Opportunities for research in mathematics and democracy abound. Students and scholars who are affiliated with the Institute for Mathematics and Democracy are engaged in a number of projects ranging from applications of abstract mathematical methods in voting theory to the history of political quantitative literacy in education.
If you are a student or a researcher who wants to join our team or are looking for project ideas for yourself or your students, please contact us. We have ongoing or planned projects in
- Advanced mathematical methods in voting theory
- Apportionment and power structure analysis
- Geometry of gerrymandering
- New methods in social choice theory
- Mathematics of social media and voter manipulation
- Mathematics of social modeling algorithms
- Analysis of election, census, and other data sets
- Education and political quantitative literacy
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…
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…
New Gerrychain Data Resource Available
IMD Affiliate Ellen Veomett and her students have made a data resource for running 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…
Electoral Innovation Lab: 2026 Summer Fellowship Program
The Electoral Innovation Lab is seeking 3-5 summer fellows to work on civic technology, policy…
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,…
