MIT Sloan Professor Emilio J. Castilla is the incoming Chair of the Organization and Management Theory (OMT) Division of the Academy of Management (AOM), a leading global professional association for scholars of management and organizations.

During the period between 2010 and 2019, something a bit counterintuitive happened in U.S. economic inequality trends. During that time, personal earnings inequality decreased in the U.S. for the first time in a number of decades. But, in the same period, household income inequality continued to gro...

In the U.S., eighty percent of people are locked out of the solar market because they can’t put solar on their rooftop. Solstice, co-founded by Sandhya Murali, MBA ’15, and Stephanie Speirs, MBA ’17, is changing the system with an inclusive model of community solar.

A majority of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo lack access to electricity. At Nuru, Juliana Kerrest, MBA ‘18, Chief People and Sustainability Officer, is dedicated to enhancing connectivity. Nuru builds mini solar grids allowing those in remote areas to tap into a power source.

This spring, the Sustainability Initiative joined 20 MBA students on a sustainability-themed Study Tour to Scandinavia during Sloan Innovation Period (SIP) and spring break. Our group explored how businesses across the region are turning sustainability commitments into action—while also immersing ou...

The MIT Climate Pathways Project has been selected by the Paris Peace Forum as one of 10 civil society projects that over the coming year will receive customized advisory support from the Forum’s Scale-up Program, an accelerator program that aims to help these projects increase their visibility and...

Susan Silbey and Lotte Bailyn, two MIT faculty members affiliated with the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER), have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Two interactive climate solutions simulators, co-developed by Climate Interactive and the MIT Sloan School of Management, were commended in January as part of the Financial Times’ 2025 Responsible Business Education awards program.

Invited guests attended a special event at the new MIT Museum location in Kendall Square in early December.