Using insights into how people intuit others’ emotions, researchers have designed a model that approximates this aspect of human social intelligence.

President Sally Kornbluth talks with Associate Professor Mai Hassan about public administration in Africa and how people mobilize against repressive regimes.

Replacing rice-bag delivery with digital card vouchers helps recipients get their intended supplies, researchers report.

Research shows doctors and their families are less likely to follow guidelines about medicine. Why do the medically well-informed comply less often?

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

MIT PhD candidate Jacob Jaffe uses data science to identify and solve problems in election administration.

In a new book, an MIT scholar examines how game-theory logic underpins many of our seemingly odd and irrational decisions.

A new machine-learning system helps robots understand and perform certain social interactions.

An experiment in Indonesia shows how much subsidies and in-person assistance spur people to get insurance — and how many people stop trying.

PhD student Ying Gao's research reveals that the urban poor in the developing world are politically engaged and capable of effecting change.