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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

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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

Pawan Sinha

Faculty Director, MIT-South Asia Program

Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Fellows

Nicholas Talbot

Military Fellow

Colonel, US Army

Students

Daniel Cebul

PhD Student

Fellows

Ryan Fitzgerald

Military Fellow

Lieutenant Colonel, US Air Force

Staff

Megha Hegde

Program Manager, MIT-South Asia Program

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Joshua Shifrinson

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Associate Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies

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.

Erin's story

Grad student in Mechanical Engineering

A summer at Trondheim, Norway, Erin Menezes worked with the Aquaculture Robotics group with SINTEF and it solidified her decision in which field she wanted to pursue.

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.

Donny's story

Mathematics '25

Donny Stralkus '25 collaborated with a professor on deep learning research at UTEC in Lima, Peru.

Roger's story

Ph.D Candidate, Materials Science & Engineering '19

Rodger interned for a semester in the Lubrication Department at Shell (Shanghai) Technology Ltd. and taught for a summer in three different regions of China with the MIT-China Educational Technology Initiative (CETI).

Alexandra's story

Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Mechanical Engineering '25

Alexandra interned at the Machine Learning and Data Analytics Lab at Friedrich Alexander Universitat (FAU). Through this experiment, she was able to learn to be quick on her feet in problem-solving, conduct psychology experiments, and analyze data.

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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

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Pawan Sinha

Nicholas Talbot

Daniel Cebul

Ryan Fitzgerald

Megha Hegde

Joshua Shifrinson

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Nina's story

Donny's story

Roger's story

Alexandra's story