Professor Fotini Christia has been named the director of the Sociotechnical Systems Research Center (SSRC) at MIT. A professor in the Department of Political Science, Christia stepped into her new role with SSRC on Oct. 1. The interdisciplinary center, part of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society in the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing, focuses on the study of high-impact, complex societal challenges that shape our world. Christia succeeds Ali Jadbabaie, the JR East Professor of Engineering, who has led SSRC since 2016. Jadbabaie recently stepped down…
