the uChicago urban network
Our Mission
With billions of people currently residing in urban areas around the world, and billions more projected to migrate to cities in the decades ahead, examining and improving urban life has never been more critical. As a global leader in urban research and impact, the University of Chicago is confronting the most significant problems cities face through rigorous scholarship and engaged practice, focused on economic development and infrastructure, public safety, public health, education, equity, and environmental sustainability.
UChicago Urban Network Members
Leaders in Scholarship & Practice
Units, Centers & Initiatives
The UChicago Urban Network brings together more than 20 schools, centers and initiatives from across campus to promote the urban ideas and programs transforming Chicago and the future of cities around the world.
UChicago Urban Network Faculty
Urban Experts
Director, Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation; leader of the Million Neighborhoods Map Project
Principal investigator of The Black Youth Project and Mobilization, Change and Political and Civic Engagement Project
Project Director, Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention
Legal scholar and expert in civilian police oversight and accountability
Director, Program on the Global Environment; Senior lecturer, Environmental and Urban Studies
UChicago Urban Network in the News
Research underscores how our punitive criminal justice system is a coronavirus risk factor
MEDIA MENTION • JUN 12, 2020
Source: The Washington Post
Topics: COVID-19, Public Safety, Public Health
Did New Yorkers Who Fled to Second Homes Bring the Virus?
MEDIA MENTION • JUN 12, 2020
Source: The New York Times
Topics: COVID-19, Public Health
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