MIT D-Lab

This new report by D-Lab Instructor Mathieu Aguesse is the result of a needs assessment undertaken in #Nepal with D-Lab students and can “serve as a field manual for ... applying immersive, human-centered research techniques in low-resource settings.” bit.ly/44LU3Nv

The MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MAD) welcomes D-Lab into its growing design ecosystem

"MIT D-Lab, a pioneer in the use of participatory design to address global poverty challenges, joins MIT MAD’s growing ecosystem of design programs...John Ochsendorf, MAD’s founding director, has commented, 'If D-Lab didn’t exist, we’d have to invent it.'" Read more: bit.ly/3ZiX6ee

MIT D-Lab spinout Moving Health featured on @theworld.org! Jeremy Siegel interviewed Co-Founder & CEO Emily Young and MH CTO an&d Country Director Isaac Quansah. From a D-Lab class in 2016 to serving 100k people today! Listen to the 4+ minute story here: bit.ly/4dbT2lQ

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Two MIT D-Lab alumni, Kristin Kagetsu of Saathi and Jacki Stenson of Essmart have won $100k Cartier Women's Initiative Impact Awards. D-Lab is so proud to have played a part in the story of these amazing ventures! Read more: bit.ly/3GG6u5i

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MIT D-Lab spinout provides emergency transportation during childbirth MIT D-Lab spinout Moving Health has developed an emergency transportation network using tricycle ambulances in rural regions of Ghana.

Wonderful article about Moving Health from its origins as a project in a D-Lab class in 2016 on through their amazing reach today: Moving Health’s ambulances and emergency transportation network cover more than 100,000 people in northern Ghana who previously lacked reliable medical transportation.

Congrats to the #MIT IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge teams celebrated last night & to MIT PKG Center on 25 years of the program! Great to hear D-Lab founder Amy Smith's keynote & the history of her work to co-create IDEAS in 2001!

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On April 4, D-Lab ED Ana Pantelic joined a panel of alumni at the @bupardeeschool.bsky.social to discuss Advancing Human Progress Through Peacebuilding & Development. In her remarks, Ana emphasized the critical role of #participatorydesign & #localinnovation.

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Thanks to all who supported us during the MIT 24-Hour Challenge and to all who collaborate with MIT D-Lab in a myriad of ways throughout the year to design for a more equitable world! 💚

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Consider supporting MIT D-Lab today! giving.mit.edu/24hc-dlab 125 donations unlock a total of $11,500 in challenge pledges. Support participatory design and community-led international development - thank you!

Design for Second Life Innovations: How local innovators in East Africa are harnessing digital tools to solve real-world problems

What happens when you hand a local innovator an Arduino microcontroller or introduce them to open-source repositories for coding assistance? The results are transformational. Read more: bit.ly/3Fk2I0L

J-WAFS: Supporting food and water research across MIT For the past decade MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) has supported interdisciplinary collaborations and high-risk, high-reward projects, enabling MIT faculty to pursue grou...

Congratulations to MIT J-WAFS on 10 years supporting MIT water and food research! Among the terrific projects highlighted here is the evaporative cooling work of former D-Lab Research Engineer Eric Verploegen, founder of CoolVeg.

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IDDS Tairawhiti wraps up in New Zealand with six projects completed

Read all about IDDS Tairawhiti, a 2.5 week hands-on design summit w/ participants from 10 countries. Working in Tolaga Bay, Ruatoria, and Wairoa, the summit theme was “Resilient Indigenous Communities.” #designequity #newzealand #Tairawhiti #Wairoa #indigenous #mitdlab @mitofficial.bsky.social

Real People, Real Solutions at D-Lab Students innovate to help solve challenges in communities worldwide

One grad student "noticed that those in the humanitarian field sometimes develop solutions before properly understanding the problems and needs of a community. D-Lab taught him the importance of co-creation ...”

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