MIT Local Innovation Group

The MIT Local Innovation Group is an interdisciplinary research group based at MIT's Sociotechnical Systems Research Center. We conduct interdisciplinary social science research on processes of local innovation and local systems change in communities facing development challenges around the world. Our research produces actionable findings, methodological advances, and analytical tools that enable global development actors to deepen their understanding of how local innovation and sociotechnical change processes work, how they contribute to sustainable and equitable development, and how they can be effectively facilitated and evaluated.