The overarching pattern we find is that if you compare people who live in compound houses to residents of other housing types...there is a pretty big difference in political actions,” says Prof. Noah Nathan. news.mit.edu/2026/how-arc... @nlnathan.bsky.social @mit-cis.bsky.social

news.mit.edu/2026/summer-... MIT's Summer Reading list features books by Mariya Grinberg and Erik Lin-Greenberg! Check out Mariya's book, Trade in War: Economic Cooperation Across Enemy Lines and Erik's book, The Remote Revolution: Drones and Modern Statecraft!

Congratulations @adamberinsky.bsky.social who co-authored "Understanding and Combatting Misinformation Across 16 Countries on Six Continents." It won Best Publication from the Behavioral Science and Policy Association at their Annual Meeting last week. polisci.mit.edu/news/2026/ar...

Over two billion people lack access to safe water. Are democracies better at closing this massive gap? A substack on recently published research at World Development with Naomi Tilles on the limits of democracy for achieving universal safe water access globalcommons.substack.com/p/democracy-...

At today's commencement reception, Prof. David Singer presented the Lucian Pye Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis to Yui Fung Raymond Wang. Congratulations to all our graduates! @ssp-mit.bsky.social @mit-cis.bsky.social

Congratulations to our Political Science PhDs! Front row: Suzanne Freeman, Wenyan Deng, Ye Zhang, and Diana “Tingxuan” Zhu. Back row: Sukrit Puri, Nicholas Blanchette, Eleanor Freund, Eyal Hanfling, Raymond Wang, and Wright Smith. @mit-cis.bsky.social @ssp-mit.bsky.social

“I have yet to meet a professor that cares more for their students.” Prof. Danny Hidalgo, who studies democracy and political behavior in Latin America, is honored as “Committed to Caring” for graduate student mentorship. news.mit.edu/2026/committ... @dhidalgo.bsky.social @mit-cis.bsky.social

Congratulations to @kathleenthelen.bsky.social who has been named to the 101st class of Guggenheim Fellows, which includes 223 trailblazing artists, scientists and scholars across 55 fields. www.gf.org/stories/anno... @mit-cis.bsky.social

PhD student Daniel Cebul has been selec to receive a Smith Richardson World Politics&Statecraft Fellowship for resrch on "The Logics of Ambiguity in International Crisis Bargaining: Signaling Strategies&Conflict Escalation." polisci.mit.edu/news/2026/ph... @ssp-mit.bsky.social @mit-cis.bsky.social

Check out this MIT SHASS Senior Profile of Political Science and Urban Planning dual major Lauren Higgins! shass.mit.edu/people/laure...

SSP Director @fravel.bsky.social speaks with @npr.org about the recent Chinese military purges. 🎧Listen to full story www.npr.org/transcripts/...

“I would argue that there has been absolutely no regime change here. No institutions have been changed. It’s a leadership decapitation explicitly designed it seems to avoid regime change,” says @proftalmadge.bsky.social of US operations in Venezuela. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVGe...

Eighteen MIT faculty have been honored as "Committed to Caring" for 2025-2027. Political Science Professor @dhidalgo.bsky.social is among them. news.mit.edu/2026/mit-fac... @mit-cis.bsky.social

How drones are altering contemporary warfare: a new book by Prof. Erik Lin-Greenberg examines the evolving dynamics of military and state action centered around drones. @mit-cis.bsky.social @ssp-mit.bsky.social news.mit.edu/2025/how-dro...

Prof. Mai Hassan was interviewed about recent violence in Darfur on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS. Her interview begins at minute 33. @ssp-mit.bsky.social @mit-cis.bsky.social www.cnn.com/audio/podcas...

Congratulatons to Prof. Richard J. Samuels! The United States Japan Foundation has named its dissertation award after you. polisci.mit.edu/news/2025/un... @rjsamuels.bsky.social @mit-cis.bsky.social

NEW - Do More Disaggregated Electoral Results Deter Aggregation Fraud? - https://cup.org/3LBfv1G "...we found no evidence that greater transparency leads to substitution into other forms of electoral manipulation..." - Miguel R. Rueda, @guygrossman.bsky.social & Shuning Ge #OpenAccess

Students in our first year advising seminar take a break from discussing politics, policy, and political science at a field trip making bioplastics the MIT Museum. polisci.mit.edu/news/2025/fi...

