Can development aid counter insurgencies? Lessons from Afghanistan
Evidence suggests aid programs can be effective when insurgencies are locally driven, but may be detrimental when insurgents don't rely on local populations for support, say researchers including IDSS Director Fotini Christia.
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Bigger datasets aren’t always better
MIT researchers including IDSS faculty Saurabh Amin and Asu Ozdaglar developed a way to identify the smallest dataset that guarantees optimal solutions to complex problems.
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Exploring Market Opportunities for Ancillary Services in India’s Renewable Energy Sector
Supported by the MISTI India program, TPP student Grant Lee explored how ReNew, one of India’s largest renewable energy producers, can strategically participate in the newly opened ancillary services market.
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Students from UTEC Uruguay earn Data Science credential from MIT
Over 100 students at UTEC in Uruguay have now completed the MIT MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science through a unique partnership with IDSS.
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Teaching robots to map large environments
A new approach developed by researchers including IDSS faculty Luca Carlone could help a search-and-rescue robot navigate an unpredictable environment by rapidly generating an accurate map of its surroundings.
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Life’s Work: an interview with Esther Duflo
The Nobel laureate talks about why she became an economist, which tools and interventions have shown success in reducing poverty, and the role of public-private collaboration in solving seemingly intractable problems.
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Celebrating 50 years of impact, MIT’s Technology and Policy Program looks to the future
TPP held a landmark symposium celebrating a half-century of education, research, and impact — while looking ahead to the defining technology policy issues of the future.
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IDSS partners with One League
One League's new Generative AI and Data Science Fellowship builds on programming created by IDSS faculty to equip professionals with the skills to lead in these fields.
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Charles Stewart III elected as Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration
IDSS faculty member is among 42 members of the 2025 Class of Academy Fellows.
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MIT Maritime Consortium releases “Nuclear Ship Safety Handbook”
TPP students Anthony Valiaveedu and Nat Edmonds are among the co-authors of this first-of-its-kind handbook, which serves to guide the design safety for civilian nuclear ships.
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