Faculty and Researchers

Mai Hassan

Faculty Director, MIT-Africa Program

Associate Professor of Political Science

mhass@mit.edu

Website

https://polisci.mit.edu/people/mai-hassan

Expertise

International education

Political science

Authoritarian regimes

Bureaucracy and public administration

Contentious politics

News

The World at MIT: Mai Hassan

The experience of growing up in the Sudanese diaspora drew Mai Hassan to political science and a desire to examine topics related to authoritarianism. Hassan is associate director of political science and leads the Center's MIT-Africa Program and MISTI Africa. Learn more about her work in this video.

June 05, 2024

Analysis & Commentary

Coordinated dis-coordination

In an research article published by Cambridge University Press, Mai Hassan, the MIT-Africa faculty director, writes about how dissidents mobilizing against a repressive regime benefit from using public information for tactical coordination but also alerts the regime of their plans.

February 01, 2024