Kenneth Akito Oye (born October 20, 1949) is an American

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

and Professor of Political Science (School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences) and Data Systems and Society (School of Engineering) at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

. He is Director of the MIT Program on Emerging Technologies and former Director of the

MIT Center for International Studies The MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) is an academic research center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It sponsors work focusing on international relations, security studies, international migration, human rights and justi ...

Life

Oye graduated from Swarthmore College and from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

with a Ph.D in Political Science. He is best known for publications on

Regime theory Regime theory is a theory within international relations derived from the liberal tradition that argues that international institutions or regimes affect the behavior of states or other international actors. It assumes that cooperation is poss ...

and International Political Economy. His current research focuses on planned adaptation in the face of pervasive uncertainty, with applications in emerging technologies. In 2018, Oye received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette for his contributions to "promoting understanding of Japan in the United States." Oye currently teaches at the

. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Trustee of the

World Peace Foundation The World Peace Foundation or WPF, created in 1910, is a philanthropic foundation for research into peace processes affiliated with The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Alex de Waal is the director , having become directo ...

Works

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Regulate 'home-brew' opiates
" Oye et al. ''Nature.'' 521.7552 (2015): 281–283. *
Regulating gene drives
" Oye et al. ''Science.'' 345.6197 (2014): 626–628. * “Embracing Uncertainty,” Kenneth A. Oye, Issues in Science and Technology, Vol XXVI, No 1, Fall 2009, pp 91–93. * * Edited with Robert Lieber and Donald Rothchild: * * * *

References

American political scientists Swarthmore College alumni Harvard University alumni MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences faculty 1949 births Living people American academics of Japanese descent American Quakers MIT School of Engineering faculty Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class {{US-polisci-bio-stub