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Tracking political interactions in the Philippines

September 20, 2018 MIT Department of Political Science

Since starting her doctoral studies in 2013, Nina McMurry has logged more than two years of field work in the Philippines. It has sometimes been a slog—literally. "Some of the places we need to travel for data collection are pretty remote," she says. "This past summer, it was a particularly bad rainy season, and even when the boats were running from the mainland to our destination, it could take two or more hours for our survey teams to climb into the mountains, where roads were entirely flooded out."

CIS's Jim Walsh feature commentary on Here and Now, "North, South Korean Leaders Meet With Goal Of Reviving Nuclear Talks"

September 18, 2018 WBUR: Here and Now

3 Questions: Database shines a bright light on Washington lobbying

September 13, 2018 MIT News

Follow the money. It’s a famous phrase from the Watergate era, but it applies to everyday life in modern Washington as well. That advice just got easier for everyone to carry out, thanks to the launch of LobbyView.org, a new public database created by MIT political scientist In Song Kim

Why the “solid South” of midcentury U.S. politics was not so solid.

September 7, 2018 MIT News

“What really hasn’t been looked at is the connection between mass politics and public opinion, on the one hand, and congressional behavior, on the other.”

A passion for policy

August 27, 2018 Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT

While still an undergraduate at MIT, Luisa Kenausis ’17, co-founded MIT Students for Nuclear Arms Control. The organization’s goal: to raise awareness of nuclear arms control issues. As a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation this spring, Kenausis continued her work to raise public awareness of these issues.