MIT Global Diversity Lab
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Mission: To better understand the social, political, and economic causes and consequences of cultural diversity around the world Director: @evlieb
Cambridge, MA
Joined September 2020
Please join the Global Diversity Lab in congratulating our graduate fellows @BiffPM, Jasmine English, and Paige Bollen on their new academic positions! https://t.co/NQuEHEibmU
@MITPoliSci @MIT_CIS @MIT_SHASS
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Looking for summer reading suggestions? MIT News' latest list features books by several of our faculty members: • Phil Budden (@Phil_Budden) & Fiona Murray (@Fiona_MIT) - MIT-UK • Volha Charnysh (@vcharnysh) - @lab_diversity • Kathleen Thelen - MIT-Germany, MIT-Scandinavia
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A summer reading list features books by MIT faculty and staff that were published from July 2024 to June 2025.
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Job alert: Looking for lab manager / research associate for @lab_diversity at MIT, which is a great opportunity for recent undergraduates considering a PhD in political science #development #climate #diversity Recent LM's went to Stanford, Yale, Berkeley https://t.co/Lpr6RueoFb
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Mai Hassan, associate professor of @MITPoliSci and faculty director of MIT-Africa, discusses Sudan's future amid the civil war with Ahmed @Kodouda in an article in @ForeignAffairs. Read here: https://t.co/UAJVvAyOyc
@MIT_SHASS @MISTIatMIT
foreignaffairs.com
War is likely to once again tear the country apart.
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Fascinating article in MIT News highlighting research on voter behavior by @ArielRWhite, associate professor of @MITPoliSci and a member of the Center's @lab_diversity! Read here: https://t.co/Ia67rbLTxB
@MIT_SHASS #VoterTurnout #PoliticalParticipation
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MIT political scientist Ariel White studies the impact of incarceration on voting, and other ways people on the margins of U.S. politics might participate more fully in our system of government.
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Syria faces uncertainty after the fall of Assad's regime, but hope remains. Elizabeth Parker-Magyar, postdoc fellow at @HarvardWCFIA and a member of the Center's @lab_diversity, explores potential paths for rebuilding. https://t.co/ltcEfs0m7N
@MITPoliSci @MIT_SHASS @MIT_SSP
journalofdemocracy.org
The brutal regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad fell in a week. Syrians have been preparing for this moment for years.
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Members of the Center’s @lab_diversity celebrated the release of Professor @vcharnysh's new book "Uprooted: How post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe" with a delicious cake! Congrats to Professor Charnysh on this incredible achievement! @MITPoliSci @MIT_SHASS @evlieb
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A new study in @ClimaticChange_ by MIT professors @evlieb and @vcharnysh, MIT PhD student @jaredkalow, and UPenn postdoc @walk_erin explores US attitudes on global climate policies. Read: https://t.co/dWqDpTQLQ9
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Thrilled to announce the release of Uprooted: How Post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe today with @CUP_PoliSci! 🎉🎉🎉 📚[Amazon link: https://t.co/WsuKP5bveO] Every year, millions are displaced by war, repression, disasters, and climate change. My book shows that
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Great to see our Starr Forum on the election highlighted in MIT News! Thank you to our speakers for sharing their insights on the global perspectives of the election. Read here: https://t.co/QJ2HO8tWAu
@evlieb @johngithongo @dziblatt @Prof_PSingh @MIT_SHASS @MITPoliSci
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Experts in African, Asian, European, and Latin American politics convened at MIT for “The 2024 US Presidential Election: The World is Watching” Starr Forum hosted by the Center for International...
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GDL was delighted to host Professor @laurajakli today for an engaging presentation and discussion of her working paper "Political Apathy as Autocratization Strategy: Evidence from Hungary"! @MITPoliSci
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Out today in paperback! My take on the first quarter-century of post-apartheid democracy, and with all its warts and problems, how it has delivered dignified development to millions. Until We Have Won Our Liberty
press.princeton.edu
A compelling account of South Africa’s post-Apartheid democracy
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Delighted to have contributed to the 2024 Global Solidarity Report, out today in time for the #UNGA. We need to get creative in terms how we achieve this! @MIT_CIS @lab_diversity
NEW: The Global Solidarity Report 2024: Overcoming division in a multipolar world. The world is in the Danger Zone for a second year running. We argue a different reality is possible. Read: https://t.co/xz62paj2pm
#SummitOfTheFuture #UNGA79 #GlobalGoals
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Professor Noah L. Nathan's book The Scarce State: Inequality and Political Power in the Hinterland is co-winner of the 2024 American Political Science Association William Riker Award for Best Book in Political Economy! https://t.co/ITCjPs2Yod…
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'Uprooted' by Volha Charnysh presents a fresh perspective on the developmental consequences of mass displacement. Drawing on post-WWII Poland & West Germany, she shows how cultural diversity increases entrepreneurship, education, and income. #Uprooted
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This summer, @lab_diversity hosted its second cohort of Pathways to Political Science Summer Research interns. Pathways@GDL is sponsored in partnership with the MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) and funded by @MITPoliSci, CIS, and @MITAFRICA. https://t.co/6U53HJDsf0
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Congratulations to our second cohort of Pathways to Political Science interns!
Check out Pathways@GDL, a program aimed at broadening the pipeline into US political science PhD programs. https://t.co/ajXYjJXOww
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Excited to learn that The Scarce State is co-winner of the 2024 William Riker Award for best book in Political Economy. Many thanks to the APSA Political Economy section and committee for the support! More info here: https://t.co/2hZGrCX9gG
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cambridge.org
Cambridge Core - African Studies - The Scarce State
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@_sarahlockwood and I were about to run a survey of local politicians and debated whether to incentivize participation. Lacking guidance on best practice, we decided to randomize a few options and learn from the results. Our findings are now in print ( https://t.co/Yx27ntqK4d).
journals.sagepub.com
Political scientists routinely focus their investigations on the attitudes and behaviours of politicians and increasingly study them through systematic surveys....
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Join GDL Director @evlieb and alum @rnlekalake for this @MIT_CIS webinar on South Africa elections next week!
I look forward to moderating this important discussion among four terrific analysts of South African politics next week. Please join us!
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I look forward to moderating this important discussion among four terrific analysts of South African politics next week. Please join us!
Join us for a webinar on: 🇿🇦South Africa Elections 2024 ➡️6/20 at 12 PM EDT Register today: https://t.co/D4mpkrpnMo
@afrobarometer @MITPoliSci @GGA_org @evlieb @rnlekalake @dandekadt @MIT_SHASS
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