The Urban Age Project at the Architecture Biennale
For over a decade, the Urban Age, a joint research investigation by LSE Cities and the Aldred Herrhausen Society, has investigated the relationship between…
Hospitals: A New Vanguard for Urban Economic Development?
The importance of hospitals to our quality of life extends well beyond the healthcare services they provide. They are also major drivers of economic…
Initiative for A Competitive Inner City (ICIC)
Founded in 1994 by Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter, the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City is a nonprofit research and strategy organization…
The Association of African Women for Research and Development
The Association of African Women for Research and Development is a member of The General Assembly of Partners (GAP), Research and Academia partner constituent group.…
New Urban Innovation Institute at University of Chicago
The University of Chicago will establish a new think tank devoted to researching urban issues, thanks to a $35 million gift by the head…
A new Journal of Design and Science (JoDS) from MIT Media Lab
PubPub is a platform for totally transparent publishing. Read, Write, Publish, Review. Launched in early 2016, the Journal of Design and Science (JoDS)…
Stakeholders concerned over access to Habitat III negotiations
Worries focus on new rules governing this year’s urbanization conference — and push back on suggestions that those guidelines are the most progressive ever…
Unlocking Access to Energy Data; President’s Better Buildings Program
On January 29, as part of the President’s Better Buildings Program, the Administration announced: 18 utilities, serving more than 2.6 million commercial customers, will…
New Book: Social Class in the 21st Century
Social Class in the 21st Century Authors: Mike Savage, Niall Cunningham, Fiona Devine, Sam Friedman, Daniel Laurison, Lisa Mckenzie, Andrew Miles, Helene Snee and…
UN Announces High-Level Panel On Women’s Economic Empowerment
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the creation of the first High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment that will target the persistent economic gender gap across the…