Over two billion people lack access to safe water. Are democracies better at closing this massive gap? A substack on recently published research at World Development with Naomi Tilles on the limits of democracy for achieving universal safe water access globalcommons.substack.com/p/democracy-...
Please check out my latest substack post on Japanese design, culture, and disaster preparedness! open.substack.com/pub/globalco...
CIS is delighted to announce the launch of a new pilot initiative with Angola! The initiative marks a significant collaboration between MIT-Africa, Sonangol, and the Instituto Superior Politécnico de Tecnologias e Ciências (ISPTEC). Read here: cis.mit.edu/news/mit-afr... @evlieb.bsky.social
With today's start of women's and men's singles at the #usopen25, I want to share my brief essay that appeared in the @nytimes.com yesterday. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/o... Thanks to so many who reached out with nice comments! (And the less nice ones were pretty civil!)
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Roughly 2 billion people still lack reliable access to clean drinking water.
Very happy to share that our study of dignity appeals is now out at PSRM
Call for applications! The MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) is seeking two Postdoctoral Associates for the 2026–27 academic year. We are looking for scholars demonstrating exceptional scholarly achievement and promise for policy-
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Looking forward to presenting some research (joint with @devincaughey.bsky.social and Preston Johnston) on ethnicity and climate attitudes in Africa at the USC Comparative Politics workshop tomorrow.
