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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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MIT D-Lab D-Brief 2023-2024

D-Lab students and community partners, India, January 2024. Photo: Courtesy MIT D-Lab

Publication | Aug 12, 2024 | MIT D-Lab

MIT D-Lab D-Brief 2023-2024

2024 PKG Public Service Award Undergraduate Recipient: Daisy Wang '24

Daisy Wang '24. Photo: Courtesy MIT PKG Center

News | Jul 25, 2024 | MIT PKG Center

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2024 PKG Public Service Award Undergraduate Recipient: Daisy Wang '24

Force of Water screening at MIT Museum

Left to right: MIT D-Lab Associate Director of Academics Libby Hsu, Green Empowerment Executive Director Andrea Johnson, and a member of the audience, Harvard Professor Americo Mendoza-Mori following the screening.

News | Jul 18, 2024 | MIT D-Lab

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Force of Water screening at MIT Museum

Designing With, Not For

Left to right: Surbhi Agrawal, Aditya Mehrotra, John Ochsendorf, and Richard Perez. Photo: Courtesy MIT MAD

Video | Jul 17, 2024 | MIT MAD

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Designing With, Not For

Public Program: Designing With, Not For - June 27

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News | Jun 18, 2024 | MIT MAD

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Public Program: Designing With, Not For - June 27

Bicycles can change lives, especially in rural Africa – new report looks at their use in Ghana and Malawi

Bicycles are particularly valued for carrying loads. peeterv/Getty Images, CC BY

Blog | Jun 10, 2024 | Dan Frey

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Bicycles can change lives, especially in rural Africa – new report looks at their use in Ghana and Malawi

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

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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

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

 

 

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