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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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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

Studying Gender and Development at MIT [D-Lab]

Author Ada Petriczko with Sally Haslanger and Libby McDonald. (We took the masks off only for the photos, which was pretty great, as we finally got to see each other’s smiles). Photo: Ada Petriczko

Blog | Feb 09, 2022 | Ada Petriczko

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Ghana Nutrition Improvement Project: Co-designing a P.ACT to tackle infant malnutrition

Publication | Feb 08, 2022 | Saida Benhayoune, Yasuhiko Toride

Ghana Nutrition Improvement Project: Co-designing a P.ACT to tackle infant malnutrition

MIT D-Lab IAP Build Your Own Bike Class

MIT D-Lab Build Your Own Bike students with their finished bikes! From left to right: sophomore Amber Velez, graduate student Robyn Richmond, senior Sam ingersoll, graduate student John Zhang , and junior Jonhenry Poss. Photo: MIT D-Lab

Blog | Feb 06, 2022 | MIT D-Lab

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MIT D-Lab IAP Build Your Own Bike Class

Gender Lens Investing Series: Three Tools

Publication | Jan 31, 2022 | Saida Benhayoune, Jona Repishti

Gender Lens Investing Series: Three Tools

Navigating investor sourcing practices with a gender lens

Blog | Jan 27, 2022 | Saida Benhayoune, Jona Repishti

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Navigating investor sourcing practices with a gender lens

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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

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

 

 

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