Knox studies social networks and how individuals use them to access government goods and services.
State and local policymakers joined with leading researchers to share experiences overcoming challenges to evaluating government programs.
Assistant Professor Richard Nielsen explores why some Muslim clerics adopt the ideology of militant jihad while most do not.
Founded by political scientist Charles Stewart III, the Election Lab focuses on non-partisan research, data, and analysis to improve elections.
Wait times at polls in 2016 election improved in several key states, new survey results show.
Senior Rasheed Auguste is fueled by passions for science, policy, and creating a more inclusive MIT.
For graduate student Amanda Rothschild, political science meets personal history in her studies of how the United States responds to genocide.
Selected governments will partner with MIT's J-PAL North America to test which programs work, which work best, and why.
Honored positions afford faculty additional support for research.
Through its Washington Office, MIT continues its long history of engagement on national science and technology policy.
SHASS welcomes eight new faculty members for 2016.