MITPoliticalScience@MITPoliSci

MIT Department of Political Science

 Cambridge, MA
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Joined October 2016
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SHASS faculty were granted tenure in @MITPoliSci , @mit_cmsw, @MIT_MTA, and @MITEcon. news.mit.edu/2026/tenured-pr… @vcharnysh @TobiasSalz @ChristianKWolf

Meet the 2026 tenured professors in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

The MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences announced that five MIT faculty were granted tenure.

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Prof. Mariya Grinberg has won the J. David Greenstone Book Prize from the American Political Science Association's Politics and History Section for her book Trade in War: Economic Cooperation Across Enemy Lines. @MIT_SHASS @MIT_SSP @MIT_CIS polisci.mit.edu/news/2026/pr…
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“I always say, political methodology is the field where you ask questions as a political scientist, but then you solve them like an applied statistician or an applied computer scientist,” Naoki Egami says. news.mit.edu/2026/studying-s… @MIT_SHASS @MIT

Measure by measure, studying society accurately

Naoki Egami is an MIT political scientist specializing in the methodology of research, including the question of “external validity” — whether the results of particular studies apply more generally.

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“Just because a chatbot gives a confident answer does not mean that it is the correct answer,” @AdamBerinsky said. He, @cstewartiii & Prof. Chara Podimata lead a data collection effort documenting what A.I. systems say about an election. nytimes.com/2026/09/10/busin… @MIT_SHASS @MIT
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The American Political Science Association has recognized Profs @eriklg, @ArielRWhite, Andrea Campbell and Kathleen Thelen, and PhD students @jerik, @gabrielle_p_s, Angie Jo and Ye Zhang for outstanding books, articles and papers. @MIT_SHASS @MIT_CIS @MIT polisci.mit.edu/
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Pathways@GDL, aimed at broadening the pipeline into US Political Science PhD programs, will host a 5th cohort of interns in 2027. polisci.mit.edu/news/2026/pa… @ArielRWhite @noahlnathan @NCCU @UFNews @HowardU @UWitwaters7351 @BardCollege @JMUOffcial @LifeAtPurdue @MIT @MIT_SHASS
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Prof. Bailey Flanigan develops complex computational methods for helping democracy thrive. news.mit.edu/2026/following-… @MIT_SHASS @MIT @MITEECS

Following the questions where they lead

A profile of MIT Assistant Professor Bailey Flanigan explores how she develops complex computational methods for helping democracy thrive.

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Prof. Kathleen Thelen's book Attention Shoppers! American Retail Capitalism and the Origins of the Amazon Economy has received the American Political Science Assoc. Gladys M. Kammerer Award for the best book published in the field of U.S. national policy @MIT_CIS @MIT_SHASS
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U.S. Representative from the 4th District of KY and MIT alum Thomas Massie generously shared his time, expertise, and advice with students in our MIT Washington Summer Internship Program. @MIT @MIT_SHASS polisci.mit.edu/news/2026/mi…
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“The overarching pattern we find is that if you compare people who live in compound houses to residents of other housing types...there is a pretty big difference in political actions,” says Prof. Noah Nathan. news.mit.edu/2026/how-archit… @noahlnathan @MIT_SHASS @MIT_CIS

How architecture influences political activity

A new study in Ghana shows residents in semi-communal housing are more likely to vote, attend rallies, and take part in political campaigns, compared to people in more private forms of housing.

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Professor Lily L. Tsai has been named the next Concourse faculty director, starting August 1. Concourse is a first-year program that brings science into conversation with the humanities. gue.mit.edu/news/introducing…
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Summer is a great time to read The Remote Revolution: Drones and Modern Statecraft (Prof. @eriklg ) and Trade in War: Economic Cooperation Across Enemy Lines (Prof. Mariya Grinberg).
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Time to add to that TBR list! Explore new works from across the Institute, including SHASS professors and lecturers. news.mit.edu/2026/summer-rea… @MITPoliSci @MITPSTS @eriklg @bradford_skow @LITatMIT @MIT_SSP @MITphilosophy @MIT_CIS
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Some of the most important things in life feel ordinary, until you stop and think about what makes them possible. A cure. A car. A comet. Someone right now is chasing answers to questions we haven't even asked yet. This is #CuriosityOnAMission. 🔬 What are you curious about? curiositymission.org/
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Prof. @AdamBerinsky co-authored "Understanding and Combatting Misinformation Across 16 Countries on Six Continents." It won Best Publication from the Behavioral Science and Policy Association at their Annual Meeting last week. polisci.mit.edu/.../article-…... @MIT_SHASS
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"How do you design the machine to be contributing to normatively positive outcomes," @mitpolisci professor and MIT Governance Lab director and founder Lily Tsai asks. Tsai sat on the AI and Politics panel during the AI and Society Forum held Tuesday 5/12.
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At today's commencement reception, Prof. David Singer presented the Lucian Pye Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis to Yui Fung Raymond Wang. Congratulations to all our graduates! #MIT2026 @MIT @MIT_SHASS @MIT_CIS @StudiesMit4226
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Congratulations to our Political Science PhDs! Front row: Suzanne Freeman, Wenyan Deng, Ye Zhang, and Diana “Tingxuan” Zhu. Back row: Sukrit Puri, Nicholas Blanchette, Eleanor Freund, Eyal Hanfling, Raymond Wang, and Wright Smith. #MIT2026 @MIT @MIT_SHASS @MIT_CIS @StudiesMit4226
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Science is Curiosity on a Mission: It includes all of us who ask "why" and make it our mission to find out. These are the discoveries that move the country forward. The pursuit of ideas that seemed impossible until they weren’t. #CuriosityOnAMission
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“I have yet to meet a professor that cares more for their students.” Prof. Danny Hidalgo, who studies democracy and political behavior in Latin America, is honored as “Committed to Caring” for graduate student mentorship.news.mit.edu/2026/committed-… @fdhidalgo @MIT_SHASS @MIT_CIS @MIT

“I have yet to meet a professor that cares more for their students”

MIT Associate Professor Daniel Hidalgo, a political scientist who studies elections, democracy, and political behavior in Latin America, is honored as “Committed to Caring” for graduate student...

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