A Conversation about Cities and Health
On Tuesday June 4th, IOC Co-Director Katharine Lusk spoke on a panel co-hosted by the Boston University School of Public Health, Initiative on Cities, AcademyHealth, and de Beaumont Foundation. Hosted by Sandro Galea, Dean of the School of Public Health, and moderated by Lisa Simpson, the President and CEO of AcademyHealth, the panel “A Conversation […]
Congregations in Contested Space: Gentrification and Latinx Churches in East Boston
Principal Investigator: Boston, like many U.S. cities, is currently experiencing elevated levels of gentrification adversely affecting working class people of color. The manner in which churches are affected by gentrification is particularly important as churches often provide valuable resources within working class communities of color. The investigator hopes to understand how Latinx churches in the […]
UK Cities: Coffee and Conversation with Liverpool’s Chief of Staff
England is undergoing a significant political shift at the municipal level. The creation of metro city governments is ushering in the first wave of directly elected mayors, including Mayor Joe Anderson of Liverpool. This fundamental change in the way cities operate is reviving the importance of local government and changing the power dynamic in English […]
Leading Cities From The Left
Along with the Center for the Study of Europe at the Pardee School of Global Studies, the Initiative on Cities is pleased to host Mayor Thomas Geisel of Düsseldorf, Germany, as part of our Speaker Series featuring urban leaders. Leading Cities From The Left will feature a conversation with Mayor Geisel on the city of Dusseldorf and the […]