Associate Professor Mai Hassan documents bureaucratic systems in Eastern Africa set up for coercion, as well as roadblocks to democratic government.

PhD student Paige Bollen finds urban street networks that encourage encounters among strangers link to lower ethnic tensions and anti-immigrant hostility.

Study underscores need for aggressive climate mitigation and adaptation policies to prevent future ‘Day Zero’ droughts in dry, populated regions around the world.

Dissecting the process of recruitment, MIT political science PhD candidate Gabriel Nahmias seeks to lower the barriers to political engagement.

While a national soccer win can stoke anti-refugee sentiment, messaging promoting diversity can reverse this effect.

An interactive program using mobile phones helps more patients conclude treatment successfully.

Research from the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society aims to help African farmers increase their production and profits with better prediction.

A new method identifies opportunities to learn and adapt to changing temperature and precipitation trends.

A film and texting campaign can increase anticorruption reports from citizens, study shows.

J-WAFS-funded MIT research team shows a new method of fertilizer production can better suit the needs of farms in Africa and around the globe.