Research by Field
Image from the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, a program of the Department of Economics
MIT SHASS generates research that helps alleviate poverty; safeguard elections; steer economies; understand the past and present; assess the impact of new technologies; understand language and human cultures; create new forms at the juncture of art and science; and inform policy and cultural mores on critical issues, including justice, healthcare, energy, climate, education, jobs, manufacturing, elections, national security, immigration, human rights, and economic equity.
Learn about leading MIT humanities, arts, and social science research in these fields:
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Center for International Studies
Comparative Media Studies/Writing