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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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Training STEM teachers to uncover students’ full potential

The Practical Education Network (PEN) trains teachers to use hands-on learning activities to inspire students to love STEM subjects. Credits: Image: Courtesy of Practical Education Network

News | Mar 03, 2022 | Zach Winn

MIT News
Training STEM teachers to uncover students’ full potential

Founders Spotlight: Thabiso Mashaba, Co-Founder, These Hands GSSE

Longtime community partner Thabiso Mashaba, Co-Founder of These Hands, GSSE in Botwana.

News | Mar 02, 2022 | BW Techzone

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Founders Spotlight: Thabiso Mashaba, Co-Founder, These Hands GSSE

Welcome to Horizon

Dan Faros, Co-director of Faros, an NGO in Athens, Greece, serving unaccompanied refugee minors and youth.

Video | Feb 25, 2022 | Lulu Tian/MIT D-Lab

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Welcome to Horizon

Designing the built environment through a service lens

MIT senior Carene Umubyeyi hopes to use the knowledge she has gained during her time at MIT to expand and educate on sustainable structural design and building methods in her home country of Rwanda and elsewhere in Africa. Credits: Photo: Kathleen Briana

News | Feb 23, 2022 | Stephanie Martinovich | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Designing the built environment through a service lens

A life-changing fertilizer for rural farmers in Kenya

MIT spinout Safi Organics uses crop residue to make organic fertilizer to help rural farmers in Kenya improve the yield of their farmlands. Credits: Courtesy of Safi Organics

News | Feb 17, 2022 | Zach Winn

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A life-changing fertilizer for rural farmers in Kenya

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to speak at MIT’s 2022 Commencement

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director general of the World Trade Organization. Credits: Image: courtesy of the WTO

News | Feb 17, 2022 | Kathy Wren

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to speak at MIT’s 2022 Commencement

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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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