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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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International Organization proposes strategy to mitigate impacts on women mining

Libby McDonald, MIT D-Lab Associate Director of Practice. Image: La Voz Minera

News | Aug 28, 2026 | Edgar Murcia Gómez

La Voz Minera
International Organization proposes strategy to mitigate impacts on women mining

3D Geometric Reconstruction and Water Balance to Estimate Water Retention in a High-Andean Qocha in Pucachupa, Puno

Dimensiones de la qocha medidas con la aplicación Medición en dispositivos iOS.

Publication | Aug 15, 2026 | Lucia Viviana Diaz García, Hannia Silvia Sanchez Mauricio, Kia Maria Cuba Gadea, Libby Hsu, Kathleen Julca, Ursula Fabiola Rodríguez Zuñiga

3D Geometric Reconstruction and Water Balance to Estimate Water Retention in a High-Andean Qocha in Pucachupa, Puno

MIT D-Lab D-Brief 2025-2026

Publication | Aug 13, 2026 | MIT D-Lab

MIT D-Lab D-Brief 2025-2026

Atmospheric water harvesting for clean water supply in Accra, Ghana

 (Left) Preparation of microbial testing samples for collected water of an atmospheric water harvesting device. (Right) Colony counting of total viable count test of a collected water sample. Photos: Courtesy MIT D-Lab

Blog | Aug 06, 2026 | Alisa Webb

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Atmospheric water harvesting for clean water supply in Accra, Ghana

Go further together: deploying a community stretcher in Langa, South Africa

A Langa community member tests the stretcher prototype, pushed by a D-Lab student and accompanied by members of the Langa Bicycle Hub and Kheth’Impilo. Photo: Maddie Johnson-Harwitz

Blog | Jul 23, 2026 | Marco Arias II '26, Kayode Dada '27, Michelle Lam '27, Ruben Stephen ’27, Pauline Vien '27, Michela Galazzi and Maddie Johnson-Harwitz

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Go further together: deploying a community stretcher in Langa, South Africa

Tricycle ambulances are saving lives in Ghana

Low-cost tricycle ambulances are being used in northern Ghana to tackle maternal mortality, providing access to lifesaving care in rural communities. Photo: Moving Health

News | Jul 08, 2026 | Maya Baylis

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Tricycle ambulances are saving lives in Ghana

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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 2026 Classes

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

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

 

 

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