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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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Designing community-led environmental solutions in Bir, India

Creative Capacity Building (CCB) group photo Photo: Courtesy MIT D-Lab/Waste Warriors

Blog | Jun 30, 2026 | Dharma Chari-Letts

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Designing community-led environmental solutions in Bir, India

Climate Change, Drinking Water Security, and Public Health

Publication | Apr 24, 2026 | Azizur R. Molla Seth H. Frisbie Mohsen Sherif Vijay P. Singh - Editors

Climate Change, Drinking Water Security, and Public Health

2.8B Housing Poverty exhibit featured at MIT Museum Day of Climate

2.8B Housing Poverty exhibit at the MIT Museum. Photo: MIT D-Lab

News | Apr 18, 2026 | MIT D-Lab

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2.8B Housing Poverty exhibit featured at MIT Museum Day of Climate

Supporting women’s entrepreneurship and teacher training in Rwanda

Photo: Courtesy MiT D-Lab

Blog | Apr 17, 2026 | D-Lab: Gender and Development 2026 IAP Team

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Supporting women’s entrepreneurship and teacher training in Rwanda

Q'ochas Resilientes wins $15K MIT Climate Project Student Innovator Award

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News | Apr 16, 2026 | MIT D-Lab

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Q'ochas Resilientes wins $15K MIT Climate Project Student Innovator Award

MIT researchers solve Keo fish mystery

Seth Summerside, CEO of Keo Fish Farms points to one of the tanks of the filtering system that they installed with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Thursday, April 2, 2026 at Keo Fish Farms in Keo. Photo: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Adam Vogler

News | Apr 02, 2026 | Cristina LaRue

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
MIT researchers solve Keo fish mystery

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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!

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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

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

 

 

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