Adam J. Berinsky

Mitsui Professor of Political Science, Political Science

Adam Berinsky is the Mitsui Professor of Political Science at MIT and serves as the director of the MIT Political Experiments Research Lab (PERL). He is also a Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS). Berinsky received his PhD from the University of Michigan in 2000. He is the author of “Political Rumors: Why We Accept Misinformation and How to Fight It” (Princeton University Press, 2023), “In Time of War: Understanding American Public Opinion from World War II to Iraq” (University of Chicago Press, 2009), and “Silent Voices: Public Opinion and Political Participation in America“ (Princeton University Press, 2004).

He has published articles in many journals and is currently the co-editor of the Chicago Studies in American Politics book series at the University of Chicago Press. He is the recipient of multiple grants from the National Science Foundation and was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Berinsky was appointed a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow to study how political rumors spread and how they can be effectively debunked.