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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

Bishwapriya Sanyal

Director, Special Program in Urban and Regional Studies (SPURS)/ Humphrey Fellows Program

Ford International Professor of Urban Development and Planning

Staff

Sofia Limperis

Special Seminars and Administrative Assistant Assistant to M. Taylor Fravel, Richard Samuels

Administrative Assistant II

Faculty and Researchers

Mai Hassan

Faculty Director, MIT-Africa Program

Associate Professor of Political Science

Affiliates and Visitors

Jonathan Caverley

Affiliate

Professor of Strategy, US Naval War College

Affiliates and Visitors

Nataliia Fihurka

Research Affiliate

Uppsala University, Department of Material Science and Engineering,Division of Nanotechnology and Functional Materials

Fellows

Tetiana Zakharchenko

Global MIT At-Risk Fellow

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.

Lucas' story

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science '26

Lucas Puig interned at Itaú Unibanco, the largest bank in South America, through the MIT-Brazil Program. Working in the Operational Risk Department, Lucas developed risk models for the bank's Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

Jackson's story

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science '26

Jackson Biley worked at the National University of Singapore as a software engineer intern that supported his academic and career goals in several ways.

Fiona's story

Chemical Engineering '27

Chemical engineering major Fiona Shangguan interned at a startup doing quality control for disinfectant products made of recycled food waste while also finding the perfect ratio to create a bag out of banana peels and less plastic.

Ian's story

Mechanical Engineering '25

An internship at Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), working on biomechanics for prosthetics, has led Ian Rosado, a mechanical engineering major, to explore further and pursue a career in biomedical research.

Vin's story

Computer Science and Engineering '27

Vin's internship at Startgate, a startup incubator in Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco, focused on enhancing internal operations and promoting data-driven decision-making.

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

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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

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

Bishwapriya Sanyal

Sofia Limperis

Mai Hassan

Jonathan Caverley

Nataliia Fihurka

Tetiana Zakharchenko

Student Spotlights

Lucas' story

Jackson's story

Fiona's story

Ian's story

Vin's story