The goal of political science study at MIT is to advance the dialogue by comparing empirical phenomena with scholarly insights into how societies work. In the process, we are developing alternative uses for existing methodologies and inventing new ones. Many videos come from MIT's Department of Political Science
Washington stubbornly sticks to national security policies that don't work, are devoid of moral considerations, and rob future generations, says Andrew J. Bacevich
Richard Samuels discusses life at MIT, from PhD student to professor.
April 11, 2012The Port Huron Statement, this year celebrating its 50th anniversary, was the manifesto of Students for a Democratic Society and a foundational text of the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s. Tom Hayden, the statement’s primary author, joins Noam Chomsky, ...
Jens Hainmueller, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, discusses his current research.
Andrea Campbell’s core research concerns resemble a list of hot-button political issues pulled straight from the 2012 presidential campaign: Social Security, Medicare, health insurance, taxation.
MIT Sloan Professor Leigh Hafrey discusses President Obama's second inaugural address.
September 22, 2011 - MIT Wong Auditorium - In 1967, as the Vietnam War escalated, Noam Chomsky penned The Responsibility of Intellectuals, a stunning rebuke to scientists and scholars for their subservience to political power. Today we face a similar array of crises, ...
Regina DuganKaigham Gabriel
Ron Bloom, former Senior Counselor to the President, discusses issues and challenges involved in rebuilding the American economy.
The Political Science Distinguished Speaker Series is designed to bring together faculty, students, local business leaders, state economic officials, and, most importantly, MIT technology and policy thinkers. The emphasis for the first forum, co-hosted by Political ...
The MIT Center for International Studies undertakes research, teaching, international education, and public and policy engagement on a broad range of global issues.
Part of the MIT Political Science Distinguished Speaker Series
Andrea Louise Campbell, MIT professor of political science, is studying the impact that the presidential election will have on tax policy, health policy, Social Security, Medicare and health insurance. On Oct. 3, 2012, Campbell offered her thoughts on taxes and health ...
