Joseph Coughlin Profile
Joseph F. Coughlin, Ph.D., is founder and Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab. He teaches in MIT's Department of Urban Studies & Planning and the Sloan School's Advanced Management Program.
His research focuses on how demographic change, technology, social trends and consumer behavior drive innovations in business and government. He has authored more than 100 research publications and a book on aging and transportation.
Dr. Coughlin is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Slate.com and his own blog Disruptive Demographics on BigThink.com. He was named by The Wall Street Journal as one of "12 pioneers inventing the future of retirement…," and by Fast Company Magazine as one of the "100 Most Creative People in Business."
Dr. Coughlin was appointed by President George W. Bush to the White House Conference on Aging Advisory Committee and has advised non-profits, governments and corporations worldwide.
He has been featured on ABC, BBC, CBS, CNN, NBC, The Today Show, Economist, Financial Times, The Straights Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other media outlets throughout the world.
Prior to MIT he was with EG&G a Fortune 1000 science & technology firm consulting to business and government worldwide.
His new book, The Longevity Economy: Inside the World's Fastest Growing, Most Misunderstood Market, is forthcoming in 2017 from Public Affairs Press.