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We invite faculty, researchers, and students from MIT and beyond to learn more about CIS’s impact and work — from research funding to student internships — happening in regions and nations worldwide.

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Apr 16

Divisions at Home, Divisions Abroad? How Domestic Political Conditions Shape Foreign Perceptions of U.S. Nuclear Credibility

Starr Forum: The US and the World Under Trump: The First 100 Days

5:30pm - 7:00pm

Location

Building 45 (MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing)

Apr 28

Truth in Crisis: Navigating the Intersections of Scientific Discourse and Misinformation

Dollar Dominance, Deterrence, and Denial

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Location

Building E40

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Working Groups

CIS provides working group grants for advancing interdisciplinary collaborations in the field of international studies. These small grants are provided as "seed" funds for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows seeking to address scholarly problems.

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Global Seed Funds

The MIT Global Seed Funds grant program provides opportunities for MIT faculty to collaborate with pioneering researchers from around the world.

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Faculty and Researchers

R Scott Kemp

Associate Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering

Staff

Justin Leahey

Assistant Director, Global Seed Funds

Managing Director, MIT-Germany Program, MIT-Switzerland Program

Affiliates and Visitors

Phil Haun

Affiliate

Professor, director of the US Navy's Deterrence Studies Institute at US Naval War College

Faculty and Researchers

Suzanne Berger

Institute Professor

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Rachel Tecott Metz

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Assistant Professor, George Washington University

Faculty and Researchers

Yasheng Huang

Faculty Director, MIT-China Program

Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management Professor, Global Economics and Management

Student Spotlights

CIS makes it possible for MIT students to experience the world while advancing knowledge, tackling tough challenges, and preparing for lives of impact, service, and leadership in an interconnected global society.

Yijun's story

Chemical Engineering '24

Yijun Yang spent her summer with TotalEnergies; loves learning about other languages, and being in an international lab has impacted her to apply for workplaces with an opportunity to travel or be in an international team.

Ana's story

Mechanical Engineering '27

Ana interned with UTEC Ventures in Peru in the summer of 2024. She facilitated the partnership between companies to create a new startup.

Amanda's story

Computation and Cognition '24

Amanda Tong, a computation and cognition major, interned at Boeing Korea Engineering Technology Center (BKETC) as a front-end engineer intern working on an application that sought to improve supplier oversight, production readiness, and supplier data transparency.

Dilin's story

Nuclear Science and Engineering '27

Dilin Meloni interned at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France, over the summer of 2024. For his career, this was exactly the project and field that he wanted to break into and he felt that it would be hugely impactful moving forward.

150th anniversary of Japan grad from MIT

Eichiro Honma graduated from MIT in 1874

From samurai to engineers: Eiichiro Honma was born the son of Genzui Honma, a samurai of the Fukuoka domain, and went to MIT for civil engineering research by order of the domain.

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Educating global leaders and generating research and insights for a safer, more prosperous world

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Universities must become active launchpads for innovation

Supersize me

Professor Ben Ross Schneider discusses cuts to the Department of Education and USAID

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Competing visions of international order

MIT Maritime Consortium sets sail

Are the United States and Europe still allies? The European public doesn’t think so

Entrepreneurship and innovation strategy books from MIT

From show trials to war: A brief history of Ukrainian scientists in portraits

Events

Divisions at Home, Divisions Abroad? How Domestic Political Conditions Shape Foreign Perceptions of U.S. Nuclear Credibility

Starr Forum: The US and the World Under Trump: The First 100 Days

Truth in Crisis: Navigating the Intersections of Scientific Discourse and Misinformation

Dollar Dominance, Deterrence, and Denial

Opportunities

Our community

R Scott Kemp

Justin Leahey

Phil Haun

Suzanne Berger

Rachel Tecott Metz

Yasheng Huang

Student Spotlights

Yijun's story

Ana's story

Amanda's story

Dilin's story

150th anniversary of Japan grad from MIT