Introducing the 2024-2025 IMD Fellows
We are excited to welcome Wellesley College students Arial Brookhart ‘27, Winnie Zhou ‘27, Presha Goel ‘27, Cianna Salvatora ‘25,…
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…
Colloquium on Sortition and Democracy at Wellesley College
On October 17, the Wellesley College Math Department will host IMD affiliate Dr. Bailey Flanigan for her colloquium talk entitled…
IMD Intern Ilinca Drondoe’s Paper on Power Distribution in the UN Security Council
IMD intern Ilinca Drondoe has released a paper studying the extent of power imbalances in the United Nations Security Council…
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…
Faculty Research Initiative Inspires Interdisciplinary Collaboration on Democracy
This academic year, IMD is collaborating with Wellesley’s Hillary Rodham Clinton Center (HRCC) on their Faculty Research Initiative to create…
“Counted Out” Film Features IMD Co-founder
Director Vicki Abeles’ new documentary Counted Out highlights the often hidden ways our world runs on math. Through investigating crises…
IMD Fellows Program, 2024-25
As the start of the school year has begun, IMD is now accepting applications to our Fellows Program. The purpose…
2025 Social Choice Theory and Computation Conference
Institute for Mathematics and Democracy, in collaboration with Wellesley College Wagner Centers, is happy to announce Social Choice: Theory and…
Electoral Reform Leaders Speak with IMD High School Summer Researchers
Over the past month, students participating in IMD’s high school summer research program have been hard at work exploring intersections…
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…
Mathematics of Voting and Representation Workshop in Edinburgh, Scotland
In June 2024, IMD co-organized a weeklong workshop on Mathematics of Voting and Representation, held in Edinburgh, Scotland. The presentations…
