Rate My Professor Kenneth Oye

Oye's research specializes in international relations, political economy, and science and technology policy, with a focus on risk governance for biotechnology and emerging technologies. He has authored seminal books such as Cooperation under Anarchy (Princeton University Press, 1986), Economic Discrimination and Political Exchange (Princeton University Press, 1992), and the Eagle monographs on U.S. foreign policy, including Eagle Entangled (1979), Eagle Defiant (1983), Eagle Resurgent? (1987), and Eagle in a New World (1991). Notable articles include “Regulating Gene Drives” (Science, 2014), “Core Commitments for Field Trials of Gene Drive Organisms” (Science, 2020), “Building Biosecurity for Synthetic Biology” (Molecular Systems Biology, 2020), and contributions on adaptive licensing in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. Oye has earned MIT teaching awards including the Levitan Award for Excellence in Teaching (2011), Joseph Martore Award (2018), and Graduate Council Teaching Award (1998). He founded and co-chaired the iGEM Safety Committee (2011-2018), chaired the Broad Institute Biosafety and Biosecurity Committee (2015-2021), and serves on the NIH NExTRAC and EBRC committees. His expertise has informed policy at the UN Biological Weapons Convention, WHO, FDA, and EMA through partnerships and testimonies.