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A Conversation with Luke Jordan, MIT GOV/LAB’s Practitioner-in-Residence

February 2021 / MIT GOV/LAB, Will Sullivan
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[MIT News] Visiting Undergraduates Collaborate with MIT PhD Students on Research through MIT GOV/LAB Mentorship Pilot

February 2021 / Will Sullivan
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[MIT News] In Brazil, a Look at Why Health Care Declines Around Elections

January 2021 / Will Sullivan
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Top Five Stories of 2020

December 2020 / MIT GOV/LAB
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[Event] #BlackInTheIvory: Academia’s Role in Institutional Racism

November 2020 / MIT GOV/LAB Event

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Governance Innovation

Bureaucrat Behavior, Civic Engagement, Open Government, Trust & Accountability
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Data to Inform the Pandemic Response (Covid-19)

Bureaucrat Behavior, Civic Engagement, Open Government, Trust & Accountability

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[Interactive] Engaged Scholarship Tools

October 2020 / MIT GOV/LAB, Alisa Zomer, Varja Lipovsek, Selmah Goldberg
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Risk and Equity Matrix

October 2020 / Alisa Zomer, Selmah Goldberg

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We take a special interest in citizen engagement by under resourced groups and government accountability in challenging contexts.