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
MIT Sloan Professor Leigh Hafrey discusses President Obama's second inaugural address.
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 ...
Part of the MIT Political Science Distinguished Speaker Series
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.
A conversation with Marco Mazzucchelli on the future of the European Union currency.
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, ...
On March 6, 2012, MIT Political Science Professor Stephen Van Evera offered his thoughts on American grand strategy for the new era.
National security in an age of massive movements of people across borders is a universal concern that involves complex issues. While borders have different characteristics and challenges, there are areas of commonality. Fortunately, the overwhelming majority of crossings are not problematic, ...
Regina DuganKaigham Gabriel
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, ...
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 ...
Richard Samuels discusses life at MIT, from PhD student to professor.
