With $45 million in support from the Stanton Foundation, the program will expand its longstanding leadership in a critical area of global security.
Saeed Miganeh’s work at MIT is helping him answer important questions about designing effective programs for poverty mitigation and economic growth in African countries.
AI agents could soon become indistinguishable from humans online. Could “personhood credentials” protect people against digital imposters?
MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub research presents a streamlined pavement life-cycle assessment framework to enable a large set of stakeholders to conduct environmental analysis of pavements.
Shared commitment to data-driven approach will help identify new policy solutions to reduce poverty and increase economic mobility in the US.
In a new book, Professor Susan Solomon uses previous environmental successes as a source of hope and guidance for mitigating climate change.
A national bottle deposit fee could make a dramatic difference in reducing plastic waste, MIT researchers report.
A new downscaling method leverages machine learning to speed up climate model simulations at finer resolutions, making them usable on local levels.
The MITx MicroMasters in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy program educates learners around the world using its data-driven approach to poverty alleviation.
During the MIT Science Policy Initiative’s Congressional Visit Days, PhD students and postdocs met with legislators to share expertise and advocate for science agency funding.
At the 2024 Earth Day Colloquium, World Resource Institute President and CEO Ani Dasgupta says systemic changes in a handful of countries will be critical to meeting global emissions goals.
Graduate student Nolen Scruggs works with a local tenant association to address housing inequality as part of the MIT Initiative on Combatting Systemic Racism.
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.
Students have new avenues for learning and research on the most effective approaches to fighting poverty in the US and other high-income countries.
A joint humanities and engineering major, senior Grace McMillan is setting her sights on a legal career focused on education policy reform.