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Joseph Coughlin

Founder and Director of MIT AgeLab
Massachusetts Institute of Technology


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Research and Background

Joseph F. Coughlin, Ph.D., is founder and Director of the AgeLab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research seeks to understand the impacts of global demographic change, social trends and technology on consumer behavior, innovations in business, and public policy. Dr. Coughlin teaches in MIT's Department of Urban Studies & Planning and the Sloan School's Advanced Management Program. He is the author of The Longevity Economy: Inside the World's Fastest Growing, Most Misunderstood Market, and is a regular contributor to Forbes. He is currently at work on a new book about the future of retirement. A researcher, teacher and speaker, Dr. Coughlin is a frequent guest on news programs; his work has been featured in both print and on television, including ABC, BBC, CBS, CNN, NBC, News Asia, The Economist, Financial Times, The Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets throughout the world.

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Joseph Coughlin
coughlin@mit.edu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room E40-279,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
https://cee.umass.edu/faculty/john-collura