Where & When: March 24-28, 2025 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. Organizers: Loretta Lees (Boston University), Kenton Card (University of Minnesota), Andre Comandon USC), Prentiss Dantzler (University Toronto), Orwa Switat (Harvard University/Tufts University) Sponsored by the Association of American Geographers’ Black Geographies Specialty Group Preventing and/or mitigating the displacement of low-income, marginalized, and/or racialized groups from […]
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 30th, 4 PM – 5:30 PM ET Location: Initiative on Cities | 75 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215 Join the Boston University Initiative on Cities and City Planning & Urban Affairs Program for our annual Careers in Transportation Information Session! This session provides a direct venue for students and […]
Date & Time: Friday, November 1st, 11 AM – 3 PM ET Location: Rajen Kilachand Center Colloquium Room, 1st Floor (610 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215) Register Join us for a book symposium featuring three new books by leaders in the field of gentrification: Tanya Golash-Boza’s Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC’s Racial Wealth Gap, […]
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 4:00-6:00 pm ET Film Screening: Initiative on Cities, 75 Bay State Road Join the Boston University Initiative on Cities, the Center for the Study of Asia, and the Department of Anthropology for a featured screening of The Last Breath of Sam Yan. This documentary captures the efforts of residents and students […]
The Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) is proud to release its 2024 Annual Report — marking 10 years since our founding and commitment to the betterment of cities. The achievements over the past year underscore our center’s dedication to serving as an interdisciplinary hub for urbanists, bridging research and practice, and leading place-based experiential […]
Authors: Katherine Levine Einstein (Associate Professor of Political Science, Boston University), Charley E. Willison (Assistant Professor of Public and Ecosystem Health, Cornell University) In this brief, the Boston University Initiative on Cities, Cornell University, and Community Solutions investigate the involvement of sanitation agencies in response to homelessness in cities across the country. Unsheltered homelessness is highly visible and presents social, […]
Where: Eichenbaum Colloquium Room, 610 Commonwealth Ave, First Floor When: Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 4:00 – 5:30 PM ET Join the Boston University Initiative on Cities and the City Planning & Urban Affairs Program for a special discussion on the mega project realigning the Massachusetts Turnpike/I-90. The project will open up land in Allston for […]
Date & Time: Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 4:00-6:00 PM ET (Talk: 4-5:15 PM; Reception: 5:15-6 PM) Location: Initiative on Cities, 75 Bay State Road Register Join the Boston University Initiative on Cities, Center for Latin American Studies, and Department of Sociology to discuss Assistant Professor of Sociology Ana Villarreal’s newly published book on the impacts of […]
Initiative on Cities Director Loretta Lees and co-author Elanor Warwick received the biennial International Planning History Society’s (IPHS) First Book Prize for their book Defensible Space on the Move: Mobilisation in English Housing Policy and Practice. The First Book Prize recognizes innovative planning history books based on original research. Defensible Space weaves oral history, in-depth […]
When: April 15-19, 2025 Where: Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Organizers: Loretta Lees, Professor of Sociology, and Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Research Associate Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Initiative on Cities, Boston University If interested in being a part of this session, please email your name, institution, paper title, and […]