Boston University Initiative on Cities
The Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) was created in 2014 as a university-wide hub for urban research, learning, and practice. The Initiative catalyzes research in, on, and with cities, hosts critical conversations, and creates experiential, place-based learning opportunities for students. We marshal the talents and resources of wide-ranging disciplines across Boston University, lead ground-breaking research on mayoral leadership, and forge ties to cities locally, nationally, and globally in pursuit of sustainable, just, and inclusive urban transformation.
Implementing Climate Actions in Small and Midsize US Cities
Urban Health in Africa Zoom Meeting
Why I Chose Urban Studies: Matt Lutkins | 2025 Initiative on Cities Student Prize Recipient
Urban Power: Democracy & Inequality in São Paulo & Johannesburg
Allston Multimodal Project and Reknitting the Allston Community
Crosscutting Themes: Critical Gentrification Studies Going Forwards
Slow and Sudden Violence: Why and When Uprisings Occur
Sixty Miles Upriver: Gentrification and Race in a Small American City
Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC’s Racial Wealth Gap
Urban Seminar Series: The Nocturnal City
2023 Menino Survey Launch: Building for a Green Future: Cities and the IRA
NLC Menino Fellowship: Showcase & Info Session
Multiplied Displacement: Boston Urban Salon Speaker Event with René Kreichauf
Annual Cities Lecture: Jenny Robinson
2023 Gentrification & Displacement Conference: Plenary Keynote with Mindy Fullilove
2023 Gentrification & Displacement Conference: A Transdisciplinary Plenary Conversation
Gentrification & Displacement Conference: Latin American Gentrification Without Displacement
Gentrification & Displacement Conference: Plenary Keynote with Raquel Rolnik
Gentrification & Displacement Conference: Boston Organizers, Practitioners, & Policymakers
Boston City Council At-Large Candidate Forum
Transportation & the City Series: Livable Streets in Oslo, Norway
Homelessness is a Housing Problem: Book Talk & Panel Discussion with Greg Colburn
Cities, Lobbyists, & the Power to Influence Politics
Punk Rock Music and the Protests for Free Public Transportation in Brazil
Clair Dunning discusses connections between non-profits, public policy, and the history of racism
Jeremy Levine discusses attributes of communities and how they impact the participatory process
Community and Governance in Boston: Understanding the Role of Non-Profits in Politics and Policy
Daphne Lundi discusses timescales for combating extreme heat