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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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Scale-Ups Fellow: Putting Waste to Good Use

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News | Sep 22, 2014 | Kaviya Sanjeevi

The New Indian Express
Scale-Ups Fellow: Putting Waste to Good Use

Scale-Ups Fellow: Garbage in, Money Out: My Stroll With Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola

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News | Sep 17, 2014 | Ebenezar Wikina

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Scale-Ups Fellow: Garbage in, Money Out: My Stroll With Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola

A Smart Solution for Affordable Housing: Meet Brazilian Designer & IDIN Network Member Wilio Albuquerque’s Portable, Eco-Friendly Brick Press

Wilio Albuquerque is an IDIN network member who participated in IDDS 2012 in Brazil.

Blog | Sep 04, 2014 | Lauren McKown

A Smart Solution for Affordable Housing: Meet Brazilian Designer & IDIN Network Member Wilio Albuquerque’s Portable, Eco-Friendly Brick Press

Report from the Field: D-Lab: Education, Uganda

Nai Kalema in Jinja, Uganda, with students from St. Stephen's School.

Blog | Aug 26, 2014 | Nai Kalema, D-Lab: Education Student (and D-Lab staff member)

Report from the Field: D-Lab: Education, Uganda

Innovation Within Reach

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News | Aug 21, 2014 | Sarika Bansal

New York Times
Innovation Within Reach

D-Lab: Education’s Notes from the Field, Summer 2014

Brian Ping Ngai Chung sending instructions for using supplies to his team in Ghana from China

Blog | Aug 19, 2014 | Jessica Huang, Instructor

D-Lab: Education’s Notes from the Field, Summer 2014

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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 2026 Classes

Design for Scale
2.729 (U) / 2.789 (G) / MAD.729 (U) /MAD.799 (G) / 2.789 (G)
TR11:30-1 (lecture), R1-2.30 (lab)
Mathieu Aguesse, Macauley Kenney, Maria Yang

Humanitarian Innovation
MAD.750 (U) / MAD.785 (G) 
Amy Smith, Martha Thompson

Applications of Energy in Global Development
2.652 / MAD.712 (U) / MAD.792 (G) 
TR3-5

D-Lab: Development
11.025 / 11.472 (G) / MAD.701 (U) / MAD.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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