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Working with people around the world to develop and advance collaborative approaches and practical solutions to global poverty challenges.

Creating, sharing, and using collaborative research practices, actionable findings, and practical solutions.

Hands-on, project-based learning. More than 15 MIT D-Lab classes offered each year!

Working with diverse partners to advance and apply inclusive innovation as a methodology for tackling poverty.

"Impact is not just the product of innovation – it's the process of innovation."

– Amy Smith, MIT D-Lab Founding Director

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Improving access to hot water in Nepal

MIT D-Lab students in Nepal with community members and their trip leader, D-Lab Research Scientist Dan Sweeney (far right). Photo: Courtesy MIT D-Lab

Blog | Sep 21, 2023 | Iselle Barrios '25, Thomas Brooks '24, Grace Harrington '24, Eva Nates G, Ritik Patnaik (G)

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Improving access to hot water in Nepal

Improving maternal healthcare access in northern Morocco: a symposium with MIT D-Lab

The MIT D-Lab team at the Maternal Healthcare Symposium in Morocco with healthcare professionals, translators, and project partners. The sign says, "Symposium Du Design Des Service," translating to "Service Design Symposium." Photo: Courtesy Global Care Young Min Ju (Thomas).

Blog | Aug 22, 2023 | Samantha Lewis

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Improving maternal healthcare access in northern Morocco: a symposium with MIT D-Lab

MIT D-Lab D-Brief 2022-2023

Publication | Aug 15, 2023 | MIT D-Lab

MIT D-Lab D-Brief 2022-2023

Machine learning application in slow pyrolysis of biomass to predict biochar yield and quality

Publication | Jul 31, 2023 | Priyabrata Pradhan and Daniel Sweeney

Machine learning application in slow pyrolysis of biomass to predict biochar yield and quality

PIRE: Minería Responsable para Comunidades Resilientes

D-Lab lecturer and Inclusive Economies Specialist Libby McDonald.

Video | Jul 27, 2023 | Minas Medellín UNAL

Minas Medellín UNAL
PIRE: Minería Responsable para Comunidades Resilientes

Addressing food insecurity in arid regions with an open-source evaporative cooling chamber design

A team from MIT D-Lab and Kenyan community partner Solar Freeze celebrate the completion of the first solar-powered iteration of the forced-air evaporative cooling chamber. Using one-quarter of the energy of refrigerated cold rooms and at half the cost to build, the cooling chamber helps smallhold farmers in arid regions preserve and store freshly harvested produce. Credits: Photo courtesy of MIT D-Lab.

News | Jul 19, 2023 | Nancy Adams | MIT D-Lab

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Addressing food insecurity in arid regions with an open-source evaporative cooling chamber design

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Take an MIT D-Lab class and become an effective agent of global change while at MIT and beyond!

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Through D-Lab's suite of MIT classes, students acquire competency in the participatory design process, understand and apply principles of engineering and design, engage in hands-on shop work, learn to think critically about theories of development, and obtain meaningful experiences in the field - all preparing students to continue socially and environmentally conscious work that addresses issues of global poverty. Find out more about the MIT D-Lab Academics Program!

Spring 2024 Classes

  • D-LAB: DESIGN 
    2.722J/EC.720  Squibb
  • INTRODUCTION TO ENERGY IN GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
    2.651/EC.711/EC.791 (G)  Sweeney
  • D-LAB: LEADERSHIP IN DESIGN
    EC.725  Squibb
  • MOBILES FOR DEVELOPMENT
    EC.751, EC.793 (G)  Lee, McDonald
  • D-LAB: WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE
    11.474 (G), EC.715  Hsu, Murcott
  • D-LAB: WATER, CLIMATE CHANGE & HEALTH
    EC.719 / EC.789 (G) Murcott, Simpson
  • TERRASCOPE: DESIGN FOR COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
    EC.746J / 2.00C / 1.016J  Epstein, Hsu

 

 

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