The Sloan Entrepreneurs for International Development (SEID) club took its annual trek to Washington, D.C., bringing together a group of MIT Sloan students interested in learning more about international development, sustainability, and social impact.
New research shows that group deliberation guided by interaction with the C-ROADS model can positively influence high school and college students’ climate change knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors.
The MIT Climate Policy Center, the Institute’s “front-door” to connect local, state, federal and international climate policy makers and media with MIT’s climate policy researchers, announced today that Bethany Patten will serve as the Center’s inaugural executive director after a nationwide search....
Professors Tavneet Suri and Esther Duflo recently participated in a fireside chat at the MIT Sloan Women’s Conference.
The COVID-19 pandemic damages the U.S. and the world economy and puts policymakers in an unfamiliar dilemma. Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as social distancing slow the spread of [...]
In Japan, where workplace practices have been rooted in generations of tradition, pandemic-driven changes feel tectonic. But some of them are welcome and long overdue, says Shihoko Kato, SFMBA ’19, director of the global business office at Japanese telecom giant NTT in Tokyo.
At MIT Sloan, a group of MBA students launched the Systemic Investing for Social Change Working Group to bridge theory and practice in the emerging field of systemic investing — working directly with leading experts to develop new tools to enable systems change.
The En-ROADS climate solutions simulator team has won the 2025 System Dynamics Applications Award. The award, given by the System Dynamics Society, honors excellence in the real-world application of the principles of system dynamics, a computer-assisted approach to modeling complex systems that orig...
From designing and creating environmentally sound materials to fostering connections between organizations and inclusivity experts, ventures founded and managed by MIT and MIT Sloan alumnae are making positive impacts on the world.
As the newly minted senior director of recycling and sustainability at Staples Stores, Mike Sauchuk’s first challenge was to develop a strategy that moved the company’s green initiatives forward and also aligned with its business objectives. After learning about the Sustainability Initiative at MIT ...
