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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 12 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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D-Lab Spring Student Showcase 2019: May 3, 5 pm

D-Lab: Design students and SurgiBox's Stephen Okajima (left) with the poster and project the students prepared.

Blog | Apr 26, 2019 | Libby Hsu, MIT D-Lab Academic Program Manager

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D-Lab Spring Student Showcase 2019: May 3, 5 pm

In it together: Faculty mentors and graduate students

MIT D-Lab Lecturer Susan Murcott.

News | Apr 22, 2019 | Courtney Lesoon

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In it together: Faculty mentors and graduate students

Meet the Entrepreneur: Carl Jensen and Sunday Silungwe, Good Nature Agro

Sunday Silungwe (left) and Carl Jensen (rigjt) of Good Nature Agro (Zambia), a 2014 D-Lab Scale-Ups Fellowship venture.

Blog | Apr 18, 2019 | Michael Leen, FINCA Ventures

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Meet the Entrepreneur: Carl Jensen and Sunday Silungwe, Good Nature Agro

What I learned as the Practical Impact Alliance intern at MIT D-Lab

Bryan Cleveland.

Blog | Apr 18, 2019 | Bryan Cleveland

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What I learned as the Practical Impact Alliance intern at MIT D-Lab

MIT D-Lab awards fellowships to six East African social entrepreneurs

News | Apr 16, 2019 | Nancy Adams

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MIT D-Lab awards fellowships to six East African social entrepreneurs

DCC Yosoyuxi, Oaxaca - 2do Taller de Desarrollo de Capacidades Creativas

Ta Corrales Sanchez (right) leading a "Taller de Desarrollo de Capacidades Creativas" in Yosoyuxi, Oaxaca.

Video | Apr 04, 2019 | MIT Enterprise Forum Mexico

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DCC Yosoyuxi, Oaxaca - 2do Taller de Desarrollo de Capacidades Creativas

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Through MIT D-Lab 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 international development, and obtain meaningful experiences in the field!

Fall 2025 Classes

Design for Scale
EC.729 / 2.729 / EC.797 (G) / 2.789 (G)
TR11:30-1 (lecture), R1-2.30 (lab)
Mathieu Aguesse, Macauley Kenney, Maria Yang

Applications of Energy in Global Development
2.652 / EC.712 / EC.782 (G)
TR3-5

D-Lab: Development
11.025 / 11.472 (G) / EC.701 / EC.781 (G)
MWF3:30-5
Libby Hsu, Bish Sanyal

D-Lab: Gender & Development
EC.718 / EC.798 (G) / WGS.277
W9:30-12:30
Libby McDonald, Sally Haslanger

 

 

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