Bio
Kenneth Oye is a Professor of Political Science (School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences) and Data Systems and Society (School of Engineering) and Director of the Program on Emerging Technologies (PoET), with work on international relations, political economy and technology policy.
His work in international relations includes Cooperation under Anarchy, Economic Discrimination and Political Exchange, and four “Eagle” monographs on American foreign policy, with advisory work for the Petersen Institute, UNIDO and US Treasury, Commerce and EXIM and the MIT Seminar XXI Program.
His current work in technology policy centers on adaptive management of risks associated with synthetic biology and pharmaceuticals and on equity in health policy, with recent papers in anNature, Science, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics and advisory work with the UN BWC and WHO, NIH NExTRAC, and PCAST.
Professor Oye is the recipient of the Martore Award for Exceptional Educational Contributions (2018) and the Technology Policy Program Faculty Appreciation Award (2003, 2018) in the School of Engineering and the Levitan Award for Excellence in Teaching (2011) and the Graduate Council Teaching Award in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
Before coming to MIT, Professor Oye taught at Harvard University, the University of California, Princeton University and Swarthmore College. He holds a BA in Economics and Political Science from Swarthmore College with Highest Honors and a Ph.D in Political Science from Harvard University with the Chase Dissertation Prize.