The Spring 2025 newsletter from the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) is now available online.
At its April conference, the MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity and Entrepreneurship unveiled its new name and facilitated thought-provoking discussions about the future of global growth markets.
“MIT Sloan was a pretty obvious frontrunner given its reputation for entrepreneurship and the established climate ecosystem in Boston," says Megan Hung, an MBA candidate who will graduate in 2026.
Across 11 countries and 3 continents, the 2024-2025 cohort of Student Fellows at the MIT Kuo Sharper Center for Prosperity and Entrepreneurship are building ventures rooted in the realities of their communities and countries. These 12 entrepreneurs are using artificial intelligence (AI) not only to ...
Artificial intelligence was top of mind at the 2025 MIT Sloan Reunion. In two talks, MIT alumni went to the furthest reaches of possibility with AI, both in terms of its capacity to do harm and its potential to solve existence's toughest problems.
This presentation was designed for use in the initial meetings of a new workplace Health and Well-being Committee (HaWC). A HaWC is a new form of participatory program that gives employees a channel to voice concerns and ideas for improving the workplace.
These materials provide very detailed guidance on running the initial meetings of a Health and Well-being Committee (HaWC), a new form of participatory program that gives employees a channel to voice concerns and ideas for improving the workplace. The HaWC model was developed by researchers at the ...
Mojola Ola, EMBA ’22, is redefining energy access across Africa—and transforming the lives of the people in the country he calls home.
MIT hasn’t just prepared me for the future of work—it’s pushed me to study it. As AI systems become more capable, more of our online activity will be carried out by artificial agents. That raises big questions.Benjamin Manning
PhD Student
I think, at its most generous, AI tools enable us to learn from our collective actions ... What AI tools do is they take all of those solutions, those attempts—whether good or bad—and use them as training data to build models.Danielle Li
David Sarnoff Professor of Management of Technology; Professor, Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management
To me, the future of work means democracy. It’s hard to have any positive vision of work without meaningfully engaging workers. This is why I research economic democracy—worker voice is pivotal in designing good jobs.Alex Busch
PhD Student
The rise of generative AI is a real opportunity, but making the most of it will demand a new approach to decision-making, as well as a new focus on worker training, fair transitions, and effective policy.Thomas Kochan
George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management, Emeritus; Professor of Human Resources and Management, Emeritus
Combinations of humans and AI work best when each party can do the thing they do better than the other.Thomas W. Malone
Patrick J. McGovern (1959) Professor of Management; Director, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence; Professor, Information Technology
This white paper, intended for entrepreneurs, innovators, and policymakers in growth markets, argues that addressing the MRV gap is a strategic priority. It discusses how a digital Carbon-MRV platform could enable exporters to accurately measure emissions, verify reductions (for example, using AI an...
