Headlines 2022

Machinery of the state

November 21, 2022 Leda Zimmerman MIT Department of Political Science

In Eastern Africa, Mai Hassan documents a bureaucratic system set up for coercion, as well as roadblocks to democratic government

Exploring education from all angles

November 9, 2022 Laura Rosado MIT News

Senior David Spicer advocates for students at MIT and beyond as he cultivates his interest in education policy.

Urbanization: no fast lane to transformation

November 8, 2022 Leda Zimmerman MIT Department of Political Science

In Africa’s most vibrant economies, economic booms don’t alter political behaviors

MIT Prize for Open Data winner, Suyeol Yun

October 19, 2022 MIT Department of Political Science

Q&A: Melissa Nobles on guest-editing Nature to examine racism in science

October 19, 2022 Peter Dizikes MIT News

MIT chancellor and colleagues help lead special project examining how bias has distorted the scientific enterprise — and how to make things better.

Bringing it all back home

October 17, 2022 Peter Dizikes

In MIT visit, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf PhD ’81 offers a road map for creating more manufacturing jobs in the U.S.

Where Russia’s invasion of Ukraine stands

October 11, 2022 Peter Dizikes MIT News

More than seven months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the battlefield map has shown recent progress for Ukranian forces — and yet, the war remains destructive within the country and perilous for the world, with few signs that a rapid end to the conflict is possible.

Making each vote count

September 30, 2022

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

Jung Jae Kwon: Questioning the nuclear umbrella

September 9, 2022 Leda Zimmerman MIT Politicial Science

Dissatisfied with security guarantees from the US, America’s junior allies want greater control over their own defenses.

Zacka and English awarded APSA's 2022 Kendra Koivu Award

September 8, 2022 MIT Department of Political Science

Drew Altman (PhD'83) Receives the 2022 Hubert H. Humphrey Award

September 6, 2022 Political Science Now

Forging political alliances through supply chains

September 6, 2022 Leda Zimmerman MIT Department of Political Science

International firms sharing production networks lobby together to secure favorable trade conditions

Evan Lieberman joins a World Affairs discussion with host Reena Ninan, "South Africa Since Apartheid: Has Democracy Worked?"

August 30, 2022 World Affairs

Tipping the balance between global rivals

August 29, 2022 Leda Zimmerman MIT Department of Political Science

John David Minnich seeks to understand how trade policies fueled China’s rise and continue to determine geopolitical winners and losers.

Prof. Lieberman's new book is reviewed in WP's African Politics Summer collection, "Two new books take different roads to understand South Africa"

August 26, 2022 Carolyn E. Holmes The Washington Post

John Tirman, CIS executive director and scholar, dies at 72

August 22, 2022 MIT Center for International Studies

An expert on US-Iran relations and human security, Tirman was a thoughtful and prolific—yet always modest—colleague and friend.

Listen: What does Beijing want from these military maneuvers near the island of Taiwan? The World host Marco Werman speaks with Prof. Fravel.

August 8, 2022 Omar Duwaji The World

Listen to Prof. Fravel speak with NPR's Emily Feng, "China ends series of live fire military drills around the island of Taiwan"

August 8, 2022 Emily Feng NPR

MIT Governance Lab hosts speaker series on governance innovation

July 18, 2022 Will Sullivan MIT Governance Lab

Panelists discuss why governance innovation is needed and how it can be sustained in governments and communities.

What the world can learn from South Africa

July 10, 2022 David Goodman VTDigger

Learning from Elections: Call for Proposals

June 28, 2022 MIT Election Data + Science Lab

Center for International Studies honors Robert Wilhelm

June 9, 2022 Michelle English MIT Center for International Studies

The Robert E. Wilhelm Fellows Program brings real-world experience and new scholarship to CIS and is a vital part of its research community.

Professor Lieberman's new book makes The Washington Posts's 2022 "African Politics Summer Reading Spectacular!" list

June 3, 2022 Laura Seay and Kim Yi Dionne The Washington Post

When politics is local in the Middle East

June 2, 2022 Peter Dizikes MIT News

Chancellor Melissa Nobles' address to MIT seniors

May 27, 2022 MIT News Office

 Text of Chancellor Melissa Nobles' Commencement remarks, as prepared for delivery for Commencement 2022.