Q&A: Gabriela Sá Pessoa on Brazilian politics, human rights in the Amazon, and AI
Author:
Sabina Van Mell
The Brazilian social justice reporter is the 2023 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies.
New MIT fellowship supports student research on governance innovation with Global South governments
Author:
Seongkyul Park
A new cross-institute initiative between MIT Governance Lab, MISTI, and the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center to support graduate student work in public sector innovation.
Is Europe serious about self-defense, or free-riding?
Author:
Emma Ashford and Matthew Kroenig
Quoted: "Barry Posen, for example, has several goodpieces that explore the defense ramifications, costs, and risks of transferring more responsibility to European states."
Architectural heritage like you haven’t seen it before
Author:
Peter Dizikes
MIT’s “Ways of Seeing” project, directed by Fotini Christia, a professor, is a historic preservation effort recording architecture through digital imaging, Extended Reality techniques, and hand-drawn architectural renderings.
Q&A: How studying Portuguese helps to look at life through a different lens
Six MIT SHASS educators receive 2023 Levitan Teaching Awards
Author:
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Nicholas Ackert, a PhD candidate in the MIT Security Studies Program, received a James A and Ruth Levitan Teaching Award for 2023, along with five others. The awards honor outstanding success in teaching undergraduate and graduate students.
Video: Ukraine pledges to take back Russian-occupied territories, but experts argue success is unlikely
Carol Saivetz, Senior Advisor at the MIT Security Studies Program, appeared on GBH News to discuss the coming Ukrainian counteroffensive.
New MIT-Denmark collaboration to expand opportunities for global impact
Author:
MISTI
A grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation will allow more MIT interns to connect with innovators in Denmark.
Radio: 'Grand Delusion' with Steven Simon on Monday's Access Utah
Author:
Tom Williams
CIS Wilhelm Fellow Steven Simon joined Tom Williams on Utah Public Radio to discuss his new book Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East.
Podcast: Bureaucracies, dictatorships, and the power of Africa’s people
President Sally Kornbluth talks with Associate Professor Mai Hassan about public administration in Africa and how people mobilize against repressive regimes.