IMD Fellow Leah Valentiner Publishes Paper on the Topology of Simple Games
IMD fellow Leah Valentiner has released a paper using combinatorial topology to study simple games. The paper can be found…
IMD Researchers Begin a Study of Ranked Choice Methods
In December 2024, a team of IMD-affiliated faculty and students started a large empirical study of ranked choice voting methods.…
IMD Affiliates at the 2025 Joint Mathematics Meetings Special Session
In January 2025, three of IMD's affiliates, Dr. David McCune, Dr. Jennifer Wilson, and Dr. Michael Jones will co-organize a…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Summer 2024 Undergraduate Research at IMD
This summer, two Wellesley College students will use topological data analysis of Pew political typology data to explore the structure…
Introducing the 2024 High School Summer Research Cohort
This summer, the Institute for Mathematics and Democracy will be supervising sixteen high school students as they conduct research at…
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…
