Machinery of the state
Associate Professor Mai Hassan documents bureaucratic systems in Eastern Africa set up for coercion, as well as roadblocks to democratic government.
Associate Professor Mai Hassan documents bureaucratic systems in Eastern Africa set up for coercion, as well as roadblocks to democratic government.
Associate Professor Noah Nathan is generating a body of scholarship on the political impacts of urbanization throughout the global South.
Carlo Ratti investigates how digital technologies transform our urban spaces and how they can be harnessed to design sustainable cities for the future.
MIT urbanist Justin Steil studies how law and policy are used to replicate social divisions in the use of land.
MITdesignX presents ventures from the accelerator's sixth cohort.
Graduate student Justin Brazier lends his design skills to community projects in the Greater Boston neighborhoods where he grew up.
In MIT Mobility Forum talk, experts discuss a future for vehicle automation that lets technology and drivers interact.
In his book, “New Industrial Urbanism,” Eran Ben-Joseph looks at the evolving form and function of 21st-century cities.
Study suggests how much competition in the urban ride market can grow before gridlock sets in.
MIT research scientist explores how cool pavements can offer climate change solutions in more than just the summer.
New effort empowers MIT researchers to shape real estate’s future and build responsibly and sustainably.
Lincoln Laboratory leads a large-scale measurement campaign in New York City to improve air dispersion models and emergency protocols.
A Museum of Science, Boston exhibit benefits from oceanographer Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli’s work on the Venetian Lagoon’s MOSE barrier project.
Remote workers have been seeking new types of workspaces, with implications for business and transit.
MIT experiment finds people will respond to cues from neighbors about activities and risk preferences.