Higher education veteran Dr. Holly Harriel tapped to serve as Strategic Advisor for CoLab, a center for planning and development focused on innovating at the margins within the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP)
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It is bittersweet to share with you today that — effective July 1 — I will be moving on from this incredible chapter of my life here at MIT CoLab to take on an exciting new role as Dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University.
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Episode 3 of the “Data for Social Good” series with Frank Romo of RomoGIS centers on applications of technology in community policing and safety.
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In episode 2 of the “Data for Social Good” series, Frank Romo returns to discuss the complex task of data curation, including how data cleaning is an often unknown key moment of intervention and influence.
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In episode 1 of the “Data for Social Good” series, community advocate and data scientist Frank Romo of RomoGIS discusses how spatial analysis is being used as a tool for empowerment and mobilization by local organizations and citizens.
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In episode 5 of the “Decolonizing Science” podcast series, panelists explore the field of STS - Science, Technology, and Society Studies - and its ongoing attempt to address colonization’s formative history in policy-making and scientific processes.
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In episode 4 of the “Decolonizing Science” series, panelists discuss challenges to air pollution measures in an African context, including limitations in data, funding, and governance structures.
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Tamika L. Butler, Esq. is a transportation planning consultant, civil rights lawyer, and nationally-recognized activist. In a talk at the MIT Mobility Initiative, she explains how mobility justice is not just about transportation. It’s about power, identity, and social context.
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In 2020 — a moment of profound disruption, a group of artists and thinkers began to speculate on a more just post-pandemic world. In the words of Audre Lorde, “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.”
Nicki Shatan convenes the 12th annual meeting of the Bronx Community Land Trust, in 2032 — and looks back on its impact from 2050.
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A new society emerges.
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In 2020, we lost our path. To find it again we had to see the world differently. A reflection on the moment when we began to see the world anew.
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This moment is different. Why did it take so long for us to get here — and what do we have to learn about ourselves?
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Imagine a truly equitable, sustainable society. What is the future history that gets us there?
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Reflecting on all that was lost in 2020 — and reclaimed.
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