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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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Mixing coding and life skills in Laboratoria's online training for women in Latin America (Part 1)

Participants in a Laboratoria online training. Photo: Courtesy Laboratoria

Blog | Sep 19, 2022 | Martha Thompson

MIT D-Lab
Mixing coding and life skills in Laboratoria's online training for women in Latin America (Part 1)

Mixing coding and life skills in Laboratoria's online training for women in Latin America (Part 2)

Participants in a Laboratoria online training. Photo: Courtesy Laboratoria

Blog | Sep 19, 2022 | Martha Thompson

MIT D-Lab
Mixing coding and life skills in Laboratoria's online training for women in Latin America (Part 2)

Adi goes to Ghana: a summer travelogue

The Moving Health team was in Suame that week to source parts for the final prototype of the ambulance we were planning to manufacture this summer. The parts would be shipped to Tumu were the manufacturing would take place. Photo: ITTU Staf

Blog | Sep 13, 2022 | Aditya Mehrotra

MIT D-Lab
Adi goes to Ghana: a summer travelogue

MIT Conference on Mining

MIT D-Lab's Libby McDonald will participate on a panel on artisanal and small scale mining on Friday, September 6.

News | Aug 23, 2022 | MIT D-Lab

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
MIT Conference on Mining

Bringing a forced-air evaporative cooling chamber to life in Kenya

 Image shows the finished chamber (solar panel and water tank shown!) along with members of the team that worked on bringing the chamber to reality. Blog author Gaby is center rear. Photo: Courtesy MIT D-Lab

Blog | Aug 19, 2022 | Gaby Alvarez Perez '22

MIT D-Lab
Bringing a forced-air evaporative cooling chamber to life in Kenya

Leveraging computational tools to enhance product design

Graduate student Jana Saadi rethinks the product design process to foster more creative and inclusive designs. Credits: Image: Jared Charney

News | Aug 10, 2022 | Rachel Yang | MIT News correspondent

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Leveraging computational tools to enhance product 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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