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Balancing economic development with natural resources protection
From scallop fishing in New Bedford to deforestation in the tropics, “our goal is to get some empirical traction on the problem,” says PhD student Aaron Berman.![](https://ovc.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SHASS-6-13-24-9.jpg)
“The dance between autonomy and affinity creates morality”
Philosophy doctoral student Abe Mathew is both studying philosophy and questioning some of its deeply-held ideas.![](https://ovc.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Bernardo-Picao-MIT-News.jpeg)