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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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Reducing Household Food Waste and Improving Nutrition with Simple Technologies

Clay pot-in-dish cooler, and impacts seen by users on food waste and nutrition. Images: Courtesy MIT D-Lab

Blog | Sep 29, 2022 | Eric Verploegen

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Reducing Household Food Waste and Improving Nutrition with Simple Technologies

Getting innovative products to rural communities

The MIT spinout Essmart has partnered with local retail shops in rural India to create a supply chain that helps innovative products reach consumers in low-resource setting. Credits: Courtesy of Essmart

News | Sep 20, 2022 | Zach Winn

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Getting innovative products to rural communities

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

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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

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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

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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

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Take an MIT D-Lab class and become an effective agent of global change!

Fall MIT D-Lab course poster

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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