MIT Political Science

Alumni Spotlight- AnnaLee Saxenian, PhD 1989

Not every municipality looks like quaintly historic Concord, Massachusetts, where AnnaLee Saxenian, PhD 1989, grew up. Nor do they all resemble Hong Kong, where she first learned about city and regional planning. Communities exist built not around town halls and school boards, but around commerce and labor. And it was in one of these less traditional “communities” that the onetime aspiring city planner found her stride. more...

Meet Chris Clary, PhD Candidate

In the high stakes world of international relations, particularly when nuclear powers are involved, there is little room for error. At the same time, sorting out causes and effects from the mix of actions and events unfolding between nation states is not trivial. more...

Faculty Profile

Jens Hainmueller

During his youth in Freiburg, Germany, family meals could occasion lively debate, recalls Jens Hainmueller, recently tenured Associate Professor of Political Science.  His parents, deeply influenced by the 1970’s student movements, believed in, “making politics,” while Hainmueller was, “more interested in analyzing political dynamics, and what shapes actual policies," he says. more...

Research Profile

The Puerto Rico Economy Project at MIT (PREP) now housed in Political Science. more...

Faculty Profile

New political theorist Lucas Stanczyk explores social justice, personal choice. more...