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
Summary of 2020 Summer Activities
We had a busy summer at the Institute for Mathematics and Democracy! Here is a…
IMD research uses topological data analysis to understand the spread of COVID-19
Topological data analysis regards a data cloud as a topological space and tries to extract…
2020 Summer research in voting methods through abstract algebra
Wellesley College summer research students (Annette Belleman ‘23, Helen Chen ‘23, Tantan Dai ‘22, Guadalupe…
Summer Research Begins at IMD
Summer research at IMD is getting underway. For the next couple of months, various groups…
Wellesley College summer research program in mathematics and politics
In summer 2020, Wellesley College professors Stanley Chang and Ismar Volić will run a six-week…
Combinatorial topology and political structures
A recent paper A qualitative theory of conflict resolution and political compromise by Abdou and…
