Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab

The mission of the MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab is to understand and improve the supply chain systems behind public services and private markets to meet human needs. Based within the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, the lab combines MIT expertise in engineering, management, information technology, social science, economics, urban planning and other disciplines to drive practical innovation for humanitarian interventions. The lab has a diverse portfolio of projects to improve emergency response during crisis and to enable market development that improves resilience. Our theoretical and applied research is driven by active engagement with the private sector, government agencies, humanitarian, international development, and community organizations on several continents.

Recent Submissions

  • Scaling Post-Disaster Housing Capacity: Roundtable Report 

    Finegan, Lauren; Goentzel, Jarrod; Reisman, Erin; Russell, Timothy Edward; Story, Drew (2024-07-25)
    In January 2024, the MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab held a roundtable on the theme of scaling construction capacity after disasters. The roundtable convened participants from academia, non-profit organizations, and both ...

  • Stochastic Analysis of Logistics Capacity in Disaster Response Networks 

    Goentzel, Jarrod; Rothkopf, Alexander (2018-11)
    Quickly deploying relief items is key to reducing a population’s burden in case of sudden onset disasters. Emergency response organizations, such as FEMA or local and state agencies hold a strategic stockpile of critical ...

  • Preparing PPE stockpiles for the next pandemic 

    Finegan, Lauren; McGuigan, Molly (2022-01-05)
    From June 2020 - June 2021, members of Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Disaster Medicine and the MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab conducted a year-long research project to support public health planners in ...

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