Our Mission
The MGGG Redistricting Lab is a research group at the Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University, led by PI Moon Duchin, that grew out of an informal research collective called the Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group. From 2018-2024, the Lab was based in the Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University, where we maintain an affiliation. Together with our close collaborators, we have expertise and interests spanning mathematics (geometry, topology, discrete math, dynamics), algorithms, software development, geography, science studies, law, and policy. We research data science interventions – better mechanisms, better models, better metrics – for democracy.
Our goals are these:
- to pursue cutting-edge research in the basic science and practically relevant applications of geometry, topology, and computing to the design of democratic mechanisms, including but not limited to redistricting and ranked choice voting;
- to build open-source tools and resources that create public access and analytical power for better understanding election systems and their consequences;
- to partner with civil rights organizations to reexamine and strengthen the quantitative toolkit for protecting voting rights;
- to offer formal and informal expert consulting to stakeholders on all sides.
Highlights
The MGGG Redistricting Lab is a nonpartisan research organization located within the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University.