What do we know about the economics of AI?
Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu has long studied technology-driven growth. Here’s how he’s thinking about AI’s effect on the economy.
3 Questions: Community policing in the Global South
International research co-led by Professor Fotini Christia finds an approach lauded in the US works differently in other regions.
Empowering systemic racism research at MIT and beyond
Researchers in the MIT Initiative on Combatting Systemic Racism are building an open data repository to advance research on racial inequity in domains like policing, housing, and health care.
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.
AI simulation gives people a glimpse of their potential future self
By enabling users to chat with an older version of themselves, Future You is aimed at reducing anxiety and guiding young people to make better choices.
How social structure influences the way people share money
A new study shows that belonging to age-based groups, common in some global regions, influences finances and health.
A modest intervention that helps low-income families beat the poverty trap
Letting people work with a “navigator” dramatically increases how often they move to higher-opportunity neighborhoods.
How to avoid a “winner’s curse” for social programs
When interventions or policies perform well in studies, they may disappoint later on. An MIT economist’s tools can help planners recognize this trap.
Blueprint Labs launches a charter school research collaborative
Collaborative brings together charter school policy, practice, and research communities to help make research on charters more actionable, rigorous, and policy-relevant.
Who will benefit from AI?
In campus talk, Daron Acemoglu offers vision of “machine usefulness,” rather than autonomous “intelligence,” to help workers and spread prosperity.
Professor Emerita Evelyn Fox Keller, influential philosopher and historian of science, dies at 87
The pathbreaking thinker helped reshape discussions of science, gender, and objectivity, as well as biological determinism, in her lauded career.
Advancing social studies at MIT Sloan
Associate Professor Dean Eckles studies how our social networks affect our behavior and shape our lives.
New clean air and water labs to bring together researchers, policymakers to find climate solutions
Labs in Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia will be led by J-PAL with support from Community Jameel.
Using social media to raise awareness of women’s resources
An experiment in Egypt suggests ways to spread information for women facing domestic violence.
Computational model mimics humans’ ability to predict emotions
Using insights into how people intuit others’ emotions, researchers have designed a model that approximates this aspect of human social intelligence.