MIT Political Science Prof. Kathleen Thelen named Guggenheim Fellow Prof. Andrea Campbell selected as SHASS Faculty Fellow The Hormuz Minefield: In the Strait, Iran Holds the Advantage--and America has No Good Options Prof. Adam Berinsky receives MITHIC funding for "Auditing Large Language Models as Intermediaries of Democratic Discourse in the 2026 US Midterms" Prof. Danny Hidalgo among eighteen MIT faculty honored as "Committed to Caring" for 2025-2027 How drones are altering contemporary warfare Prof. Mai Hassan interviewed on recent violence in Darfur on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS Why countries trade with each other while fighting When a collective crisis strikes, nations with shallow safety nets respond with massive spending Prof. Kathleen Thelen named Guggenheim Fellow Prof. Andrea Campbell selected as SHASS Faculty Fellow The Hormuz Minefield: In the Strait, Iran Holds the Advantage--and America has No Good Options Prof. Adam Berinsky receives MITHIC funding for "Auditing Large Language Models as Intermediaries of Democratic Discourse in the 2026 US Midterms" Prof. Danny Hidalgo among eighteen MIT faculty honored as "Committed to Caring" for 2025-2027 How drones are altering contemporary warfare Prof. Mai Hassan interviewed on recent violence in Darfur on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS Why countries trade with each other while fighting When a collective crisis strikes, nations with shallow safety nets respond with massive spending Highlights Built to fly April 15, 2026 School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Prof. Kathleen Thelen named Guggenheim Fellow April 15, 2026 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Events April 15 — Advisers in Foreign Policy April 21 — Dual Citizenship & Dueling Loyalties: Evidence from West Africa April 22 — Great Expectations: Rising Power and the Elusive Pursuit of Absolute Security April 29 — To Reflect or Deflect: Assessing Internal Accountability in the U.S. Military
Prof. Kathleen Thelen named Guggenheim Fellow April 15, 2026 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
