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2017 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program

Richard A. Nielsen

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Richard A. Nielsen

Richard Nielsen is an associate professor of political science at MIT. His forthcoming book, Deadly Clerics, uses statistical text analysis and fieldwork in Cairo mosques to understand the radicalization of jihadi clerics in the Arab world.

Website:
https://polisci.mit.edu/people/richard-nielsen
Publications:

Project Title: Islamic Authority in the Internet Age

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