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
Undergraduate Research at IMD Returns in Summer 2021
IMD’s second annual summer research program is underway, in collaboration with Wellesley College’s Science Center…
IMD student, Guadalupe Portillo Deras, to Speak about Math and Politics at Wellesley’s Mathematics Department Student Seminar
IMD student, Guadalupe Portillo Deras, will give a talk titled "Quantifying Young Tableaux Multiplication and…
IMD Student Uses Simplicial Complexes to Study Political Structures
In her research, IMD student and Wellesley College senior Andrea Mock models political structures using…
Presenting the speakers for our May 15 conference on Mathematics and Politics
IMD will host a virtual conference Math and Politics: Numeracy at the Ballot Box on Saturday, May…
Apply for Summer 2021 Research in Math and Politics at Wellesley College
IMD faculty are once again running a research program in math and politics for Wellesley College students…
2020-2021 Fellows Program at IMD
The 2020-21 Fellows Program is underway! This year's fellows are Wellesley students, Shreya Parjan '21,…
