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City Science

Looking beyond smart cities
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Space Enabled

Advancing justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space
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Harnessing digital federation platforms and data cooperatives to empower SMEs and local small communities

Bühler, M. et al., 2023. Harnessing Digital Federation Platforms and Data Cooperatives to Empower SMEs and Local Small Communities, OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION. India.
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Redefining design through textiles

In a recent profile, Ganit Goldstein talks about her work at the intersection of fashion, engineering, and tech, and her experience at MIT.
Article Research

Transatlantic connections make the difference for MIT Portugal

Media Lab Director Dava Newman, who previously led the MIT Portugal program, still serves as a principal investigator for flagship projects.
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Why don’t more people go vegan? It could be the label.

A recent experiment explored why people reject foods that are better for your health and the planet—and found answers rooted in psychology.
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Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity

Cultivating Creativity | Catalyzing a global movement enabling everyone to unlock and unleash their individual and collective creativity
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Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society

Decentralized Society | Architecting the new internet for the good of the people
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Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds

Future Worlds | Design and action for the future we want to live in
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City Science Network

MIT City Science has developed an international network of cooperative City Science LabsWe are developing concepts and key technology that …
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Dava Newman on the Selected podcast

In an interview recorded at VivaTech, Media Lab Director Dava Newman talks about the Media Lab's mission to enhance the human experience.
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The negative impact of vegetarian and vegan labels: Results from randomized controlled experiments

OverviewWe found that vegan and vegetarian labels commonly found on menu items have a significantly negative impact on consumer's likelihoo…
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Gridlocked: Spaceship Earth

On the Gridlocked Podcast, Media Lab Director Dava Newman and other guests discuss the climate emergency, collaboration, and adaptation.
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Human Dynamics

Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion
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City Science Lab @ Shanghai to continue cooperation with MIT City Science and the City Science Network

Representatives from the City Science Lab @ Shanghai (Tongji University) visited the MIT Media Lab to sign a continuation of their cooperat…
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Sustainable Consumption: How labels impact the way we eat

Alex Berke and Kent Larson of the Media Lab's City Science group co-authored a paper around these issues, recently published in Appetite.
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Tangible Media

Invent new tangible and embodied interactions that inspire and engage people
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Danielle Wood Presents to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in Vienna

Prof. Wood is invited for a third time to serve as a Private Sector Advisor to the US government delegation to this UN space policy forum
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Kent Larson to serve as co-director of Norman Foster Institute; Dava Newman joins Academic Council

In this age of climate change, the NFI's programs are addressed to those who wish to improve the quality of life in cities worldwide.