On Wednesday, April 21, 2018 Tulane University Associate Professor of Political Science, Mirya Holman, joined the Initiative on Cities to share research from her recently published book, Women in Politics in the American City, which explores the influence of gender on urban leadership in the United States. Are women equally represented in higher levels of […]
Initiative on Cities Executive Director Katharine Lusk led a panel at SXSW earlier this month focused on the work mayors are doing to advance racial equity in their cities. The panel, America’s Mayors: Fighting for Racial Equity, featured Initiative partners Leon Andrews, the Director of the Race, Equity And Leadership (REAL) at the National League […]
Each year, the Initiative on Cities and Questrom School of Business Executive Leadership Center partners to design custom executive education programs to train businesses to think like cities. For the second year, Initiative on Cities Director and Professor, Graham Wilson, co-led the spring term of Arup’s executive education course in Hangzhou, China. Learn more about […]
The Initiative on Cities is pleased to announce its Spring 2018 Request for Proposals for our Early Stage Urban Research Awards. These seed grants support research addressing urban challenges and urban populations in the U.S and abroad. The Awards are open to all faculty and graduate students of Boston University Schools, and interdisciplinary collaboration is […]
“As the Trump administration retreats on climate change, US cities are moving forward” via The Conversation. Boston University Assistant Professors and Menino Survey authors David Glick, Katherine Levine Einstein, and Maxwell Palmer published an article in The Conversation highlighting mayors’ views on climate change based on the 2017 Menino Survey of Mayors data.
On January 23, 2018, the Boston University Initiative on Cities announced the results of its 2017 Menino Survey of Mayors, a nationally representative survey of mayoral thoughts and challenges on today’s top issues. Three BU political science professors, Katherine Einstein, David Glick, and Maxwell Palmer, led the research by interviewing 115 mayors from 39 states […]
At the end of the Fall 2017 semester, the Boston University Initiative on Cities co-sponsored the lecture “When Tokyo Went Electric: Electricity Theft and the Materiality of Modern Life” with Professor Ian Miller of Harvard University. Miller describes Japan’s journey to become one of the most “electrified” places on Earth through fossil fuels and the […]
The Initiative on Cities invites applications for its Visiting Scholars Program for academic year 2018-2019. The program offers scholars the opportunity to spend up to one year at Boston University for independent research on urban challenges and urban populations in the U.S and abroad. Successful candidates benefit from the Initiative’s programs on urban leadership and […]
Join the Initiative on Cities in Washington, DC on January 23, 2018 at 9:30am for the release of the 2017 Menino Survey of Mayors Final Report. The Menino Survey is the only systematic survey of American mayors. Based on interviews with 115 mayors, this year’s Survey delves into the ways in which our mayors are […]
The BU Initiative on Cities is partnering with the Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI) to host their spring conference, Confronting Inequality and Economic Mobility: Data-Driven Lessons From Boston, For Boston. We are looking for faculty, students and members of the private and public sectors to submit ideas for panels, presentations, posters and more. The deadline […]