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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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D-Lab Instructor Sorin Grama's startup Transaera Inc. selected as a finalist in the Global Cooling Prize

D-Lab Instructor Sorin Grama (second from right) Co-Founder and CEO of Transaera, aceepts finalist award for the Global Cooling Prize.

News | Nov 15, 2019 | Nancy Adams

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D-Lab Instructor Sorin Grama's startup Transaera Inc. selected as a finalist in the Global Cooling Prize

Disseminating evaporative cooling technologies in rural Uganda

From left: D-Lab Research Engineer Eric Verploegen, founder of AEST Betty Ikalany, and vegetable vendors Agnes Irasu and Tabitha Ajuro.

Blog | Nov 13, 2019 | Eric Verploegen

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Disseminating evaporative cooling technologies in rural Uganda

East African Diaries: My Experiences at the MIT D-Lab Co-design Summit 2019 – Uganda

The author's extended social enterprise team at a group lunch, after an exhilarating day of customer conversations.

Blog | Nov 12, 2019 | Ramya Srinivasan

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East African Diaries: My Experiences at the MIT D-Lab Co-design Summit 2019 – Uganda

The MIT-Nepal Initiative: Four Years On

MIT D-Lab and Kathmandu University team, January 2018.

News | Oct 30, 2019 | Jeffrey S. Ravel and Aaron Weinberger

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The MIT-Nepal Initiative: Four Years On

Making more than peanuts

Sunday Silungwe (left) and Carl Jensen (right), co-founders of Good Nature Agro.

News | Oct 29, 2019 | Mining for Zambia

Mining for Zambia
Making more than peanuts

Scaling up a cleaner-burning alternative for cookstoves

Senior Danielle Gleason (right) speaks with Goretti Ariago (center) and Salume Awiyo (left), employees of Appropriate Energy Saving Technologies, in Soroti, Uganda. Gleason has made two trips to Uganda to help streamline the production of charcoal briquettes which offer a low-smoke alternative for home cooking fuel. Photo: John Freidah

News | Oct 22, 2019 | Mary Beth Gallagher | MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Scaling up a cleaner-burning alternative for cookstoves

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