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October 1st, 2020

Angela Glover Blackwell Named Visiting Fellow for 2020-21

The Georgetown Global Cities Initiative is honored to announce Angela Glover Blackwell as its third annual visiting fellow.

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September 11th, 2020

Producing Resources for Cities to Manage Covid-19

Professor Rebecca Katz and the Center for Global Health Science & Security provide city leaders with the tools needed to prevent, detect, and respond...

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August 25th, 2020

Managing Coastal Retreat

With coastal and riverine land areas prone to flooding and inundation, managing the retreat of existing land uses represents a significant challenge...

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July 26th, 2020

Scholars Across Asia Discuss Neighborhood Culture

The Georgetown Global Cities Initiative in partnership with Ateneo de Manila University hosted a research symposium to explore the culture of informal...

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July 24th, 2020

A Different Kind of Density: Lessons From Asian Megacities

Prof. Sand reflects on how the pandemic makes clear that a healthy, prosperous future depends on urban densities that enable strong social...

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June 5th, 2020

Racism in Our Streets and Structures

"We need to embrace the whole idea of organizing, community organizing and coming together and identifying those issues that are affecting people in...

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June 4th, 2020

"inescapable network of mutuality"

The Georgetown Global Cities Initiative stands in solidarity with all members of the Georgetown community and all other persons around the world...

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April 7th, 2020

Responding to Covid-19 in Delhi

Prof. Rajesh Veeraraghavan's Urban Spatial Observatory generates actionable spatial data for Dehli's most challenged communities. This map of Delhi...

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March 16th, 2020

The Sociology of Housing

Georgetown Professors Brian McCabe (Sociology) and Eva Rosen (McCourt) co-convened a national research symposium entitled, “The Sociology of Housing.”...

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March 13th, 2020

Facial Recognition in Today's City

Recent Research Insights from the Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown Law

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