David Singer, head of the MIT Department of Political Science, discusses the Strengthening Democracy Initiative, focused on the rigorous study of elections, public opinion, and political participation.
Faculty members granted tenure in anthropology; comparative media studies/writing; philosophy; political science; and science, technology, and society.
With $45 million in support from the Stanton Foundation, the program will expand its longstanding leadership in a critical area of global security.
While women and men self-reported similar vaccination rates, unvaccinated women had less intention to get vaccinated than men.
MIT spinout SiTration looks to disrupt industries with a revolutionary process for recovering and extracting critical materials.
Rising superpowers like China are “cautious opportunists” in global institutions, and the U.S. should avoid overreaction, PhD student Raymond Wang argues.
Known for building connections between the social sciences, data science, and computation, the political science professor will lead IDSS into its next chapter.
An influential national expert on undersea warfare, Coté is remembered as "the heart and soul of SSP."
Professors Erik Lin-Greenberg and Tracy Slatyer are honored as “Committed to Caring.”
New studies show that caste and ethnic identity play an outsize role in how business interacts with government in developing countries.
As part of his MIT doctoral studies in nuclear science and engineering, Eli Sanchez investigated whether hypersonic missiles threaten global security.
Research surveys show warnings issued by world leaders are taken equally seriously whether issued on social media or through formal statements.
Political scientist Ben Ross Schneider’s new book examines why improving public education has been so difficult in Latin America.
Professor of political science Evan Lieberman discusses his research into perceptions among African and American citizens about the climate crisis and how their governments are responding.