MIT News
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News November 2021
[MIT News] Community Policing in the Global South
Professor Lily Tsai is part of a team examining the challenges of implementing community policing across a range of countries.
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News October 2021
[MIT News] Punishment for the People
Professor Lily Tsai’s new book explains how “retributive justice,” the high-profile sanctioning of some in society, helps authoritarians solidify public support.
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News August 2021
[MIT News] How Authoritarian Leaders Maintain Support
Study finds public anticorruption campaigns bolster leaders, even when such measures lack tangible results.
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News August 2021
[MIT News] Making Voting Easier for Previously Incarcerated People
People rarely vote after being incarcerated. Associate Professor Ariel White wonders what can be done about it.
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News July 2021
[MIT News] Study Finds Lockdowns Effective at Reducing Travel in Sierra Leone
MIT researchers use cell tower data to show that movement during Covid-19-related lockdowns declined the most in wealthier areas with more people.
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News July 2021
[MIT News] Governance Innovation Bootcamp Culminates in Pitch Night
Civil servants from Sierra Leone present ideas developed at a boot camp organized by MIT Governance Lab and Sierra Leone’s Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation.
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News May 2021
[MIT News] Searching for Truth in Data from Authoritarian Regimes
PhD student Minh Trinh studies misreporting of government statistics and the effect on accountability in his home country of Vietnam.
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News April 2021
[MIT News] A Guide to When and How to Build Technology for Social Good
The first lesson? Most of the time, you probably shouldn’t build new civic tech.
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News March 2021
[MIT News] A New Goal for Soccer: Improving Attitudes Toward Refugees
While a national soccer win can stoke anti-refugee sentiment, messaging promoting diversity can reverse this effect.
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News February 2021
[MIT News] Visiting Undergraduates Collaborate with MIT PhD Students on Research through MIT GOV/LAB Mentorship Pilot
Program aims to increase research opportunities and give PhD students mentorship experience.
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News January 2021
[MIT News] In Brazil, a Look at Why Health Care Declines Around Elections
Guillermo Toral PhD '20 finds health care quality drops in months leading up to mayoral elections, and if the incumbent loses, the quality continues to fall.
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News October 2020
[MIT News] Finding Patterns in the Noise
Shiyao "Sean" Liu, political science PhD candidate and MIT GOV/LAB graduate research fellow, featured in MIT News.
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News August 2020
[MIT News] The Promise of Using WhatsApp for Low-tech Distance Learning
Teaching community organizers via WhatsApp yields encouraging results in South Africa, according to MIT Governance Lab research.
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News May 2020
[MIT News] Achieving Advisory Equilibrium
The Committed to Caring program, an initiative of the Office of Graduate Education, published a profile of MIT GOV/LAB Faculty Director Lily Tsai honoring her commitment to graduate student mentorship.
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News May 2020
[MIT News] Informing Covid-19 Preparedness in Sierra Leone
MIT News featured an update on MIT GOV/LAB's project with the Institute for Governance Reform and the government of Sierra Leone to conduct rapid-response surveys to address Covid-19.
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News February 2020
[MIT News] How Door-to-Door Canvassing Slowed an Epidemic
Study finds that in Liberia, volunteers limited damage from Ebola by distributing information within their own communities.
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News October 2019
MIT News Features GOV/LAB Graduate Research Fellow Guillermo Toral
Guillermo Toral's graduate research "Unpacking Patronage: How the Different Political Uses of Public Employment Affect Government Accountability and Effectiveness" was featured in MIT News.
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News April 2018
MIT News Features GOV/LAB Research Fellow Tesalia Rizzo
Tesalia Rizzo's graduate research in Mexico "Breaking Up With Political Brokers, Citizens May Find Electoral Independence" was featured in MIT News.