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Making sense of nuclear threats

September 11, 2017 MIT News

"I’ve been fortunate to have great graduate students from the day I got here, and I’m very proud of how they’ve done," Vipin Narang says.

Political science debuts on MITeX

August 25, 2017 MIT Political Science

New course takes a deep dive into African democracies. “The course is about Africa, where there are specific challenges to democratic government, but the questions and ideas that arise are relevant in any political context,” says Lieberman.

Erik Sand: Investigating the dynamics of war and peace

August 7, 2017 MIT News

Erik Sand brings a perspective shaped by eight years of service in the U.S. Navy to his doctoral studies.

How political science can help us solve global health care issues

July 12, 2017 School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

MIT political scientist Andrea Campbell discusses the impact of equity on health care innovation and outcomes.

Fravel named Acting Director of CIS

May 22, 2017 Center for International Studies

M. Taylor Fravel, associate professor of political science and member of the Security Studies Program at MIT, will become acting director of the MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) on July 1, 2017.

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