Mayors
From the Initiative on Cities’ annual Menino Survey of Mayors to faculty and student-led research, the IOC catalyzes large amounts of research into Mayoral issues. Publications relating to Mayors have been organized by year.
2022 Publications
2022 Menino Survey of Mayors: Economic Opportunity, Poverty & Well-being
Katherine Levine Einstein, David M. Glick, and Maxwell Palmer
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Climate, Energy, Poverty
2022 Menino Survey of Mayors: Mayors and the Climate Crisis
Katherine Levine Einstein, David M. Glick, and Maxwell Palmer
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Climate Change, Local Governance, Policy Tools
2021 Publications
2021 Menino Survey of Mayors: Closing the racial wealth gap
Katherine Levine Einstein, David M. Glick, and Maxwell Palmer
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Inequity, Gentrification, Local Policy
2021 Menino Survey of Mayors: Mayors and America’s Homelessness Crisis
Katherine Levine Einstein and Charley Willison
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Housing, Data, Policy
2021 Menino Survey of Mayors: Building Back Better
Katherine Levine Einstein, David M. Glick, and Maxwell Palmer
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: American Rescue Plan, Racial Equity, Housing, Small Business
What the Next Mayor Needs to Do about Boston’s Transportation Crisis
Justin de Benedictis-Kessner and Kathryn Carlson
Boston Area Research Initiative: White Paper.
Themes: Transportation, Climate Change, Economic Recovery, Racial Inequity
Advancing Public Safety In Boston an Agenda For The Next Mayor
Jack McDevitt and Janice Iwama
Boston Area Research Initiative: White Paper.
Themes: Policing, Accountability, Community Relations
How The Next Mayor Can Accelerate Boston’s Equitable Clean Energy Transition
Rouwenna Altemose, Jacquie Ashmore, Cutler Cleveland, Jeannie Ramey, Gabe Shapiro, Mary Wambui, and Jen Stevenson Zepeda
Boston Area Research Initiative: White Paper.
Themes: Clean Energy, Climate Change Mitigation
What the Next Mayor of Boston Needs to Do about the Affordable Housing Crisis
Keren Mertens Horn and Meghan Elizabeth Kallman
Boston Area Research Initiative: White Paper.
Themes: Housing, Pandemic, Economic Recovery
2020 Publications
Can Mayors Lead on Climate Change? Evidence from Six Years of Surveys
Katherine Levine Einstein, David M. Glick, and Maxwell Palmer
The Forum: Journal Article
Themes: Climate Policy, Mayoral Politics, Housing, Transportation
Mayoral Views on Cities’ Legislators: How Representative are City Councils?
Katherine Levine Einstein and Maxwell Palmer
BU Initiative on Cities: Policy Brief.
Themes: Redistricting, Inequity
Perceptions of Public Health Priorities and Accountability among U.S. Mayors.
Luisa Godinez Puig, Katharine Lusk, David M. Glick, Katherine Levine Einstein, Maxwell Palmer, Stacy Fox, and Monica Wang
Public Health Reports: Journal Article.
Themes: Mayoral Perceptions, Public Health
The Pictures in Their Heads: How U.S. Mayors Think About Racial Inequality
Katherine Levine Einstein, Luisa Godinez Puig, and Spencer Piston
Urban Affairs Review: Journal Article.
Themes: Mayoral Perceptions, Race, Inequlity
2020 Menino Survey of Mayors: Urban Parks and the Public Realm: Equity & Access in Post-COVID Cities
Katharine Lusk, Songhyun Park, Katherine Levine Einstein, David Glick, Maxwell Palmer and Stacy Fox
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Greenspace, Perceptions, COVID-19
2020 Menino Survey of Mayors: Policing and Protests
Katherine Levine Einstein, David M. Glick, and Maxwell Palmer
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Policing, Protest, Inequity, Police Reform
2020 Menino Survey of Mayors: COVID-19 Recovery and the Future of Cities
Katherine Levine Einstein, David M. Glick, Stacy Fox, and Maxwell Palmer
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: COVID-19, Mayoral Leadership, Economic Recovery
Counting the City: Mayoral Views on the 2020 Census
Katherine Levine Einstein, Maxwell Palmer, and David Glick
BU Initiative on Cities: Census Brief.
Themes: 2020 Census, Inequity, Perceptions
Mayors and Social Inequalities
Ioanna Christodoulaki
BU Initiative on Cities. Working Paper.
Themes: Social Mobility, Inequity
2019 Publications
Mayoral Views on Housing Production: Do Planning Goals Match Reality?
Katherine Levine Einstein and Maxwell Palmer
BU Initiative on Cities: Policy Brief.
Themes: Housing Policy, Mayors, Perceptions
Mayoral Views on Economic Incentives: Valuable Tools or a Bad Use of Resources?
David M. Glick and Graham Wilson
BU Initiative on Cities. Policy Brief.
