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Dr. Rand and Ambassador Shringla to join MIT as distinguished fellows at the Center for International Studies

March 13, 2025

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Houck and Ansari, PhD students, further their dissertation research abroad

March 04, 2025

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“Urban Futures of the Amazon” debates urbanization issues in the biome and the region

February 27, 2025

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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 9

Global Space Infrastructure and U.S. Grand Strategy

Global Climate Adaptation: Overcoming Political and Policy Challenges

8:30am - 5:00pm

Location

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

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)

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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

Roger Petersen

Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science, Emeritus

Students

Kathryn Dura

PhD Student

Faculty and Researchers

Doug Hart

Faculty Co-Director, MIT-Portugal Program

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Fellows

Eli Sanchez

Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow

Faculty and Researchers

Gediminas Urbonas

Faculty Co-Director, MIT-Eurasia Program

Associate Professor

Faculty and Researchers

Kelly M Greenhill

Director, Seminar XXI Program

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Senior Research Scholar and Visiting Associate Professor, CIS

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.

Nickie's story

Mechanical Engineering '24

Nickie Mpofu '24 interned with Semiconductor Technologies Limited (STL), a Kenyan startup focused on semiconductor manufacturing in the summer of 2024.

Shruti's story

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Art and Design '25

Shruthi Ravichandran, worked on utilizing inductors to detect nanoparticles at Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain).

Nina's story

Engineering '24

Nina Gerszberg interned at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, where she contributed to an assistive robotics project focused on enabling individuals with disabilities to control a robotic arm using gaze tracking.

Kinan's story

Computation and Cognition '23

Kinan Martin using his skills in coding he honed, to further the research of using natural language processing solutions for Spanish language clinical use at the University of Chile.

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.

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

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Competing visions of international order

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A collaboration across continents to solve a plastics problem

Dr. Rand and Ambassador Shringla to join MIT as distinguished fellows at the Center for International Studies

Houck and Ansari, PhD students, further their dissertation research abroad

“Urban Futures of the Amazon” debates urbanization issues in the biome and the region

Events

Global Space Infrastructure and U.S. Grand Strategy

Global Climate Adaptation: Overcoming Political and Policy Challenges

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

Opportunities

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Roger Petersen

Kathryn Dura

Doug Hart

Eli Sanchez

Gediminas Urbonas

Kelly M Greenhill

Student Spotlights

Nickie's story

Shruti's story

Nina's story

Kinan's story

Yijun's story