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 Previous Next
Design Squad Profile: Dan Sweeney Video | Jul 06, 2016 | Design Squad Global Design Squad Profile: Dan Sweeney
United Nations teams up with MIT to overhaul "very top-down" refugee design strategy News | Jul 05, 2016 | Marcus Fairs dezeen United Nations teams up with MIT to overhaul "very top-down" refugee design strategy
UNHCR teams up with MIT's D-Lab to overhaul "very top-down" refugee design strategy News | Jul 05, 2016 | Marcus Fairs Dezeen UNHCR teams up with MIT's D-Lab to overhaul "very top-down" refugee design strategy
Measuring Usage and Adoption of Improved Cookstoves in Ugandan Households using Quantitative and Qualitative Methods Publication | Jul 05, 2016 | Acuku Helen Ekolu, Dan Frey, Amit Gandhi, Megha Hegde, Betty Ikalany, Kendra Letih, Prithiviraj Sundararaman,Dan Sweeney Measuring Usage and Adoption of Improved Cookstoves in Ugandan Households using Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
Susan Murcott: D-Lab and MIT IDEAS Global Challenge: Lessons in Mentoring, Transdisciplinarity and Real World Engineering for Sustainable Development Blog | Jun 30, 2016 | Nancy Adams Susan Murcott: D-Lab and MIT IDEAS Global Challenge: Lessons in Mentoring, Transdisciplinarity and Real World Engineering for Sustainable Development
Creative Capacity Building: An Interview with Amy Smith Blog | Jun 30, 2016 | Dana Gorodetsky and Nancy Adams MIT D-Lab Creative Capacity Building: An Interview with Amy Smith