Themes: Mayors, Economic Policy
2019 Menino Survey of Mayors
Katherine Levine Einstein, Stacy Fox, David Glick, and Maxwell Palmer
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Infrastructure, Transportation, Climate, Employment, Opportunity Zones
Mayors and the Health of Cities
Luisa Godinez Puig, Katharine Lusk, and Monica Wang
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Public Health, Mental Health, Addiction, Gun Violence, Traffic, Environment
Engaging Local Policy Makers in Public Health: Current Perceptions and Future Directions
Monica Wang and Katharine Lusk
Journal of Public Health Management & Practice: Article.
Themes: Public Health, Obesity, Mental Health, Gun Violence, Traffic, Environment
2018 Publications
2018 Menino Survey of Mayors
Katherine Levine Einstein, Stacy Fox, David Glick, and Maxwell Palmer
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Economic Development, Sharing Economy, Health, Housing, City Legislatures
Do Mayors Run for Higher Office? New Evidence on Progressive Ambition
Katherine Levine Einstein, David M. Glick, and Maxwell Palmer
American Politics Research: Journal Article.
Themes: Elections, Gender, Ambition
Mayoral Views on Racism and Discrimination
Katherine Levine Einstein, Maxwell Palmer, David Glick, Katharine Lusk, Christiana McFarland, Leon Andrews, Aliza Wasserman, and Chelsea Jones
Boston University and National League of Cities: Report.
Themes: Racism and Discrimination, Local Policy, Mayoral Leadership
Cities Joining Ranks — Policy Networks on the Rise
Katharine Lusk and Nicolas Gunkel
BU Initiative on Cities: Report and Summary of Key Findings.
Themes: Policy Networks, Mayoral Relationships
The Mayor as an Institution
Karl Dean, Manny Diaz, Shirley Franklin, Michael Nutter, Don Plusquellic, Scott Smith, Anthony Williams, and Lisa Wong
BU Initiative on Cities: Video.
The Decision to Run
Karl Dean, Manny Diaz, Shirley Franklin, Michael Nutter, Don Plusquellic, Scott Smith, Anthony Williams, and Lisa Wong
BU Initiative on Cities: Video.
Assembling A Leadership Team
Karl Dean, Manny Diaz, Shirley Franklin, Michael Nutter, Don Plusquellic, Scott Smith, Anthony Williams, and Lisa Wong
BU Initiative on Cities: Video.
Mayors on Relationship Leadership
Karl Dean, Manny Diaz, Shirley Franklin, Michael Nutter, Don Plusquellic, Scott Smith, Anthony Williams, and Lisa Wong
BU Initiative on Cities: Video.
Changing the Brand of the City
Karl Dean, Manny Diaz, Shirley Franklin, Michael Nutter, Don Plusquellic, Scott Smith, Anthony Williams, and Lisa Wong
BU Initiative on Cities: Video.
City Learning: Evidence of Policy Information Diffusion from a Survey of U.S. Mayors
Katherine Levine Einstein, David M. Glick, and Maxwell Palmer
Political Research Quarterly: Journal Article.
Themes: Policymaking, Mayoral Politics
2017 Publications
2017 Menino Survey of Mayors
Katherine Levine Einstein, David Glick, and Maxwell Palmer
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Housing, Sustainability, Budgets, Federalism, City Networks, Data
Partisanship and Preemption: Mayors on Local Autonomy
Katherine Levine Einstein and David M. Glick
PS: Political Science and Politics: Article.
Themes: Federalism, Partisanship
Cities in American Federalism: Evidence on State-Local Government Conflict from a Survey of Mayors.
Katherine Levine Einstein and David M. Glick
Publius: The Journal of Federalism: Manuscript.
Themes: Federalism, Partisanship, State Government, Local Government
2016 Publications
2016 Menino Survey of Mayors
Katherine Levine Einstein, David Glick, and Conor LeBlanc
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Mayoral Attributes, Policy Priorities, Inclusivity, Intergovernmental Relations
Cities, Inequality, and Redistribution: Evidence from a Survey of Mayors
Katherine Levine Einstein and David M. Glick
Urban Affairs Review: Manuscript.
Themes: Mayoral Leadership, Income Inequality
2015 Publications
2015 Menino Survey of Mayors
Katherine Levine Einstein and David Glick
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Infrastructure, Police Reform, Poverty, Fiscal Health, Mayoral Leadership
Fiscal Leadership and the Modern City
Katharine Lusk and Aeriel Emig
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Fiscal Health, Pension, Health Costs, Infrastructure, Taxation
Model Neighborhoods Through Mayors’ Eyes 50 Years After the Civil Rights Act.
Katherine Levine Einstein and David M. Glick
Boston University Law Review: Article.
Themes: Segregation, Mayoral Leadership
2014 Publications
Mayoral Policy Making: Results from the 21st Century Mayors Leadership Survey
Katherine Levine Einstein, David Glick, and Katharine Lusk
BU Initiative on Cities: Report.
Themes: Mayoral Priorities, Income Inequality, Gentrification, Climate Change