Balancing Hope and Despair in Turbulent Times
An essay co-written by IDSS affliate Esther Duflo considers the opportunities and challenges facing the world in the new year and beyond.
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A healthy wind
A new study co-authored by IDSS core faculty Noelle Selin and SES alum Minghao Qiu (PhD ’21) finds that the health benefits of using wind energy could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down.
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A breakthrough on “loss and damage,” but also disappointment, at UN climate conference
Delegates from MIT including IDSS core faculty Jessika Trancik attended COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where international climate negotiations went down to the wire.
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Championing a clean grid
Aaron Schwartz’s TPP research on energy, economics, and policy helped prepare him for a new role in clean energy advocacy.
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Study: Automation drives income inequality
A newly published study co-authored by IDSS core faculty Daron Acemoglu quantifies the extent to which automation has contributed to income inequality in the U.S.
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Policy Hackathon produces new solutions for technology policy challenges
The 2022 MIT Policy Hackathon explored policy solutions to sociotechnical challenges focused on post-pandemic efforts to build a better society, with challenges in cybersecurity, environmental justice, and city planning.
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Covid patients coming off ventilators can take weeks to regain consciousness
A study co-authored by IDSS core faculty Emery Brown examines the effects of a combination of Covid-19 and anesthesia on the human brain, with findings that "might point to new ways to save people from brain damage"
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MIT Racism Research Fund awards IDSS systemic racism initiative
An award of $150,000 from MIT's Racism Research Fund will help the IDSS Initiative on Combatting Systemic Racism (ICSR) strengthen cross-disciplinary collaborations.
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How to choose carbon offsets that actually cut emissions
IDSS affiliate John Sterman unpacks the implications of companies’ net zero emissions goals and offers a framework for real impact.
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“Elites are making choices that are not good news”
IDSS core faculty Daron Acemoglu and professor David Autor discuss the forces driving working-class voters toward the Republican Party.
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