The Global Lab.
Creative Scholarship in Service of Global Engagement
Empathize. Engage. Inquire. Participate. Collaborate. Amplify.
Pathways to Sustainability
Artists in Residence
Environmental Risk & Resilience
Global STEMEd
Social Justice
A collaborative community pursuing knowledge for action, creativity and participatory community engagement.
What We Do
The Global Lab is a living lab space to learn about, explore, apply, test, and assess creative ways to transform research and education. The Lab offers opportunities and resources for creative scholarship around an expansive notion of community-based action research. It is a place to experiment and learn about community engagement, justice and equity collaborations, and integrative research and pedagogy.

Global STEM Ed
WPI’s Global STEM Education Initiative collaborates with partners around the world to support, inspire, and enhance teaching and learning.
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
Goals for sustainability, climate change mitigation, and climate change adaptation in Massachusetts portend significant transformation of the landscape in the next decades.
Climate Adaptation
We support research that catalyzes engagement and adaptation decision-making and we help develop creative climate communications.

Storyworlds for Social Change
We create multi-dimensional research products and social engagement strategies designed to include a wide range of stakeholders.

Creative Pedagogy
We develop, test and distribute experimental, experiential, and embodied pedagogical resources and games.
Global Fellows
Our Global Fellows program helps WPI faculty reimagine research and pedagogical practices. The program offers access to creative communication resources.

MediaMaking
We provide studio and field-based training in podcasting, photography, video production and creative scholarship.
Global Lab Podcasts
Pathways to Sustainability

Global Lab podcast featuring scholars and practitioners who advance our understanding of complex environmental issues
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Artists-in-Residence
We provide an expressive and collaborative space for our Lab Artists to creatively engage with WPI’s student and faculty body.
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Panmela Castro on Art & Activitism
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Social Justice

We provide a platform for activists, researchers, and reporters working towards dismantling systemic injustices within our society.
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Environmental Risk & Resilience
Global Lab podcast featuring scholars and practitioners who advance our understanding of complex environmental issues.
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[Guest Name] on Topic
Episode 2
[Guest Name] on Topic
Episode 3
[Guest Name] on Topic
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Global Stem-ED

WPI’s Global STEM Education Initiative collaborates with partners around the world to support, inspire, and enhance teaching and learning.
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Working in partnership with communities, The Global School empowers and inspires students to become civically engaged, compassionate and globally aware individuals.Â
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ADDRESS:
Second Floor Innovation Studio
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609
Contact Us at: gr-global-lab@wpi.edu