"America’s federal retreat on the environment is very real. But the country is also unique in its private and organized capacity... Much of America is still trying to play its part in mitigating climate change." writes Evan Lieberman (@evlieb.bsky.social), director of CIS. ft.com/content/a3d9...

We're pleased to highlight PhD candidate Anum Mustafa who is on the job market. Learn more about Anum at www.linkedin.com/in/anum-must...

We're pleased to highlight PhD candidate Wright Smith who is on the job market. Learn more about Wright Smith at wrightlsmith.com @wrightlsmith.bsky.social @ssp-mit.bsky.social @mit-cis.bsky.social

Sudan is What Happens When you Recognize a Junta A guest essay co-authored by Professor Mai Hassan appeared in yesterday's New York Times. nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o... @mit-cis.bsky.social

Why countries trade with each other while fighting: Mariya Grinberg’s new book, “Trade in War," examines the curious phenomenon of economic trade during military conflict. news.mit.edu/2025/why-cou... @mit-cis.bsky.social @ssp-mit.bsky.social

We are pleased to highlight PhD candidate Suzanne Freeman who is on the job market. Learn more about Suzanne in this MIT News profile and at this website. news.mit.edu/2025/shadow-... american.edu/sis/faculty/... @mit-cis.bsky.social @ssp-mit.bsky.social

We're pleased to highlight PhD candidate Benjamin Norwood Harris who is on the job market. Learn more about Benjamin Norwood Harris at www.benjaminnorwoodharris.com ! @ssp-mit.bsky.social @mit-cis.bsky.social

We're pleased to highlight PhD candidate Ye Zhang who is on the job market. Learn more about Ye Zhang at iriszhangye.com! @ssp-mit.bsky.social @mit-cis.bsky.social

“…American foreign policy could better serve our country & the world w/ an approach that harnesses the power of national pride while valuing a global playing field,” writes @evlieb.bsky.social in today’s NYT. @mit.edu @mit-cis.bsky.social @evlieb.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/o...

“I wanted to understand why countries like the U.S., which famously offer minimal state support, suddenly mobilize an enormous emergency response to a crisis — only to let it vanish after the crisis passes,” says PhD candidate Angie Jo. @angiehjo.bsky.social polisci.mit.edu/news/2025/sh...

Check out the third cohort of Pathways@GDL Summer interns! polisci.mit.edu/news/2025/pa... @nlnathan.bsky.social @arielrwhite.bsky.social @ausis.bsky.social @ncatsuaggies.bsky.social @unm.edu @howard.edu @mit.edu @mit-cis.bsky.social

Professor Andrea Campbell’s new book shows that what we say we want on taxes doesn’t always match what we prefer in practice news.mit.edu/2025/what-am...

Congratulations to the four MIT Political Science faculty members who were included on MIT's summer reading list: Professors Andrea Campbell, @vcharnysh.bsky.social, Fotini Christia and @kathleenthelen.bsky.social! news.mit.edu/2025/summer-... @mit-cis.bsky.social

Congratulations to Siddhu Pachipala for his first place finish in the Buckley Institute's 2025 National Undergraduate Essay contest examining social distrust. buckleyinstitute.com/buckley-inst...

Congratulations to PhD student @ayeletc.bsky.social, who has been selected by the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy to receive a research grant in the social sciences for her research on "Varieties of Financial Citizenship: Welfare States and Savings Regimes." polisci.mit.edu/news/2025/ph...

"My research examines how new technologies impact the use of force and decision-making during interstate conflicts," scholar-warrior Erik Lin-Greenberg says. news.mit.edu/2025/scholar... @ssp-mit.bsky.social @mit-cis.bsky.social

Institute Prof. Suzanne Berger co-chairs the Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM), an Institute-wide effort to reinfuse U.S. industrial production with leading-edge technologies, bolster crucial U.S. economic sectors, and ignite job creation. news.mit.edu/2025/mit-ann...

