Institute for Mathematics and Democracy

The Electoral Innovation Lab is seeking 3-5 summer fellows to work on civic technology, policy research, and electoral communications projects that strengthen American democracy. Applications are due by March 13th, 2026. Find out more here: mathematics-democracy-institute.org/electoral-inno…

Edith Elkind, one of our affiliates, will be a keynote speaker at the 18th Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare (SSCW2026) at the University of Tokyo, Japan! To find out more click here: mathematics-democracy-institute.org/imd-affiliate-…

Apply Now: 2026 IMD Summer High School Research Program Every year, IMD runs an online six-week summer research program for high school students, who work on hands-on projects involving analysis of real-life data from elections. Read more here: mathematics-democracy-institute.org/apply-now-2026…

Op-Ed: Too Young to Vote, Not Too Young to Fix Democracy Students from IMD’s summer program share their plans to use a Carnegie Young Leaders for Civic Preparedness grant to address gerrymandering by combining math with civic action. Read more here: mathematics-democracy-institute.org/op-ed-too-youn…

IMD Team Shares RCV Research in The Conversation IMD team members Ismar Volić, Andy Schultz, and David McCune recently authored an op-ed for The Conversation. Read more about it here: mathematics-democracy-institute.org/imd-team-share…

IMD High School Summer Researchers Release Research Papers Two of our outstanding IMD high school summer researchers have released research papers, which are now available on Cornell University’s arXiv. Click here for more information: mathematics-democracy-institute.org/imd-high-schoo…

IMD affiliates are co-organizing the "Mathematics of Elections, Fairness, and Representation" workshop at the Banff International Research Station from March 29 to April 3, 2026. Find out more here: birs.ca/events/2026/5-…

IMD Affiliates at the 2026 Joint Mathematics Meetings in January Find out more about IMD Affiliates organizing sessions and giving talks at the 2026 JJM Conference! mathematics-democracy-institute.org/imd-affiliates…

IMD’s Social Choice: Theory and Computation conference convened a poster session on Voting Representation and Districting. Find out more here: mathematics-democracy-institute.org/poster-session…

During our Social Choice: Theory and Computation Conference, attendees participated in a workshop on “Research Directions and Perspectives” at the intersection of mathematics and democracy The slides from the workshop can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1m0Bg16…

Recording Now Available: The Democracy Code – A Panel Discussion at Wellesley College Watch the panel discussion with Ariel Procaccia (Harvard University), Rob Richie (Expand Democracy), and Alma Steingart (Columbia University) here: youtu.be/uFq6sjf19NI?si…

Call for papers: Mathematical and Computational Democracy IMD affiliates Kristopher Tapp and Ellen Veomett are guest editors of a special issue of La Matematica, the Official Journal of the Association for Women in Mathematics. Visit our website to find out how to contribute.

Help us in welcoming our new 2025-2026 IMD Fellows and Research Students!

IMD High School Program Alums Win Carnegie Young Leaders Fellowship to develop a project that combines approaches from both math and political science to determine if voting districts fairly represent voters. Read more about the program here: mathematics-democracy-institute.org/imd-high-schoo…

New Report and Interactive Website on Empirical Analysis of Ranked Choice Voting Methods In 2024-25, a team of IMD researchers analyzed approximately 4,000 real-world ranked ballot elections. Learn more about the report here: mathematics-democracy-institute.org/empirical-anal…

IMD is excited to have two interns joining us this academic year, one new and one returning! Interns are involved in a variety of tasks supporting IMD’s outreach and research efforts. Please join us in welcoming our new interns to the team!

The Institute for Math & Democracy is looking to hire students for the position of research assistants for a project on K-12 math and civics education. To apply for the position, please fill out this form by the end of the day, September 19, 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

IMD is now accepting applications to our Fellows Program! The purpose of the program is to learn and engage in research on the mathematical underpinning of democratic processes. The application deadline is September 12, 2024!

The deadline to register for the Institute for Mathematics and Democracy’s upcoming conference on “Social Choice: Theory and Computation” is September 1, 2025. Please visit the conference webpage for the registration form and conference program. mathematics-democracy-institute.org/register-now-i…

On October 15, 2025, Wellesley College will host “The Democracy Code: Quantitative Research for Political Reform,” a dinner and panel discussion. We are looking forward to the panel discussion as well as the Social Choice conference that will follow! mathematics-democracy-institute.org/the-democracy-…