“Counted Out” Screening at Wellesley College
On Thursday, March 13th, IMD and the Wellesley College Math Department will co-host a screening of the documentary Counted Out.…
Presentation Videos and Slides from “Redesigning our Democracy” by IMD Fellows
Exactly one month after the 2024 Election, IMD fellows engaged the Wellesley community in an impactful discussion around the mechanisms…
Redesigning our Democracy – an IMD Event at Wellesley College
On December 5, we are excited to present “Redesigning our Democracy: A Quantitative Approach,” an series of short talks delivered…
Clinton Fellows’ Civic Innovator and Scholar Series Spotlights Ranked Choice Voting Advocacy
Wellesley’s Clinton Fellows program for sophomores consists of the Civic Action Lab before the start of the fall semester, followed…
IMD Co-Directors Bring Math and Democracy to Detroit Public Schools
As election season arrives, IMD will bring education around math and democracy into Detroit Public Schools. Professors Ismar Volić, Stanley…
Report: Deficiencies in Recent Research on Ranked Choice Voting Ballot Error Rates
Alan Parry, PhD, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Utah Valley University John Kidd, PhD, Assistant Professor of Statistics, Utah Valley University…
Math and Democracy Workshop for Bosnian High School Teachers
This June, IMD’s Prof. Ismar Volić will lead a workshop for high school math teachers in Sarajevo, Bosnia. The workshop…
Grassroots Advocacy Meets Math – Ranked Choice Voting Event
On Tuesday, Wellesley College Government’s Committee for Political Engagement hosted an event on Ranked Choice Voting in collaboration with the…
Math Meets Politics in The Parliament of Mongolia
Concerned with Mongolian electoral system reform, IMD affiliate Dr. Uuganbaatar Ninjbat recently authored a paper exploring mathematically sound ways to…
Ranked Choice Voting – IMD x CPE Event
The Committee for Political Engagement of the Wellesley College Student Government and the Institute for Mathematics and Democracy are hosting…
IMD Affiliate Presents the Annual Heard Lecture on Computational Social Choice at Wellesley’s Mathematics Department
The annual Martha Davenport Heard Lecture will take place on February 15th, 2024, at Wellesley's Mathematics Department. The speaker of…
IMD Co-founder Stanley Chang Speaks about Voting Methods at a Houston, TX High School
Earlier this November, IMD Co-Founder Dr. Stanley Chang visited Episcopal High School’s Math Club and National Math Honor society. In…
