
3 Questions with Richard Nielsen: How political science helps combat terrorism
Richard Nielsen explores why some Muslim clerics adopt the ideology of militant jihad while most do not.
READ MORETrump Rejects Science, Technology, Economics, and the Constitution With His Two-for-One Executive Order
Opinion piece by Nicholas Ashford on President Trump's recent executive order.
READ MOREHigher Rates Of Hate Crimes Are Tied To Income Inequality
Piece by Engineering Systems PhD candidate Maia Majumder
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Aligning Policies for Low-Carbon Systemic Innovation in Europe
Report co-authored by Nicholas Ashford proposes 10 steps to embed low-carbon innovation in EU policy process.
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Explained: Greenhouse gases
New research from Jessika Trancik and Susan Solomon (EAPS) looks at the potency and duration of greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide.
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MIT Election Data and Science Lab launches
Founded by political scientist Charles Stewart III, the Election Lab focuses on non-partisan research, data, and analysis to improve elections.
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What can data science tell us about literature?
Research by IDSS postdoctoral associate Santiago Segarra and team used a network-based tool to analyze Shakespearean plays.
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Technological progress alone won’t stem resource use
Research by Chris Magee and co-author finds no evidence of an overall reduction in the world’s consumption of materials.
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Rethinking how we get around
Paul Kishimoto, a PhD student in IDSS, probes the future of transportation in China.
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Trancik Lab: From Data to Action
The Trancik Lab uses data models to answer questions about energy technologies from photovoltaics to electric cars.
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