2023 marked the 50th anniversary of Mary P. Rowe’s tenure at MIT, where she began as the Special Assistant to the President and Chancellor for Women and Work—a role that evolved into an early organizational ombuds, listening to workplace concerns, from both men and women, throughout the Institute.

For decades, MIT Sloan Professor Lotte Bailyn has been calling for changes in the way work is organized -- often in ways that have proven prescient.

Climate tech company BlocPower specializes in residential building electrification, which improves human health and reduces healthcare costs. But no funding exists to link electrification to preventative healthcare efforts. A team of S-Lab students stepped in to help BlocPower make the link.

Floodlight, a geospatial data intelligence company that provides ESG governance insights, asked a team of E-Lab students to identify potential new market segments and design potential customer discovery interviews. According to CEO and co-founder Nate Wyne, the project resulted in a "full redirectio...

How do women in low-wage service-sector jobs respond to unemployment? That's a question Claire C. McKenna explored in her recent doctoral dissertation in the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) PhD program.

The December 2023 issue of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) newsletter includes a special focus on women and work.

Juliana Kerrest, MBA ’18, chief people and sustainability officer at Nuru, discusses the nuances of working at the startup, which provides the people of Congo with consistent electricity.

Gilt Market Dysfunction and Liability-Driven Investment (LDI) - A Progress Report

On December 11, 2023, the MIT GCFP brought together a panel of experts on housing and financial regulation to examine whether changes to the FHLBS might be warranted.

From explaining the role happiness plays in achieving success to speculating about possible AI applications, MIT Sloan alumni had much to say this year.