How Nabeel Gillani Blends Technology and Media to Tackle Real World Challenges

Nabeel Gillani is a postdoctoral associate at the MIT Center for
Constructive Communication in Boston, Massachusetts. Nabeel
focuses on analyzing and designing communications technologies to
foster connections that help reduce barriers to educational,
economic, and social opportunities. In Fall 2022, Nabeel will
start a joint appointment as an Assistant Professor of Design and
Data between the D'Amore-McKim School of Business and College of
Arts, Media and Design at Northeastern University. Prior stops in
Nabeel’s career journey include product management at Khan
Academy and co-founder of CourSolve -- an online platform
designed to connect learners and organizations to collectively
tackle real-world challenges. In this episode, hear from Nabeel
about lessons learned in his journey, how data and technology can
help solve some of the world’s biggest problems, and more. 


 


Connect with Nabeel Gillani on LinkedIn. 

Visit Nabeel’s website to learn more about his projects.

Learn more about the MIT Media Lab here.

Check out Nabeel’s book recommendations: The Forty Rules of
Love: A Novel of Rumi by Elif Shafak and Einstein: His Life and
Universe by Walter Isaacson. 

Read Barack Obama’s interview with Humans of New York: - When
is the time you felt most broken? - Who has influenced you the
most in your life?