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Our distinguished faculty do field-defining work and develop the values, vision, and ethical compass of tomorrow’s leaders.

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RT @MITPoliSci: We're pleased to highlight PhD candidate Benjamin Norwood Harris who is on the job market. Learn more about Benjamin Norwo….
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Angie Jo is a @MITPoliSci doctoral student researching differences in how the welfare states of advanced industrialized democracies respond to collective crisis risks.
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RT @MIT_CIS: "BRICS cooperation has evolved despite the China-India conflict,” but “rising U.S.-India frictions are now shifting the bounda….
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This week's newsletter introduces new SHASS faculty, remembers an influential economic historian, explores a new course about understanding voter behavior, and more.
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RT @MIT_CIS: CIS hosts Starr Forums, our flagship event series, throughout the year. Watch past talks on YouTube and gear up for a new seme….
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RT @JPAL: How can data-driven insights transform public service? Hear from Davi Augusto Oliveira Pinto, a diplomat with decades of experien….
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Davi Augusto Oliveira Pinto, a student in MIT's master's in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy program, wants to help policymakers make informed choices to improve people’s lives.
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RT @BlueprintMIT: “We should insist on AI that can collaborate with, say, doctors… instead of AI that aims to automate them out of a job.”….
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AI can be used to automate tasks—and entire jobs. But it could also be designed to collaborate with humans. David Autor and James Manyika on why we should focus on the latter:
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RT @MIT_CIS: Suzanne Freeman (@SuzBFreeman) of @MIT_SSP is currently on the academic job market. Learn more about her research and professi….
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Meet Jennifer Jackson, People and Operations Lead for Blueprint Labs, nonpartisan research lab that uses data and economics to uncover the consequences of policy decisions and improve society.
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“There’s a lot of good-government reasons to believe that something like this, governed properly and governed with fail-safe mechanisms, could have an upside,” @MITelectionlab director @cstewartiii told @bostonherald. @MITPoliSci
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The changes to SAVE are “tinkering with sort of the bones of democracy.”
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“There’s no evidence that mail-in ballots are more prone to fraud than in-person voting. Both types of fraud are rare,” @MITelectionlab director @cstewartiii told @BostonGlobe. @MITPoliSci.
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Trump appears to be targeting it for partisan political reasons.
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MIT students interested in understanding the ethical, social, economic, and human dimensions of the challenges we face can learn more about SHASS courses available this fall.
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RT @MITPoliSci: We're pleased to highlight PhD candidate Ye Zhang who is on the job market. Learn more about Ye Zhang at .
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.@MIT_MTA senior lecturer Charles Shadle, a member of the Choctaw Nation, spoke with @GBH about his new chamber music album and using music to transport listeners to places from his childhood.
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Charles Shadle’s new album Choctaw Places pays tribute to the Choctaw Nation’s reservation within Oklahoma.
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RT @MIT_CIS: “…American foreign policy could better serve our country & the world w/ an approach that harnesses the power of national pride….
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Tennis can teach us lessons about how America can be first while also staying open to the world.
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RT @MIT_SSP: The presence of other European leaders sitting alongside Zelenskyy during his meeting with Trump is an encouraging sign of tra….
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RT @MIT_SSP: “Arms races do not by themselves increase the risk of deterrence failure; unchecked asymmetries in arms competition do,” write….
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Debating U.S. nuclear strategy.
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“This is a moment of transformation for Haiti’s history that most people don’t know much about,” @HistoryMit professor @MalickGhachem says. His new book explores Haiti's history.
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MIT historian Malick Ghachem’s new book examines the pre-revolutionary changes that set Haiti’s long-term economic structure in place.
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"The additional subsidies that President Biden added to the exchanges are going to expire,” @MITEcon department head Jon Gruber says. He spoke with @Newsweek about health insurance premium increases.
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While health insurance premiums have been increasing, 2026 will see the largest hike in prices since 2018, according to KFF data.
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