Refugee Livelihood and Work Permits in Urban Areas: The Case of Jordan
Principal Investigators Assistant Professor Noora Anwar Lori and Pardee Master’s candidate Vicky Kelberer, in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, will develop an impact assessment of work permits on the livelihoods of Syrian refugees living in Jordan. Jordan has recently taken a leadership position among refugee host countries by adopting work authorization […]
Albedo and Its Impact on the Urban Heat Island Effect: Characterizing the Urban Surface and Its Heat Mitigation Potential Across a Transact of Cities
Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigator Earth and Environment Ph.D. candidate Andrew Trlica, under the advisement of Associate Professor and Founder of the Hutyra Research Lab Lucy Hutyra, seeks to study urban heat islands (UHI), identifying the linkages between urban land cover and surface temperature. Specifically, he will focus on the effect of albedo—the percent of total […]
Modelling the Effect of Energy-Efficient Housing Interventions on Indoor Environmental Health in Urban Multi-Family Populations
Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigator Environmental Public Health Ph.D. candidate Lindsay Underhill, under the direction of School of Public Health Associate Chair and Professor Jonathan Levy, will develop flexible building simulation prototypes that model the urban multi-family housing stock in Massachusetts. These simulation models will be used to examine seasonal indoor pollutant concentrations and identify energy-efficient […]
Refugee Resettlement as an Urban Development Tool in Deindustrialized Cities: A Case of Pittsburgh, PA
Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigator Sociology Ph.D. candidate Jake Watson, under the advisement of Sociology Professor Julian Go, will examine the socioeconomic impact of refugee resettlement on local community and micro-economies through an in-depth case study of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He seeks to identify evidence-based best practices for the use of refugee settlement as […]
Assessment of Urban Indoor Air Quality, Environmental Conditions and Occupancy Using a New Low-Cost Wireless Sensor
Principal Investigator Research Assistant Professor Patricia Fabian and Professor Thomas Little, both of Boston University, and Harvard Assistant Professor Gary Adamkiewicz seek to build and test a compact low-cost indoor air quality and occupancy sensing device (Urban Indoor Air Monitor, or iAM) in an ongoing housing field study in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Fabian, Little and Adamkiewicz […]
From “Street Car Suburb” to “Student Ghetto”: Allston and Urban Change
Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigator Sociology Ph.D. candidate Sarah Hosman, under the advisement of Professor of Sociology Japonica Brown-Saracino, will examine the urban identity of the Boston neighborhood of Allston. Rather than following typical patterns of gentrification of disinvestment, Allston has instead fluctuated between decline and ascent as Boston’s “student ghetto”. Hosman seeks to understand how […]
Promoting Academic Success in Urban Head Start Children: A Pilot Study to Enhance Cognitive Control Through Metacognitive Monitoring
Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigator Assistant Professor Amanda Tarullo from the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Assistant Professor Kathleen Corriveau from the School of Education, and Associate Professor and Director of the Family Certificate Program Ruth Paris from the School of Social Work will conduct a study of urban preschool children in Boston to determine if […]
Gentrification Debates Revisited: Lessons from 30 Years of Sociological Research
Principal Investigator Associate Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino will examine thirty years of extant gentrification scholarship to identify definitional differences, research trends and knowledge gaps. She will address several key themes including: Core features of sociological approaches to gentrification, including examinations of racial, residential, commercial and educational impacts Gentrification’s origins, dynamics and consequences Policy recommendations that have […]
Enhancing Energy Efficiency for Urban Housing: Madison Park Energy Efficiency Project, Phase II
Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigator In Phase II of an ongoing collaboration with Wells Fargo to reduce energy costs and energy use in urban housing, Professors Robert Kaufmann, Nalin Kulatilaka, and Associate Professor Michael Gevelber seek to build on their preliminary research results. Phase II will develop further tools and models to analyze efficient technology investment […]
Using Data to Inform Policy and Programmatic Responses to Unaccompanied Adult Homelessness in Boston
Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigator Led by Assistant Professors Thomas Byrne, Yoonsook Ha, and Daniel Miller in collaboration with the Mayor’s Task Force on Individual Homelessness, this project seeks to identify key gaps in existing knowledge about unaccompanied homeless adults who experience related episodes of shelter use over time. In order to both examine gaps in […]