Please join the Global Diversity Lab in congratulating our graduate fellows @BiffPM, Jasmine English, and Paige Bollen on their new academic positions! globaldiversitylab.mit.edu/2… @MITPoliSci @MIT_CIS @MIT_SHASS

Looking for summer reading suggestions? MIT News' latest list features books by several of our faculty members: • Phil Budden (@Phil_Budden) & Fiona Murray (@Fiona_MIT) - MIT-UK • Volha Charnysh (@vcharnysh) - @lab_diversity • Kathleen Thelen - MIT-Germany, MIT-Scandinavia Find their books here: news.mit.edu/2025/summer-rea… @MISTIatMIT @MITSloan @MITPoliSci @MIT_SHASS

Job alert: Looking for lab manager / research associate for @lab_diversity at MIT, which is a great opportunity for recent undergraduates considering a PhD in political science #development #climate #diversity Recent LM's went to Stanford, Yale, Berkeley careers.peopleclick.com/care…

Mai Hassan, associate professor of @MITPoliSci and faculty director of MIT-Africa, discusses Sudan's future amid the civil war with Ahmed @Kodouda in an article in @ForeignAffairs. Read here: foreignaffairs.com/sudan/sud… @MIT_SHASS @MISTIatMIT

Fascinating article in MIT News highlighting research on voter behavior by @ArielRWhite, associate professor of @MITPoliSci and a member of the Center's @lab_diversity! Read here: news.mit.edu/2025/insights-p… @MIT_SHASS #VoterTurnout #PoliticalParticipation

Syria faces uncertainty after the fall of Assad's regime, but hope remains. Elizabeth Parker-Magyar, postdoc fellow at @HarvardWCFIA and a member of the Center's @lab_diversity, explores potential paths for rebuilding. journalofdemocracy.org/onlin… @MITPoliSci @MIT_SHASS @MIT_SSP

Members of the Center’s @lab_diversity celebrated the release of Professor @vcharnysh's new book "Uprooted: How post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe" with a delicious cake! Congrats to Professor Charnysh on this incredible achievement! @MITPoliSci @MIT_SHASS @evlieb

A new study in @ClimaticChange_ by MIT professors @evlieb and @vcharnysh, MIT PhD student @jaredkalow, and UPenn postdoc @walk_erin explores US attitudes on global climate policies. Read: tinyurl.com/4etskuuw @MITPoliSci @MIT_SHASS @lab_diversity

Thrilled to announce the release of Uprooted: How Post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe today with @CUP_PoliSci! 🎉🎉🎉 📚[Amazon link: tinyurl.com/24m2mbkf] Every year, millions are displaced by war, repression, disasters, and climate change. My book shows that accommodating the displaced population can strengthen states and benefit local economies in the long run. I study the effects of large-scale displacement on social and economic development using rich historical data from post-WWII Poland and West Germany. A thread about the book below: (1/n)

Great to see our Starr Forum on the election highlighted in MIT News! Thank you to our speakers for sharing their insights on the global perspectives of the election. Read here: news.mit.edu/2024/how-world-… @evlieb @johngithongo @dziblatt @Prof_PSingh @MIT_SHASS @MITPoliSci

GDL was delighted to host Professor @laurajakli today for an engaging presentation and discussion of her working paper "Political Apathy as Autocratization Strategy: Evidence from Hungary"! @MITPoliSci @MIT_CIS @evlieb

Out today in paperback! My take on the first quarter-century of post-apartheid democracy, and with all its warts and problems, how it has delivered dignified development to millions. Until We Have Won Our Liberty press.princeton.edu/books/pa…

Delighted to have contributed to the 2024 Global Solidarity Report, out today in time for the #UNGA. We need to get creative in terms how we achieve this! @MIT_CIS @lab_diversity

Professor Noah L. Nathan's book The Scarce State: Inequality and Political Power in the Hinterland is co-winner of the 2024 American Political Science Association William Riker Award for Best Book in Political Economy! polisci.mit.edu/news/2024/pr…… @noahlnathan @MIT_SHASS @MIT_CIS

'Uprooted' by Volha Charnysh presents a fresh perspective on the developmental consequences of mass displacement. Drawing on post-WWII Poland & West Germany, she shows how cultural diversity increases entrepreneurship, education, and income. #Uprooted

This summer, @lab_diversity hosted its second cohort of Pathways to Political Science Summer Research interns. Pathways@GDL is sponsored in partnership with the MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) and funded by @MITPoliSci, CIS, and @MITAFRICA. ow.ly/TzjL50SVXfm

Congratulations to our second cohort of Pathways to Political Science interns!

Excited to learn that The Scarce State is co-winner of the 2024 William Riker Award for best book in Political Economy. Many thanks to the APSA Political Economy section and committee for the support! More info here: cambridge.org/core/books/sca… @CUP_PoliSci @APSAPolEconomy 1/2

@_sarahlockwood and I were about to run a survey of local politicians and debated whether to incentivize participation. Lacking guidance on best practice, we decided to randomize a few options and learn from the results. Our findings are now in print (doi.org/10.1177/205316802412…).

Join GDL Director @evlieb and alum @rnlekalake for this @MIT_CIS webinar on South Africa elections next week!

I look forward to moderating this important discussion among four terrific analysts of South African politics next week. Please join us!