MIT GOV/LAB Event
Projects
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News November 2021
[Nov. 17 Webinar]: Evaluating 20,000+ World Bank Development Projects: Can Machine Learning Help Predict which Projects Will Succeed or Fail?
MIT GOV/LAB Practitioner-in-Residence Luke Jordan presents exploratory research applying machine learning to a brand new dataset scraped from the World Bank’s public archives.
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News November 2020
[Event] #BlackInTheIvory: Academia’s Role in Institutional Racism
The MIT Communications Forum is sponsoring a panel on December 3rd to examine academia’s role in perpetuating institutional racism and efforts to change those systems. RSVP below.
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News July 2020
[J-WEL Webinar] Behavioral Science in the Field: A New Model for Graduate Research Practicums
Join Busara and MIT GOV/LAB for a webinar on July 8th hosted by MIT J-WEL. RSVP below.
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News June 2020
[Webinar] E-Learning on WhatsApp: A Collaboration between Grassroot and MIT in South Africa
Join Grassroot and MIT GOV/LAB for a webinar on June 26th hosted by IT for Health and Educations System Equity. RSVP details below.
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News November 2019
[Event] Helping Grassroots Organizations Mobilize: Civic Technology in Low-Data Contexts
Learn how civic technology is supporting grassroots organizers in South Africa with Luke Jordan on November 19th. RSVP details below.
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News November 2019
[Seminar] Ideas Have Consequences: The Impact of Law & Economics on American Justice
We are excited to host Daniel L. Chen from the Institute for Advanced Studies in Toulouse (IAST) on November 14th. RSVP details below.
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News November 2018
#PBD18: Third Political Behavior of Development Conference at MIT
We are convening a third annual PBD conference with panels and workshops on gender, violence, citizen-coordination, and political behavior. This year we also have a poster session featuring graduate student research.
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News November 2018
MIT-Africa Forum and GOV/LAB Present Risha Chande & Joost Bonsen
The MIT-Africa Forum continues on December 5th featuring Risha Chande from Twaweza East Africa and MIT MAS Lecturer Joost Bonsen.
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News March 2018
Using Data to Anticipate and Prevent Famines — Gro Intelligence
Our Data Science to Solve Social Problems series continues with Sara Menker of Gro Intelligence.
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News April 2018
Drugs, Data, and District Attorneys — ACLU of Massachusetts
Our Data Science to Solve Social Problems series continues with Carl Williams and Nasser Eledroos from the American Civil Liberties Union.
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News November 2017
Increasing Voter Knowledge with Pre-Election Interventions on Facebook
GOV/LAB's Data Science to Solve Social Problems seminar series starts again this semester with Winter Mason from Facebook's Civic Engagement Research Team – Nov 13th. RSVP below.
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News November 2017
Second Political Behavior of Development Conference at MIT
We convened a second annual PBD conference on what determines citizen expectations of the state, support for justice, electoral and nonelectoral participation, and bureaucratic behavior.
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News November 2017
Using Data Science to Monitor Health Plan Compliance — Bayes Impact
GOV/LAB's Data Science to Solve Social Problems seminar series starts again this semester with Mehdi Jamei from Bayes Impact – Dec 7th. RSVP below.
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News January 2018
The City of Long Beach Justice Lab: A Data-Driven Approach
MIT GOV/LAB's Data Science to Solve Social Problems seminar series continues with Alma Castro of the City of Long Beach Innovation Team.
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News March 2018
The Role of Data Science in Getting Power to the People — DataKind
Our Data Science to Solve Social Problems series continues with Jake Porway on how DataKind uses data science and artificial intelligence to empower civic society and drive government transparency and accountability.
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News March 2017
Measuring Partisan Conflict in Congress Using Unstructured Data and Machine Learning
GOV/LAB's Data Science to Solve Social Problems seminar series continues with Patrick van Kessel from Pew Research Center - March 20th. RSVP below.
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News March 2017
The Future of Data Science in the City of Boston
GOV/LAB's Data Science to Solve Social Problems seminar series continues with Boston's Chief Data Officer Andrew Therriault - April 10th. RSVP below.
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News April 2017
We the People / #Hack4Democracy
MIT GOV/LAB is organizing We the People / Hack for Democracy to demonstrate MIT’s deep commitment to core American (and human) values of fairness, equality, and openness. April 21 & 22. RSVP below!
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News October 2016
Political Behavior of Development Conference at MIT
We are hosting a conference Friday, October 28, 2016 examining issues of racial and intergroup relations, determinants of political participation, partisanship and mobilization as well as the influence of informal institutions and elites on attitudes and behaviors.
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News October 2016
Holding Algorithms Accountable: Hidden Biases in Machine Learning
GOV/LAB is kicking off a seminar series on Data Science to Solve Social Problems. Our first seminar is November 1st with Jeff Larson, Data Editor at ProPublica. RSVP below.
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News November 2016
Building Data-Driven Government: From Filling Potholes to Disrupting the Cycle of Incarceration
GOV/LAB's Data Science to Solve Social Problems seminar series continues with Kelly Jin from the White House Office of Science, Technology and Policy - December 2. RSVP below.
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News February 2017
Reaching the New Voter: Political Analytics for Modern Campaigns
GOV/LAB's Data Science to Solve Social Problems seminar series continues with Charlotte Swasey from Civis Analytics - March 13th. RSVP below.