Prof. Gabriella Y Carolini

Associate Professor of International Development and Urban Planning
Director, City Infrastructure Equity Lab (CIEL)

Primary DLC

Department of Urban Studies and Planning

MIT Room: 9-539

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Environmental Planning and Management
Finance
Healthy Communities and Active Living
Infrastructure Systems
International Development
Social Equity

Research Summary

Professor Carolini’s focus is on urban planning and international development. She is director of the City Infrastructure Equity Lab (CIEL); her research and teaching are centered on providing a grounded critical analysis of how the governance of infrastructure development -- including its financial architecture, implementation, and especially evaluation -- shapes the distributional, procedural, and epistemic fairness of infrastructure project benefits and the health of urban communities across the Americas and Africa.

Recent Work