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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 2021 Student Summer Research Virtual Event – Videos and Presentations

On November 4, 2021, IMD held a virtual event "Summer Research in Math and Politics.…

IMD Student Publishes Paper in Mathematical Social Sciences

Congratulations to IMD student Andrea Mock! Her paper Political structures and the topology of simplicial complexes…

Introducing the 2021-2022 IMD Fellows

We are happy to announce that Wellesley students Anastasia Brooks '23, Delaney Morgan '22, Hayley…

IMD Students Present Their 2021 Summer Research

Join us for our fall event Summer Research in Math and Politics taking place on November…

Bruce Boghosian, IMD Affiliate & Mathematics Professor at Tufts University, Spent the Summer Teaching Math and Politics

Bruce Boghosian is an IMD affiliate and mathematics professor at Tufts University. He spent his summer teaching…

Summer Research Presentations-

2021 Summer Research Presentations at IMD

Summer research at IMD has come to a close. To mark the end of the…

Student research at IMD is supported by Wellesley College, including the Science Center Summer Research Program and the Sophomore Early Research Program. We would also like to thank the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Inclusive Excellence Program, the McNair Scholars Program, and the Brachman-Hoffman Fellowship Program for supporting research and inclusive excellence at Wellesley.

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