Global Cities Student Research Summit

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On March 5th, the Georgetown Global Cities Initiative will convene its third annual Student Research Summit where students from across University come together to celebrate urban and place-based research and build interdisciplinary networks.  The key objectives of the Summit are to champion, elevate and advance student-driven urban research across the entire University and build a multi-disciplinary supportive network by doing so. We received student proposals from nearly all schools at Georgetown and we have put together a dynamic and exciting agenda.  

 

Following opening remarks from Professor Uwe Brandes, Faculty Director of the GGCI, selected students will offer brief presentations on their work pertaining to global urbanization divided in four panels and a lightning round: Covid and Cities; Cities and Public Health; Forces of Change in Global Urbanization; Social Equity Across DC’s Metropolitan Landscape; Digital Disruption in the City). Responses and comments will be offered by selected student respondents, GGCI Visiting Fellow Angela Glover Blackwell and Georgetown Faculty Members and Researchers.

 

Agenda

 

12:00 Welcome and Introductions

 

Uwe Brandes, GGCI Faculty Director

 

12:10 Panel 1: COVID-19 and Cities

 

Presentations:

 

Migrant Worker Welfare in Singapore’s COVID-19 Response.

Vanessa Jarnes (School of Foreign Service, MSFS ‘22)

 

Evaluating qualitative differences in city, state, and county COVID-19 response policies in California.

Emily Pelles (McCourt School of Public Policy, MPP ‘22)

 

Student Respondent:

Matthew Boyce (Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, PhD)

 

Respondents: 

Angela Glover Blackwell, GGCI Visiting Fellow

John Monahan, Senior Advisor for Global Health to Georgetown University President John J DeGioia; Senior Fellow, McCourt School of Public Policy; and Senior Scholar, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law

 

12:45 Panel 2: Cities and Public Health

 

Presentations:

 

Trends in Urban Health Determinants: A Case Study of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 

Betelhem Eshetu Yimer (School of Nursing & Health Studies, MSGH ‘21)

 

Modelling Syndemics: Quality of Life and Multimorbidity in Urban South Africa.

Anthony Panasci (School of Nursing & Health Studies ‘21, GH)

 

Innovating Technologies for a Sustainable Urban Future: The Implementation of Vertical Farms in Major Cities Facing Food Insecurity.

Andra Roventa (School of Continuing Studies, MPUP ’21)

 

Student Respondent:

Ana Paula Pellegrino (Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, PhD) 

 

Respondents:

Angela Glover Blackwell, GGCI Visiting Fellow

Bernhard Liese, Professor; Chair, Department of International Health, School of Nursing and Global Health Studies

 

1:30 Panel 3: Forces of Change in Global Urbanization

 

Presentations:

 

Disaster Risk Reduction in Urban Sub-Saharan Africa: Assessing Equity in the “Making Cities Sustainable and Resilient” UN Initiative.

Jack  Hennessey (School of Foreign Service ‘21, STIA)

 

Politics of Self and City-making in Doha, Qatar.

Khushboo Shah (School of Foreign Service ‘22, Qatar)

 

Empowering Italian cities through the Constitution: Evaluating the Impact of Reforms (2001-2014) on Metro-City Power.

Elena Bagnera (McCourt School of Public Policy, MPP ‘22)

 

Respondents: 

Angela Glover Blackwell, GGCI Visiting Fellow

Prof. Sheila Foster, The Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Urban Law and Policy; Professor of Public Policy

 

2:10 Panel 4: Social Equity Across DC’s Metropolitan Landscape

 

Presentations:

 

New Housing Development and the Impacts on Rental Prices and Housing Cost Burden in the DC Housing Market.

Nick  Stabile (McCourt School of Public Policy, MPP ‘21).

 

The 6 Spokes: Making DC a World Class Bike Region.

Andrew Grinberg (School of Continuing Studies, MPUP ‘21). 

 

Student Respondent:

Isabel Youngs (School of Continuing Studies, MPUP ‘21).

 

Respondents: 

Angela Glover Blackwell, GGCI Visiting Fellow

Katie J. Wells, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Georgetown Global Cities Initiative

 

2:40 Lightning Round: Digital Disruption in the City: Emerging Urban Technologies

 

People-First Autonomous Vehicles: Washington, DC as a Model for Global Development.

Kevin Schlosser (McDonough School of Business, MBA ‘21)

 

Ensuring equality in the future of urban technology: What are the key ethical issues in algorithmic decision-making of facial recognition technology and how can they be managed?

Alie Fordyce (Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, CCT ‘21)

 

Respondents: 

Angela Glover Blackwell, GGCI Visiting Fellow

Katie J. Wells, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Georgetown Global Cities Initiative

 

2:55    Concluding Remarks 

 

Uwe Brandes, GGCI Faculty Director

3:00 Adjourn

 

 

This event is open to all members of the Georgetown University community only. You will need to access the meeting using your @georgetown.edu email address.