Joseph Coughlin, founder of the MIT AgeLab and the author of The Longevity Economy (PublicAffairs, 2017), and Luke Yoquinto, research associate at the MIT AgeLab, joined us to discuss Longevity Hubs—a timely examination of how innovation hotspots can transform our perspective on aging into an opportunity for economic advancement and community enrichment. 

Lecturer bio:

Joseph F. Coughlin is founder and director of the MIT AgeLab. He teaches in MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, the Center for Transportation & Logistics, and the Sloan School of Management’s Executive Education program. He is the author of The Longevity Economy and a member of the Board of Directors of AARP.


Luke Yoquinto is a research associate at the MIT AgeLab. With AgeLab founder Joseph Coughlin and Globe Opinion, he produced the yearlong 2021–2022 “Longevity Hub” series in the Boston Globe. With Sanjay Sarma, he is the coauthor of Grasp.

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