Explaining today's politics in a rational way might be a stretch, but we can try... Tickets for my May 12 Lectures on Tap go on sale Sunday. Hope to see you there! lecturesontap.com/boston

A recording of my talk at the 2026 Joint Mathematics Meetings. From the war in Bosnia to some of the current research in math and democracy and the urgency of our work. youtu.be/hm_nBJ_xpAQ?...

I hope to see you at my next Lectures on Tap. This talk is for those of you who yelled "When will I ever use this?!" when you took math in high school. www.eventbrite.com/e/lectures-o...

A nice conversation about why the quantitative approach to democracy reform matters now more than ever. www.buzzsprout.com/1950812/epis...

What do Konvoj and 80s big hair have to do with math & democracy? You'll have to wait to find out until the video of my talk comes out!

What an inspiring and fun event! The most amazing was the team of some 40 Brown University students who pulled off an incredibly sophisticated and technically demanding production without a hitch.

The paperback is out! Happily nestled between Anne Applebaum and The World Almanac, right where it belongs. You can't bludgeon anyone with it like you could with the hardback, but it can still help you save democracy! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

I totally could have hit that pose for the cover. If only they'd asked me... Thank you WellesleyWeston Magazine for the nice interview.

A poet and a mathematician from @wellesley.edu in the same poli sci section at Harvard Book Store. @dchiasso.bsky.social

Looking forward to a good conversation. Thank you YPO Democracy Group for organizing. Registration link in comments.

Want to see more clearly in a cloud of political data – while drinking a beer? You can, just come to my Lectures on Tap on Feb 2! Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/lectures-o...

A little bit intimidated by the venue for my talk at #JMM2026.

Thank you Mathematical Association of America and Allison Henrich for letting me write this article. Our involvement is needed now more than ever. digitaleditions.walsworthprintgroup.com/article/Inst...

My piece on ranked choice voting in New York City made it to the Cognoscenti's best of 2025 list! (And another piece on my immigrant story got a shoutout). www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

An article I cowrote with Andy Schultz and David McCune providing some highlights from a research project that analyzed various voting systems. theconversation.com/ranked-choic...

Always a pleasure to visit N1 TV. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6_P...

An op-ed written by a group of amazing high school and college students I mentor through the Carnegie Youth Leaders for Civic Preparedness program at the Institute for Citizens & Scholars. thefulcrum.us/governance-l...

I have two heroes: Keith Jarrett and Haruki Murakami. I was lucky to have met one of them. I told him that his writing is very close to a mathematician's heart; like his characters, we constantly slip in an out of the surreal, the otherworldly – that's what doing abstract mathematics requires.

"There's my mathematician!," Clinton said when she saw me. We had a lovely conversation about math, democracy, my book, and Bosnia. Also met and chatted with @repemilyrandall.bsky.social, another amazing Wellesley alumna.

Odličan razgovor, pet puta sam se preznojio pokušavajući da pariram sjajnom Draganu Markovini. podcastoslobodjenje.ba/ismar-volic-...

A nice article about the recent conference I coorganized. thewellesleynews.com/21886/news/n...

I was elected a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. Thank you AMS and the mathematics community. @amermathsoc.bsky.social

Kellie, Chipo, Jen, Stacie... this panel is going to be fire!

Panel discussion on the role of quantitative research in political reform featuring Ariel Procaccia of Harvard University, Alma Steingart of Columbia University, and Rob Richie of Expand Democracy. Moderated by me, with remarks by @wellesley.edu president Paula Johnson. youtu.be/uFq6sjf19NI?...

You always wanted to save democracy but wished you could do it over a beer? Now you can, just come to my Lectures on Tap! Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/lectures-o...

It's a huge honor to be giving this talk at one of the largest math conferences in the world. @amermathsoc.bsky.social jointmathematicsmeetings.org/meetings/nat...

Between Two Ferns with Zach G.? No, just an amazing discussion about the role of academic research in democracy reform.

I was interviewed for this article about gerrymandering, but don't really know what it says since it's behind a paywall. I'm assuming it says gerrymandering is bad and math is the only thing that can save us. expresso.pt/internaciona...

Sprawling new report on a research project examining ranked choice voting. mathematics-democracy-institute.org/empirical-an...

La démocratie en équation url:https://laviedesidees.fr/La-democratie-en-equation

There are still a few more days left to register for our conference! mathematics-democracy-institute.org/2025-social-...

Exactly 30 years apart.

Celebrating the 2025 Euler Book Prize winner: @ismarvolic.bsky.social's Making Democracy Count. So much talk at #MAAthFest re gerrymandering, ranked choice voting & where we go from here. Thanks to @joinmaa.bsky.social. @princetonupress.bsky.social is honored to be a part of it. #ItAllStartsWithMath

My latest opinion piece. www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

Delighted to have contributed to this article. time.com/7304038/gerr...

An important article (I contributed to) about innumeracy in politics. wapo.st/3GW6kqW

We are pleased to announce that @ismarvolic.bsky.social has been awarded the The Mathematical Association of America's 2025 Euler Book Prize! 📚 maa.org/news/recipie...

Hvala Radio Sarajevo! radiosarajevo.ba/metromahala/...

So cool! I am now in the company of some of my favorite math writers! Thank you Mathematical Association of America! maa.org/news/recipie...

Video of a cool panel discussion I participated in as part of the conference The Mathematics of Opportunity: Beyond Limits organized by @justequations.bsky.social. www.justequations.org/session/open...

I'm in some seriously badass company here! magazine.wellesley.edu/issues/sprin...

Catch the sale, 40% off! www.amazon.com/Making-Democ...

An oped I cowrote with Vicki Haberkorn Abeles, the director of the film Counted Out, about why math is crucial for preservation of democracy and economic prosperity. www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/07/o...

Elevating mathematical thinking will bring more students to the forefront of democracy and prosperity, according to this new op-ed by math professor @ismarvolic.bsky.social and filmmaker Vicki Abeles, both speakers from our #TMO25 conference. www.mercurynews.com/2025/05/07/o...

Take my class so we can save democracy with math! (Or at least we can try...) courses.dce.harvard.edu?srcdb=202503...

@ismarvolic.bsky.social is the chair of mathematics and the director of the Institute for Mathematics & Democracy. In 1992, he was a recipient of Temporary Protected Status, allowing him to remain in the U.S., work legally, enroll in college, and receive scholarships. www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

We fix democracy. Tomorrow. The Ivy Bookshop, Baltimore. See you there. www.theivybookshop.com/event/ismar-...

Please join the Ivy Bookshop in welcoming @ismarvolic.bsky.social for a discussion of his book, Making Democracy Count, tomorrow (April 16) at 6 pm EDT! He will be in conversation with John Watt. RSVP today:

My immigrant story, with reflections on what's happening today. www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

Registration is now open for the Social Choice: Theory and Computation conference at @wellesley.edu, October 15-17, 2025. mathematics-democracy-institute.org/2025-social-...