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Bureaucracies, dictatorships, and the power of Africa’s people
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Our distinguished faculty do field-defining work and develop the values, vision, and ethical compass of tomorrow’s leaders. They produce operas alongside research that makes the world a better place.
Without human understanding, there is no understanding. The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences is home to scholars and artists who are doing transformative work in fields that are vital to addressing the world’s most important challenges.
Making a measurable economic impact
Graduate student Saeed Miganeh, who’s studying Data, Economics, and Design of Policy at MIT, wants to answer important questions about designing effective programs for poverty mitigation and economic growth in African countries.
When learning at MIT means studying thousands of miles away
MISTI’s Global Classrooms helps students address global issues within their local context.
Learn more about the research of our exceptional faculty.
A modest intervention that helps low-income families beat the poverty trap
Letting people work with a “navigator” dramatically increases how often they move to higher-opportunity neighborhoods.
In international relations, it’s the message, not the medium
A set of research surveys by MIT political scientists shows that the public, and policymakers, take threats from world leaders equally seriously, whether those warnings are issued on social media, or through traditional government statements.
SHASS offers an wide array of events through our departments, programs, and centers. We’ve featured some upcoming events below. See our events calendar for opportunities to drink tea with luminaries from SHASS fields, hear groundbreaking ideas at a symposium, or attend a film screening.
MIT German Studies Fall Film Series – Die Arier/The Ayrans
Screening of the 2014 film, Die Arier/The Ayrans. Wednesday, September 18, 2024. 7-9 p.m. at the MIT 2-190. Free and open to the public.
DANGER AND OPPORTUNITY workshop
MIT’s Theater Arts program presents the DANGER AND OPPORTUNITY workshop, a staged reading of the play DANGER AND OPPORTUNITY, on Wednesday, September 18 at 8 pm in the building W97 theater.
SHASS community spotlight
The SHASS community is made of inspiring students, staff, and faculty. Meet these individuals who have big impacts in the corridors of MIT and beyond.
Latest news from SHASS
Our work has broad impact at MIT and across the globe. Read the latest about new ideas coming out of SHASS.
Protecting the rights of internet users, in Mexico and worldwide
PhD student Mariel García-Montes researches the internet’s far-reaching impact on society, especially regarding privacy and young people.
Meet the 2024 tenured professors in the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Faculty members granted tenure in anthropology; comparative media studies/writing; philosophy; political science; and science, technology, and society.
Enabled by a significant gift, MIT’s Security Studies Program launches the Center for Nuclear Security Policy
With $45 million in support from the Stanton Foundation, the program will expand its longstanding leadership in a critical area of global security.
