How examining conflict can be “intellectually serious” and “incredibly fun”
Through the Civil Discourse Project at MIT, scholarly debate serves as a model for productive discussions among MIT Concourse students.
Misinformation is all around. How can we combat it?
In a lecture at MIT, Professor Adam Berinsky surveyed one of the thorniest ongoing problems in modern politics.
How is the world watching the 2024 US election?
At a recent Starr Forum, scholars gathered to discuss the global perception of the upcoming presidential election and the influence of American politics.
MIT economists Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson share Nobel Prize
Along with James Robinson, the professors are honored for work on the relationship between economic growth and political institutions.
Q&A: A new initiative to help strengthen democracy
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.
Meet the 2024 tenured professors in the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Faculty members granted tenure in anthropology; comparative media studies/writing; philosophy; political science; and science, technology, and society.
Researchers study differences in attitudes toward Covid-19 vaccines between women and men in Africa
While women and men self-reported similar vaccination rates, unvaccinated women had less intention to get vaccinated than men.
Pioneering the future of materials extraction
MIT spinout SiTration looks to disrupt industries with a revolutionary process for recovering and extracting critical materials.
The rules of the game
Rising superpowers like China are “cautious opportunists” in global institutions, and the U.S. should avoid overreaction, PhD student Raymond Wang argues.
Fotini Christia named director of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Known for building connections between the social sciences, data science, and computation, the political science professor will lead IDSS into its next chapter.
Owen Coté, military technology expert and longtime associate director of the Security Studies Program, dies at 63
An influential national expert on undersea warfare, Coté is remembered as "the heart and soul of SSP."
Paying it forward
Professors Erik Lin-Greenberg and Tracy Slatyer are honored as “Committed to Caring.”
All in the family
New studies show that caste and ethnic identity play an outsize role in how business interacts with government in developing countries.
Modeling the threat of nuclear war
As part of his MIT doctoral studies in nuclear science and engineering, Eli Sanchez investigated whether hypersonic missiles threaten global security.