From Babylon to Baudelaire and back
In exploring the role of clerics in the Shi’a world, political science PhD student Marsin Alshamary heeds the call of family history.
Primary factors
Political scientists Charles Stewart III and Devin Caughey weigh in on the 2016 U.S. presidential primaries.
Addressing members of Congress, MIT students advocate for science funding
Congressional visits help to impress the need for scientists' involvement in national policy.
3 Questions: David Autor on global trade and political polarization
Study finds relationship between U.S. job losses due to trade, and political polarization in Congress.
How much of a difference will the Paris Agreement make?
MIT study projects end-of-century climate under different scenarios.
MIT political scientist awarded prestigious Carnegie fellowship
Taylor Fravel will examine Asia’s maritime conflicts in further depth.
Examining accountability through the lens of local politics
PhD student Justin de Benedictis-Kessner helps explain political behavior at the federal level.
Using data from social networks to understand and improve systems
Researchers in IDSS are learning how ideas evolve over networks, quantifying the influence of individuals in networks, and making better predictions.
3 Questions: Ben Ross Schneider on Brazil’s crisis moment
As political scandal swirls, are there still signs of progress?
Getting the world to turn down the heat
Top U.N. climate advisor highlights successes in Paris, challenges ahead.
It's all in our heads
Political science PhD student Marika Landau-Wells is using psychology and neuroscience to better understand political behavior.
Dispatches from the Paris climate talks
MIT attendees of COP21 share experiences, perspectives on outcomes
A cleaner ballot box
In Brazil, auditing voter rolls has shrunk the electorate — to the dismay of incumbents.
Reality check in the factory
MIT professor’s new book shows how labor laws actually get enforced, globally.