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
Talk Slides Now Available – “Social Choice: Theory and Computation” Conference
IMD’s Social Choice: Theory and Computation conference featured eight talks by leading scholars that bring…
Poster Session Recap – “Social Choice: Theory and Computation” Conference
IMD’s Social Choice: Theory and Computation conference convened a poster session on Voting, Representation, and…
Research Directions and Perspectives: An IMD Workshop
During Social Choice: Theory and Computation – An Interdisciplinary Conference on Voting, Representation, and Districting,…
Recording Now Available: The Democracy Code – A Panel Discussion at Wellesley College
On October 15, 2025, Wellesley College hosted “The Democracy Code: Quantitative Research for Political Reform,”…
IMD Affiliates’ Call for Papers: Mathematical & Computational Democracy Special Issue
IMD affiliates Kristopher Tapp (Saint Joseph's University, USA) and Ellen Veomett (University of San Francisco,…
Introducing 2025-26 IMD Fellows & Research Students
We are excited to welcome three outstanding Wellesley College students as our 2025-2026 IMD fellows!…
