From the Pediatric Frontlines: Basic Needs, Access to COVID19 Supports & Equity Among Families with Young Children in the Boston Area
Principal Investigator: Co-Principal Investigator: Young children are in a sensitive period of body and brain development and may be susceptible to significant changes brought about by COVID-19, including the economic stability of their families, food insecurity, housing security, and access to COVID-19 support. Drawing on existing survey data that Children’s HealthWatch, a research and policy […]
Race, Place, and Policing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multi-City Study
Principial Investigator: Co-Principial Investigator: Low-level policing—which includes enforcement and arrests based on quality-of-life offenses such as disorderly conduct, property damage, unauthorized public gathering, or trespassing—has devastated communities of color in the United States. Simes and Jahn will examine if and how COVID-19 has changed low-level policing, particularly with regard to the racial inequities in rates […]
COIVD-19 & Cities: How are they coping?
By: Carly Berke On Wednesday, April 15th, 2020, the Initiative on Cities held a webinar examining the effects of COVID-19 on cities bearing the brunt of the public health and economic crisis. IOC Director Graham Wilson joined Katherine Levine Einstein, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Faculty Fellow at the IOC, and Bruce Katz, Founding […]
#BUandBoston: Pam Templer Studies the Good, the Bad & the Ugly of Nitrogen
This post is part of our #BUandBoston series, highlighting the work and research of BU students, faculty, and staff throughout the City of Boston. Interested in having your Boston-related work featured? Tag us on Instagram or Twitter @BUonCities using the #BUandBoston or send us an email at ioc@bu.edu. By: Douglas Darrah Nitrogen fertilizes our crops, […]
IOC issues call for COVID-19 Urban Research-to-Action Proposals
The Initiative on Cities (IOC) is issuing a new call for COVID-19 Urban Research-to-Action Proposals. We seek to support new faculty-led research to better understand and begin to address the disproportionate impacts the COVID-19 pandemic is having on marginalized urban residents, including but not limited to communities of color, low income communities, the elderly, immigrants and the […]
Mayoral Views on Cities’ Legislators: How Representative are City Councils?
Mayoral Views on Cities’ Legislators: How Representative are City Councils?
Mayoral Views on Cities’ Legislators: How Representative are City Councils?
To better understand how well city councils represent their constituents, we asked a nationally representative sample of mayors of cities over 75,000 a series of questions about their city councils. We interviewed mayors in person and over the phone, discussing a range of critical political and policy questions—including a module on city councils. Among other things, mayors rated the quality of their city council’s representation for different racial, ethnic, economic, and social groupings. They also told us who was responsible for drawing their city council’s districts.
Partner with MetroBridge in 2020-2021
Update: Cities and towns are tackling unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With this in mind, we encourage local governments, community organizations, and non-profits to submit project ideas for how BU can support your local response to this critical public health and economic crisis. Thank you for everything you are doing to keep our […]
March & April IOC Events Postponed
Given growing concerns about Coronavirus, the following events have been postponed: March 16th – Black Boston: Transforming the Arts March 24th – Animal City: The Domestication of America April 2nd – Black Boston: Building Healthy Communities April 2nd – Opportunity Zones: How Are They Working in Cities? April 16th – From Arts to Placemaking: What Burning Man […]