Civic Data Design Lab

08/14/2023

Civic Data Design Lab is hiring a Research Associate! Link to apply for this position is listed in our bio.

Join our team and contribute to several of CDDL’s ongoing research efforts being developed at the center of data science, technology, and city design.

07/20/2023

🔔 : “Irregular and : A View from ”

📺Register to watch this 👉🎫 bit.ly/FS-WestAfrica

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) World Food Programme Civic Data Design Lab IOM - UN Migration World Bank

Explore the risks of West African migration further at https://migrantsmove.migration.mit.edu/

07/20/2023

Thousands of migrants risk their lives each year to travel from West Africa to Libya, primarily motivated by wage differentials and search for better economic opportunities. The lack of legal and regular pathways for migration often leads to dangerous and deadly journeys across the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea. Of the estimated 621,000 immigrants in Libya in 2022, over 40% have origins in West Africa (IOM, 2022).

The Civic Data Design Lab, World Food Programme, and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) present “Migrants on the Move,” a website that visualizes findings related to the recent report on irregular migration from West Africa. This website features data analysis of risks that migrants face while traveling from West Africa to Libya, and highlights the related report findings that migrants often become extremely vulnerable and food insecure throughout their journey.

Explore the risks of West African migration further at migrantsmove.migration.mit.edu

Civic Data Design Lab team:
Sarah Williams (Director), Ashley Louie (Project Manager), Enrique Casillas, John Devine, Jonathan Goh, Sebastian Ives, Namhi Kwun, Thanh Nguyen, Jariyaporn Prachasartta, Hannah Shumway, Alison Wang, Tony Xiao

11/29/2022

The entanglements of people and data, code and space, knowledge and power: how data and algorithms shape the world—and shape us within that world.

https://bit.ly/3Vib0ZG

11/28/2022

Hey New Yorkers! Sarah Williams, Director of the Civic Data Design Lab at MIT will be speaking at the AIA New York | Center for Architecture on Friday, December 2 at 6:30-8pm!

Sarah will discuss data visualization and CDDL's recent projects with Brad Samuels, Founding Partner of SITU, over a custom-crafted cocktail. Register to attend the event here:

Cocktails & Conversation is a series of dialogues about design that joins an architect with a critic, journalist, curator, or architectural historian to discuss current architecture design issues. For this program, Sarah Williams, Director of the Civic Data Lab at MIT, will discuss data visualizatio...

10/03/2022

To illustrate the motivations and risks undertaken by , researchers at Civic Data Design Lab have designed an exhibition featuring digital & physical visualizations that encourage visitors to engage with migrants’ experiences more fully.

Read the full news story:

“Distance Unknown” is an exhibition about migration to the U.S. from Central America that debuted at the UN World Food Program executive board meeting. It was created by MIT’s Sarah Williams and her Civic Data Design Lab.

09/22/2022

Please join MIT DUSP MIT Department of Architecture faculty who will be joined by Los Supercívicos to discuss the dreams for Public space in Mexico City. Rafi Segal Marisa Jahn Sarah Williams

09/15/2022

ASLA CEO Torey Carter-Conneen () was at the White House () today to celebrate the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act. The Act recognizes and funds landscape architecture approaches to address climate change. Landscape architects are uniquely qualified to lead projects to design a more resilient future.

07/29/2022

WHO
For many migrants, the path ahead is not a choice but a difficult decision of necessity. Primarily driven by economic motivations (80%), migrants seek to support their family’s basic needs by sending remittances, which are primarily spent on food and shelter. Some migrants also feel pressure to emigrate because of security concerns, the economic effects of climatic shocks, and reunification with family members who have already migrated.

The exhibition reveals interviews with migrants and a number of the essential belongings needed to make the passage between Panama’s Darien Jungle and the border of Mexico. TikTok has become a resource for migrants providing varying levels of accuracy; view these accounts along with interviews of migrants’ lived experiences.

Exhibition, Data Analysis, Storytelling: MIT Civic Data Design Lab
Graphic Design: MTWTF
UN World Food Programme

CDDL Team:
Sarah Williams, Ashley Louie, Alberto Meouchi, Niko McGlashan, Julia Camacho, Jari Prachasartta, Yuehan Wang, Jenny Chan, Ziyi Tang, Siemond Chan

07/28/2022

07/17/2022