The Global Lab.
We use digital media and creative scholarship to connect people and ideas.
We foster collaborative processes, where practitioners, community members, researchers, and students work together to build a sustainable, resilient, and just future.
We build on WPI’s network of domestic and international project centers to experiment and learn about the power of community-engaged action research.
Global Lab Highlights
AI at a crossroads: Who shapes the future?
Join us for Katherine Elkin’s public talk at 3:30 pm on February 19, 2025.
Women In STEM
We highlight the challenges of being a woman in STEM with research and programs that support women and girls in technical fields.
Promoting integrated land-use planning for sustainability and climate resilience in Massachusetts
We explore the ways that goals for sustainability and climate resilience in Massachusetts portend significant transformation of the landscape in the next decades.
Climate Stories
We support research that catalyzes engagement and adaptation decision-making and we help develop creative climate communications.
Panmela Castro on Art & Activism
Join the Global Lab conversation with Panmela Castro on what it means to be an activist of color using art as a medium of expression and her body as a canvas.
Lois Gibbs on Women as Changemakers
Join the Global Lab’s conversation with Lois Gibbs on the barriers women face as changemakers in society.
Melissa Belz
Place Curated: A website exploring everyday landscapes in an uncommon way.
Marja Bakermans
Publishing student-authored Open Education Resources (OERs).