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The community of scholars at MIT’s Program on Science, Technology and Society bring methods from the humanities and social sciences to understanding science, technology, and medicine around the world. Our department includes lively undergraduate and graduate programs, and postgraduate training for science and technology journalists.

By bridging humanities, social sciences, science, technology, and medicine, our department seeks to build relationships among colleagues across the Institute in a shared effort to understand the human challenges at the core of the MIT mission.

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CURBED: As top innovation hub expands, can straining local infrastructure keep pace? Prof. Robin Scheffler is quoted.

Nov 7, 2018

As top innovation hub expands, can straining local infrastructure keep pace? Cambridge’s Kendall Square, a global center for biotech and tech firms, faces housing and transit challenges By Patrick Sisson Nov…

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ELECTION INSIGHTS 2018 Research-based perspectives from MIT Jennifer Light | On Social Media and Youth Political Engagement

Oct 26, 2018

Election Insights 2018 — MIT historian Jennifer Light on New Media and Youth Political Engagement: “Young people in the U.S. of all ages, including those too young to vote, have been…

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SPECTRUM: Kendall’s Key Ingredient, by Michael Landing, featuring Prof. Robin Scheffler

Oct 19, 2018

Kendall’s Key Ingredient -The fabled F&T Restaurant—which attracted a diverse mix of Cambridge locals and MIT students and faculty—was a Kendall Square landmark from the 1920s to the 1980s, when it…

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Reefer Madness 2.0: What Marijuana Science Says, and Doesn’t Say

January 21, 2019, 11:01 am / by Dave Levitan

At EPA Confirmation Hearing, Andrew Wheeler Faces Questions on Climate

January 18, 2019, 3:41 pm / by Jane Roberts

On Pot and Psychosis: Five Questions for Alex Berenson

January 18, 2019, 1:00 pm / by Hope Reese

Our Irrational Fear of Sexbots

January 17, 2019, 11:57 am / by Lux Alptraum

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Faculty Spotlight: Dwai Banerjee

Dwaipayan Banerjee is an Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Society (STS) at MIT. He earned his doctorate in cultural anthropology at NYU and has been a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Dartmouth College. He also holds an M.Phil and an MA in sociology from the Delhi School of Economics. His research is guided by a central theme: how do different kinds of social inequity shape medical, scientific and technological practices? In turn, how do scientific and medical practice ease or sharpen such inequities?