MIT Technology and Policy Program
  • Ellie Baker

    TPP Honors 2025 Graduates

    IDSS and TPP celebrated the 2025 graduates during the School of Engineering and Schwarzman College of Computing Advanced Degree Ceremony on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. TPP awarded 22 Master of […]...READ MORE
  • MIT alumni at TDP

    Technology, Data, and Policy Conference

    The Technology, Data, and Policy Conference at MIT, hosted by the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) and the Technology and Policy Program (TPP), showcased the intersection of cutting-edge research and public policy.... READ MORE
  • Jazmin Mucino and Estelle Martin with a briquette maker in Ghana August 2024

    Turning Challenges into Opportunities: Sustainable Solutions and Community Empowerment in Ghana

    TPPers Estelle Martin and Jazmin Muciño, as part of MIT's D-Lab’s Energy in Global Development class, traveled to Ghana to address the problem of invasive aquatic weeds in the Volta River by converting them into charcoal briquettes for local use.... READ MORE
  • Ben Lewis

    Ending overdose

    Through research combining drug policy, race, and criminal justice – and through advocacy and community action – TPP student Ben Lewis champions harm reduction.... READ MORE

TPP addresses societal challenges through research and education at the intersection of technology and policy. Our goal is to mobilize science and engineering to inform intelligent, responsible strategies and policies to benefit communities from local to global.

MIT News | May 30, 2025

Shaping the future through systems thinking

Ananda Santos Figueiredo '25 joins TPP in the fall!
May 28, 2025

TPP HONORS 2025 GRADUATES

IDSS and TPP celebrated the 2025 graduates during the School of Engineering and Schwarzman College of Computing Advanced Degree Ceremony on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. TPP awarded 22 Master of Science degrees.
MIT News | May 16, 2025

Deploying a practical solution to space debris

A team co-led by TPP alum Danielle Wood ’04, SM ’08, PhD ’12 with members including TPP/AeroAstro alum Miles Lifson SM ’20, PhD ’24. created a system called the Space Sustainability Rating (SSR) to help address the growing issues around space debris.

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