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Nurturing Food Justice
Expansive and Intersectional Visions
ISBN: 9780262553698
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 3, 2026
How diverse communities are finding new ways to grow food, build movements, and challenge institutions to create more just and sustainable food futures.
Shared Wisdom
Cultural Evolution in the Age of AI
ISBN: 9780262050999
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 11, 2025
How to build a flourishing society by using what we know about human nature to design our technology—rather than let technology shape our society.
An Alphabet for Dreamers
How to See the World with Eyes Closed
ISBN: 9780262049795
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 28, 2025
A captivating and trailblazing look at how dreams serve as one of our most powerful ways to understand—and radically change—our world.
Advancing Peace
Ending Urban Gun Violence Through the Power of Redemptive Love
ISBN: 9780262552219
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 7, 2025
Mission possible: ending gun violence in America’s Black and brown communities.
Feminist Designer
On the Personal and the Political in Design
ISBN: 9780262553018
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 30, 2025
A bold and timely collection that brings feminist theory and critical thinking to life through vital, approachable design methods and practices.
Somebody Should Do Something
How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change
ISBN: 9780262049788
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 16, 2025
A novel and scientific approach to creating transformative social change—and the surprising ways that each of us can help make a real difference.
Get Off My Neck
Black Lives, White Justice, and a Former Prosecutor’s Quest for Reform
ISBN: 9780262553964
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 2, 2025
A deeply revealing exposé of the American prosecutorial system and its historic and present racial inequities—and how we can transform the system to one of fairness and justice.
Design, When Everybody Designs
Design, When Everybody Designs
An Introduction to Design for Social Innovation
ISBN: 9780262554008
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 2, 2025
The role of design, both expert and nonexpert, in the ongoing wave of social innovation toward sustainability.
Technology for Good
How Nonprofit Leaders Are Using Software and Data to Solve Our Most Pressing Social Problems
ISBN: 9780262050975
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 2, 2025
A visionary guide to using technology for positive social change, from a MacArthur genius awardee, former rocket engineer, and passionate leader in the social enterprise movement.
Revolutionary Engineers
Learning, Politics, and Activism at Aryamehr University of Technology
ISBN: 9780262552196
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 27, 2025
The cultural, political, and pedagogical history of an elite Iranian engineering institution in the years directly preceding the 1979 Iranian revolution.
Nurturing Food Justice
Expansive and Intersectional Visions
ISBN: 9780262553698
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 3, 2026
How diverse communities are finding new ways to grow food, build movements, and challenge institutions to create more just and sustainable food futures.
Shared Wisdom
Cultural Evolution in the Age of AI
ISBN: 9780262050999
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 11, 2025
How to build a flourishing society by using what we know about human nature to design our technology—rather than let technology shape our society.
An Alphabet for Dreamers
How to See the World with Eyes Closed
ISBN: 9780262049795
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 28, 2025
A captivating and trailblazing look at how dreams serve as one of our most powerful ways to understand—and radically change—our world.
Advancing Peace
Ending Urban Gun Violence Through the Power of Redemptive Love
ISBN: 9780262552219
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 7, 2025
Mission possible: ending gun violence in America’s Black and brown communities.
Feminist Designer
On the Personal and the Political in Design
ISBN: 9780262553018
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 30, 2025
A bold and timely collection that brings feminist theory and critical thinking to life through vital, approachable design methods and practices.
Somebody Should Do Something
How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change
ISBN: 9780262049788
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 16, 2025
A novel and scientific approach to creating transformative social change—and the surprising ways that each of us can help make a real difference.
Get Off My Neck
Black Lives, White Justice, and a Former Prosecutor’s Quest for Reform
ISBN: 9780262553964
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 2, 2025
A deeply revealing exposé of the American prosecutorial system and its historic and present racial inequities—and how we can transform the system to one of fairness and justice.
Design, When Everybody Designs
Design, When Everybody Designs
An Introduction to Design for Social Innovation
ISBN: 9780262554008
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 2, 2025
The role of design, both expert and nonexpert, in the ongoing wave of social innovation toward sustainability.
Technology for Good
How Nonprofit Leaders Are Using Software and Data to Solve Our Most Pressing Social Problems
ISBN: 9780262050975
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 2, 2025
A visionary guide to using technology for positive social change, from a MacArthur genius awardee, former rocket engineer, and passionate leader in the social enterprise movement.
Revolutionary Engineers
Learning, Politics, and Activism at Aryamehr University of Technology
ISBN: 9780262552196
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 27, 2025
The cultural, political, and pedagogical history of an elite Iranian engineering institution in the years directly preceding the 1979 Iranian revolution.