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MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning | October 15, 2024

Shaping a Better Process for Crisis Interventions

A new paper co-authored by SES and IDPS student Marie-Laure Charpignon utilizes a case study of researchers and scholars' reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic to offer pathways for future collaboration in addressing emergent crises.

October 14, 2024

Daron Acemoglu wins Nobel Prize in economics

Acemoglu shares the prize with fellow MIT economist Simon Johnson and political scientist James Robinson (Univ. of Chicago) for their illumination of the relationship between political systems and economic growth.

MIT News | October 11, 2024

The changing geography of “energy poverty”

Homes in the South and Southwest of the U.S. could use more aid for energy costs, due to a growing need for air conditioning in a warming climate, says study co-authored by IDSS faculty Christopher Knittel and recent TPP graduate Peter Heller.


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