What are the odds your vote will not count?
MIT professor’s study quantifies how many mail-in ballots became “lost votes” in the 2016 U.S. federal election.
Oct. 19, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: politics research government school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences political-science voting-and-elections
How many votes will be counted after election night?
Study measures the “blue shift” from absentee and provisional ballots, underscores uncertainties of 2020 vote.
Oct. 15, 2020 • ~10 min
Tags: politics research government school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences political-science voting-and-elections
Fotini Christia named director of the Sociotechnical Systems Research Center
Political science professor will spearhead the Institute’s interdisciplinary center that studies high-impact, complex societal challenges.
Oct. 14, 2020 • ~3 min
Tags: data networks research school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences faculty technology-and-society idss political-science administration mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing
Finding patterns in the noise
Using novel computational approaches, graduate student Sean Liu develops better tools for analyzing data.
Oct. 14, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: covid-19 china pandemic data profile research students graduate-postdoctoral school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences political-science
Why do banking crises occur?
In a new book, political scientist David Singer finds two key factors connected to financial-sector collapses around the globe.
March 10, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: finance research school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences faculty political-science books-and-authors banking
At halfway point, SuperUROP scholars share their research results
In a lively poster session, more than 100 undergraduates discuss their yearlong research projects on everything from machine learning to political geography.
Jan. 29, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: research students school-of-architecture-and-planning school-of-engineering urban-studies-and-planning classes-and-programs undergraduate special-events-and-guest-speakers school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail aeronautical-and-astronautical-engineering civil-and-environmental-engineering political-science chemical-engineering superurop electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs
Study uses physics to explain democratic elections
U.S. elections have become more “unstable,” sometimes swinging in the opposite direction from the greater electorate’s preferences.
Jan. 21, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: physics politics social-sciences research government school-of-science political-science voting-and-elections
Investigating the power of group think
Political science doctoral student Clara Vandeweerdt studies how identity shapes beliefs on complex political topics such as climate change.
Nov. 7, 2019 • ~7 min
Tags: politics media graduate social-sciences research behavior students media-lab school-of-architecture-and-planning school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences political-science science-communications postdoctoral
What makes for better bureaucracy?
Political science PhD candidates Guillermo Toral and Tugba Bozcaga find that government-appointed officials deliver the goods — given the right circumstances.
Oct. 21, 2019 • ~10 min
Tags: international-development graduate research government students school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences political-science postdoctoral
A look at Japan’s evolving intelligence efforts
New book examines the past and future of Japanese intelligence services in a rapidly shifting world.
Oct. 8, 2019 • ~9 min
Tags: politics japan research asia school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences political-science books-and-authors international-studies
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