Published January 24, 2025Enhancing Transit Accessibility for Underserved Communities Federal grant supports a MIT research project incorporating autonomous mobility and energy justice into public transit services News Urban Science Mobility
Published January 22, 2025Building Better Cities for Humans DUSP alum, Justice Mya Castañeda MCP ’13, focuses on providing access to affordable, healthy, and enriching housing News Housing, Community + Economic Development
Published January 17, 2025Modeling Possible Impacts of Large Language Models on the Geography of Work, Education, and Political Polarization Utilizing past major economic shocks, study examines likely LLM shocks and emphasizes the need for policymakers to proactively plan for economic disruptions News Urban Science Housing, Community + Economic Development
Published January 15, 2025When Girls Just Want to Have Fun, How Do They Go? New joint MIT/Morgan State study explores gender differences during night-time mobility in the Greater Boston area News Urban Science Mobility
Published January 13, 2025Making the Climate Justice Case for Less E-Waste A new MIT case study examines the implications of electronic hardware waste life cycle on climate and environmental justice News Urban Science Environmental Policy + Planning
Published January 10, 2025MIT Delegation Mainstreams Biodiversity Conservation at the UN Biodiversity Convention, COP16 First organized MIT delegation highlights the Institute's growing commitment to addressing climate change by showcasing research on biodiversity conservation, AI, and the role News Environmental Policy + Planning
Published January 6, 2025Enabling a Circular Economy in the Built Environment A better understanding of construction industry stakeholders’ motivations can lead to greater adoption of circular practices News Real Estate Environmental Policy + Planning
Published January 3, 2025Creating More Sustainable, Walkable, and Economically Thriving City Spaces “What resonates with students is that when we look closely at the complex organized systems of cities, we can make sense of how they work,” Andres Sevtsuk says News Urban Science Mobility
Published December 20, 2024Ensuring a Durable Energy Transition Progress on the energy transition depends on collective action benefiting all stakeholders, agreed participants in MITEI’s annual research conference News Environmental Policy + Planning