The Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) is proud to release our 2021 Annual Report. It reflects on the research, learning, events, and people that have empowered the next generation of civic leaders at Boston University and advanced inclusive urban transformation. As IOC Co-Directors Graham Wilson (now retired) and Katharine Lusk wrote of the 2020–2021 […]
As the Boston mayoral race heads to the primary on September 14, the Boston Area Research Initiative, in partnership with local academic communities, including Boston University experts, just released a four-part white paper series to help advise the next mayor. The series considers how the City can continue moving forward by learning about the challenges […]
The Initiative on Cities Working Paper Series recently published “Racial Disparities in Neighborhood Arrest Rates During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” a new working paper by Jaquelyn Jahn (Post-Doctoral Scholar, CUNY Graduate Center); Jessica Simes (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Boston University); Tori Cowger (Doctoral Student, Harvard University); and Brigette Davis (Doctoral Student, Harvard University.) This research was […]
BU TODAY: Graham Wilson, Founding Codirector of BU’s Initiative on Cities, Will Retire CAS political science professor helped create a nation-spanning partnership between US mayors and the University In 2014, Graham Wilson shared founding director duties at BU’s Initiative on Cities (IOC) with a marquis name. Working at the IOC with Boston’s longest serving mayor, […]
Held on Thursday, July 1, 2021 By 2050, 66 percent of the world’s population is expected to live in cities. This panel explored how cities can be structured to support health and what we have learned about the future of urban living from the COVID-19 pandemic. Co-hosted with the School of Public Health Speakers: Oxiris […]
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 12pm–1pm ET Click here to Register The IOC is proud to support the Boston Globe and the Civic Action Project for an event discussing how public policy and private action can be used to assure that neighborhood development shares the space and the benefits equitably with people of all ethnicities and […]