Empirical Analysis of Ranked Choice Voting Methods: Phase 2 Report Now Available
IMD research team recently completed the second phase of the empirical analysis of ranked choice voting methods. The team analyzed…
Introducing 2026-2027 IMD Fellows
This year, the IMD fellowship program has expanded to include nine undergraduate fellows from five institutions. The fellows will work…
IMD Fellows Program Expands for 2026-27
In the IMD Fellows Program, undergraduate students spend a year learning about mathematics and democracy and applying this knowledge to…
IMD Co-Founder Ismar Volić Gives Talk at the JMM: “Math goes to Washington: The Mathematics of Democracy, from Theory to Practice”
Ismar Volić, IMD Co-Founder and Professor at Wellesley College, gave the AAAS-AMS Invited Address at the 2026 Joint Mathematics Meetings.…
IMD Team Releases Paper Titled “Candidate Moderation Under Instant Runoff and Condorcet Voting: Evidence from the Cooperative Election Survey”
The first paper has been released following the completion of a project conducted by a team of IMD researchers who…
New Gerrychain Data Resource Available
IMD Affiliate Ellen Veomett and her students have made a data resource for running gerrychain freely available at https://github.com/eveomett-states. Gerrychain…
IMD Affiliate and Summer Research Students Complete Paper on “Bloc Voting on Single-Peaked Preferences”
IMD Affiliate Jennifer Wilson, along with students Serena Pallan and Alice Park and graduate assistant Ariel Calver, recently completed a…
Electoral Innovation Lab: 2026 Summer Fellowship Program
The Electoral Innovation Lab is seeking 3-5 summer fellows to work on civic technology, policy research, and electoral communications projects…
Apply Now: 2026 IMD Summer High School Research Program
Every year, IMD runs an online six-week summer research program for advanced high school students, who work in groups on…
IMD Team Shares RCV Research in The Conversation
IMD team members Ismar Volić, Andy Schultz, and David McCune recently authored an op-ed for The Conversation: “Ranked choice voting…
IMD High School Summer Researchers Release Research Papers
Two of our outstanding IMD high school summer researchers have released research papers, which are now available on Cornell University’s…
IMD Affiliates Organize “Mathematics of Elections, Fairness, and Representation” Workshop at the Banff International Research Station
IMD affiliates David McCune (William Jewell College), Jeanne Clelland (University of Colorado Boulder), Natasa Dragovic (University of Saint Thomas), Ismar…
