Author: Ting Wei Li

Call for Papers: AAG Annual Meeting Session on Anti-Gentrification Policy-Making and Anti-Displacement Toolkits in, and for, Cities: Innovations in Data, Methods, and Policy

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 […]

2024 Careers in Transportation Information Session

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 […]

The Last Breath of Sam Yan Film Screening & Discussion

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 […]

Initiative on Cities Releases 2024 Annual Report

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 […]

Policy Brief: The Role of Sanitation and Waste Management in Local Responses to Homelessness

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, […]

The Two Faces of Fear: Violence and Inequality in the Mexican Metropolis Book Talk & Discussion

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 […]

Director Loretta Lees Wins International Planning History Society (IPHS) Book Prize

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 […]

Call for Papers for the 2025 International Conference on Urban Affairs – Triangulating the Urban-H (Housing, Heat, Health) in Cities Session

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 […]