Incentives matter
Working with the Tata Center, two MIT economics students are testing projects to reduce industrial pollution in India.
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Economics
MIT named No. 1 university worldwide for social sciences
Times Higher Education ranks MIT’s social sciences the best in the world.
MIT’s J-PAL North America launches State and Local Innovation Initiative
New program out of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT aims to help state and local governments find solutions to key public policy issues.
Making banking effective for the poor
In India, PhD student Natalia Rigol aims to tap into community knowledge to vet loan and grant applicants.
Heidi Williams wins MacArthur “genius grant”
Economist who studies medical research and intellectual property wins $625,000 prize.
DUSP, CRE, and STL Lab award $1.5 million in first round of faculty research funding
Thirteen grants awarded to MIT faculty and researchers from four different schools.
Hundreds of MIT students explore fields at the 2015 TOUR de SHASS
Academic expo connects students with MIT-SHASS faculty and courses.
Announcing MIT-SHASS new faculty for fall 2015
The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences welcomes a new group of standout scholars.
Esther Duflo receives 2015 A.SK Social Science Award
The WZB Berlin Social Science Center honors the developmental economist and J-PAL director for her studies on poverty alleviation.
Timing devices
Anna Mikusheva refines the tools of time-series econometrics to develop better forecasting.
Study: Firms “underinvest” in long-term cancer research
Tweaks to the R&D pipeline could create new drugs and greater social benefit.