PhDs participating in commencement today include J.J. Kwon, Kunal Singh and Tomoya Sasaki, seen here with Department Head David Singer. Congratulations to the Class of 2025! @mit-cis.bsky.social @ssp-mit.bsky.social

Check out this profile of Professor Lily L. Tsai in the newest issue of MIT Spectrum! betterworld.mit.edu/spectrum/iss... @mit-cis.bsky.social

The Shadow Architects of Power Political Science doctoral candidate Suzanne Freeman reveals how intelligence agencies shape foreign policy in authoritarian states polisci.mit.edu/news/2025/sh... @mit-cis.bsky.social @ssp-mit.bsky.social @mit.edu

Please read this important op-ed posted today: “Sudan Is Unraveling: Why War Is Likely to Once Again Tear the Country Apart,” co-authored by Professor Mai Hassan and Ahmed Kodouda. @mit-cis.bsky.social @ssp-mit.bsky.social www.foreignaffairs.com/sudan/sudan-...

Congratulations to @adamberinsky.bsky.social, a member of @carnegiecorp.bsky.social's 2025 class of #CarnegieFellows! These distinguished scholars are researching the causes of political polarization& seeking ways to strengthen social cohesion & fortify our democracy. polisci.mit.edu/news/2025/ad...

news.mit.edu/2025/attenti... Attention, Shoppers! American Retail Capitalism and the Origins of the Amazon Economy by MIT political scientist @kathleenthelen.bsky.social examines how large American retailers outgrew the capacity of government to regulate them.

PhD student Katharin Tai received a Smith Richardson World Politics & Statecraft Fellowship for dissertation research on "The Paper Ghost in the High-Tech Machine: How Bureaucracies shape, limit and enable High-Tech Governance." polisci.mit.edu/news/2025/ph... @ktai.bsky.social

In "Opening the doors of perception: Perspectives on SHASS," MIT alum Peter Godart, Professor Mary Fuller, and second-year political science major Siddhu Pachipala discuss the value of the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. youtu.be/tpmzBrhgIFI

Congratulations to Prof. Adam Berinsky whose book Political Rumors: Why We Accept Misinformation and How to Fight It has won the Goldsmith Book Prize from Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center. @adamberinsky.bsky.social @mitofficial.bsky.social goldsmithawards.org/honoree/poli...

Come to MIT for our conference on the politics of crime & punishment! info/call below

#EVENTALERT: Join us on Monday, April 7th in MIT Building 32-141 at 4:30 PM for Starr Forum: Sudan Under Fire with Cameron Hudson (@csis.org), Kholood Khair (Confluence Advisory), Ahmed Kodouda, and Mai Hassan (@mitpolisci.bsky.social) Learn more and RSVP here: bit.ly/SudanUnderFire

CIS is honored to announce Dr. Dafna H. Rand and Ambassador Harsh V. Shringla as the 2025-2026 Robert E. Wilhelm Fellows. Dr. Rand held senior roles in the US State Department and Ambassador Shringla is the former foreign secretary of India. Learn more: cis.mit.edu/news-media/n...

What do President Donald Trump and Paul Kruger have in common? Evan Lieberman, director of CIS, argues that their shared leadership style offers lessons the U.S needs to learn. Read: tinyurl.com/3kmzz5ef @evlieb.bsky.social @mitpolisci.bsky.social @dailymaverick.co.za

MIT undergraduates Kevin Guo and Erin Hovendon broaden their perspectives and prospects through political science. news.mit.edu/2025/leg-ste... @mitofficial.bsky.social @mitelectionlab.bsky.social @mwbrindley.bsky.social

Congratulations to Professors Richard Nielsen and @vcharnysh.bsky.social who have been named Spring 2026 SHASS Faculty Fellows by MITHIC (the MIT Human Insight Collaborative). @mit-cis.bsky.social news.mit.edu/2025/mit-hum...