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

Featured News

Analysis & Commentary

Universities must become active launchpads for innovation

April 10, 2025

News

Supersize me

April 08, 2025

Analysis & Commentary

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

April 03, 2025

Analysis & Commentary

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

March 26, 2025

News

Entrepreneurship and innovation strategy books from MIT

March 24, 2025

News

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

March 24, 2025

Explore our activities by region

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.

See all regions

Events

All upcoming events

Apr 11

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)

Apr 28

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

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Location

Building E40

Opportunities

See all opportunities

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.

Learn how to apply

Global Seed Funds

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

Browse seed funds

Our community

See all people

Faculty and Researchers

Evan Lieberman

Director, Center for International Studies

Faculty Director, MISTI

Director, Global Diversity Lab

Total Professor of Political Science and Contemporary Africa

Fellows

Volodymyr Tkach

Global MIT At-Risk Fellow

Fellows

Olatunde Mosobalaje

Empowering the Teachers Fellow

Affiliates and Visitors

Renanah Miles Joyce

Affiliate

Assistant Professor of Security Studies in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and Center for Security Studies

Faculty and Researchers

Erik Lin-Greenberg

Co-Director, SSP Wargaming Lab

Leo Marx Career Development Associate Professor in the History and Culture of Science and Technology

Staff

Yoav Danenberg

Managing Director, Empowering the Teachers

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.

Italy interns researching physics

Universita di Pisa

Learn about Lily's, Medha's and David's research on gravitational waves, stars and planets at the Universita' di Pisa in the summer of 2024!

Bella's story

Chemical-Biological Engineering '26

Bella Aparicio interned at Vinos y Licores, using her skills in biochemistry and engineering to develop new non-alcoholic fermented beverages.

Jaden's story

Chemistry '25

During the summer of 2024, Jaden Anderson traveled to Manaus, Brazil. He worked with research groups; one focusing on clinical trials against malaria and the second focused on investigating natural compounds extracted from Amazonian fungi and plants, with potential applications in medicine.

Michael's story

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science '23

Michael interned with ULVAC, a global supplier of vacuum pumps and components, production systems and instrumentation that are used in semiconductors and flat panel displays. Michael was also able to practice Judo near his workplace at an Olympic medalist’s dojo (training hall).

Tamara's story

Aeronautics and Astronautics '24

During the summer of 2024, Tamara Hinderman worked at the Technical University of Clausthal in Lower Saxony near the Harz mountains in Germany. She shared that this internship was vital to her future decision to work in Germany and changed her entire career path—for the better.

Student opportunities

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

Featured News

Universities must become active launchpads for innovation

Supersize me

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

U.S.-China arms control: 5 ideas in nuclear and emerging technologies

C. Cem Tasan to lead the Materials Research Laboratory

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

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

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

Opportunities

Our community

Evan Lieberman

Volodymyr Tkach

Olatunde Mosobalaje

Renanah Miles Joyce

Erik Lin-Greenberg

Yoav Danenberg

Student Spotlights

Italy interns researching physics

Bella's story

Jaden's story

Michael's story

Tamara's story