Martin Fiszbein
Martin Fiszbein’s research seeks to understand comparative paths of development in historical perspective, drawing on new empirical approaches and conceptual insights from growth theory, development economics, regional/urban economics, political economy, social psychology, and evolutionary approaches. Adopting a long-run perspective, my papers underscore how “initial conditions” shaping economies early in their history may influence subsequent development […]
Caroline Fleming
Caroline Fleming (she/her/hers) is a PhD candidate and an NSF GRFP Award Winner. She is a member of the Rotjan Marine Ecology Lab at BU, where she investigates the energetic trade-offs corals make under anthropogenic stressors. One aspect of this work is investigating the physiological effects of urban pollutants on the temperate coral Astrangia poculata […]
Stacy Fox
Stacy Fox is the Executive Director of the Boston University Initiative on Cities, where she spearheads university-wide programs and research, including the national Menino Survey of Mayors, place-based experiential learning for students, and multi-stakeholder events. She partners with the IOC Director to advance the visibility, stature, and capacity of BU as a renowned urban research […]
Cora Funke
Read more about Cora’s experience as the 2022 City of Chelsea Open Data & Digital Communications Summer Fellow Cora Funke is from Vermont and double-majored in Political Science and Environmental Analysis and Policy in Kilachand Honors College and the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS). On campus, she is a member of Divest BU, plays […]
Sarah Garvey
Sarah Garvey received a Ph.D. from the Department of Earth & Environment at Boston University in 2023 and in her research, focused on the effects of urbanization and forest fragmentation on carbon storage and fluxes.
Jeffrey Geddes
Research in Jeff’s group is focused on the impacts of reactive trace gases in Earth’s atmosphere. Topics range from understanding urban air quality to studying biosphere-atmosphere exchange in natural environments. The group primarily uses satellite remote sensing observations in combination with a global model of atmospheric chemistry, but also relies on field measurements. Current projects […]
David Glick
David Glick joined the Political Science department and Boston University in 2011. He is an associate professor. He is also the faculty director of MetroBridge and a co-PI on the Menino Survey of Mayors with BU’s Initiative on Cities. He received his Ph.D. in the Department of Politics at Princeton University and was previously a visiting […]
Juliahna Green
Read more about Juliahna’s experience as the 2018 Greater Manchester Combined Authority Fellow Juliahna Green studied economics in the College of Arts and Sciences. She interned at Roca, a local not-for-profit aimed at combating cyclical poverty. In the past, she has interned in three different departments at the City of Boston, most recently in Intergovernmental […]
Max Greenberg
Max A. Greenberg researches and teaches in the areas of political sociology, youth and families, and gender. His most recent book, Twelve Weeks to Change a Life: At Risk Youth in a Fractured State, examines the reorganization of state power around short-term grants and fleeting programs. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and historical research, the book […]
Adam Guren
Adam Guren is an empirical macroeconomist. His work is primarily at the intersection of the housing market, household finance, and the macroeconomy, encompassing house prices, the 2000s housing boom and bust, housing wealth effects, foreclosures and foreclosure policy, mortgage design, and macroprudential policy. He has also studied labor markets, trade, and the macroeconomy. He teaches PhD […]