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...

Political Science collaborations with Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mathematics and Brain and Cognitive Sciences have received MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC) grants. Congratulations to Profs. Choucri, Kim and Tsai! shass.mit.edu/mit-human-in...

GIG ALERT: Come work with us! We are looking for a research director to join our team ASAP; this position is a great fit for a PhD/ABD interested in helping manage a lab & contributing to a range of academic projects. More info & application are available: https://buff.ly/4jwRvtg

Check out this interview with Prof. Lily L. Tsai & Leela Fredlund '24 about the new Compass Course, an initiative from across SHASS that explores the persistent moral and social questions central to the human experience: what is value, merit, truth, a good society? shass.mit.edu/mits-compass...

Check out this profile of Professor Ariel White! @arielrwhite.bsky.social news.mit.edu/2025/insight...

Note this application process is through campuswide MSRP program, so we follow their eligibility: students studying at US universities (but that includes international students)

We're planning on a cohort of 5-8 students this year. MIT provides housing & a stipend. Check out our website for more info on the program and application: globaldiversitylab.mit.edu/summer-resea...

this is a great program for undergrads to get a sense of what PhD research is really like! (while being paid and housed and learning some new skills at MIT) bsky.app/profile/arie...

Congratulations to former political science department head and PhD ‘89 Rick Locke on being named dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management. Great to have you back at MIT! news.mit.edu/2025/richard...

@nlnathan.bsky.social and David Mwambari are the co-winners of the APCG Best Book Award for their books titled "The Scarce State: Inequality and Political Power in the Hinterland" and "Navigating Cultural Memory: Commemoration and Narrative in Postgenocide Rwanda." www.afpol.org/blog/noah-na...

New study examines American attitudes on global climate policies. Authors are Professors Evan Lieberman and Volha Charnysh, MIT PhD student Jared Kalow and UPenn postdoctoral student Erin Walks. cis.mit.edu/news-media/n... @evlieb.bsky.social @vcharnysh.bsky.social

📌 Apply now to participate in the 2025 MIT Washington Summer Internship Program 📌 Application deadline: January 6, 2025 -> summerwash.mit.edu/apply The program places undergraduates from across the Institute in summer internships. Housing and a stipend are provided. youtu.be/3yzSWJlZIpw?...

How mass migration remade postwar Europe: Volha Charnysh’s new book examines refugees and state-building in Germany and Poland after World War II, as new residents spurred economic and civic growth. news.mit.edu/2024/how-mas... @vcharnysh.bsky.social