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
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!…
IMD High School Program Alums Win Carnegie Young Leaders Fellowship
Ananya Shah, Serena Pallan, and Zubin Rajesh met during the Institute for Mathematics and Democracy’s…
New Report and Interactive Website: Empirical Analysis of Ranked Choice Voting Methods
IMD is excited to announce that our study of Ranked Choice Voting is now complete.…
