Kenneth A. Oye


Kenneth Akito Oye is an American political scientist and Professor of Political Science and Data Systems and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is Director of the MIT Program on Emerging Technologies and former Director of the MIT Center for International Studies.

Life

Oye graduated from Swarthmore College and from Harvard University with a Ph.D in Political Science. He is best known for publications on Regime theory and International Political Economy. His current research focuses on planned adaptation in the face of pervasive uncertainty, with applications in emerging technologies.
Oye currently teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Trustee of the World Peace Foundation.

Works

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