Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation

Are you a UChicago graduate student interested in careers in housing? Apply by September 1 for the Kreisman Graduate Fellows’ Program, an exciting blend of classroom and applied learning and networking opportunities over the 2024-25 academic year! You'll be part of a multidisciplinary cohort of peers with the opportunity to take a course on urban housing, participate in a project with a local organization supported by a stipend, join networking events with housing practitioners, and more. Apply through the link in our bio!

The Mansueto Institute co-sponsored the Neighborhood Innovation Summit with Gambit Chicago on July 23 and July 24 at the International House at the University of Chicago, bringing together youth participants ages 12-24 from the Englewood neighborhood, along with their families and community stakeholders, to serve as Urban Development Ambassadors. This two-day event aimed to empower students to make an impact in the South Side of Chicago by teaching them about urban land acquisition and development and ultimately proposing a redevelopment of a plot of land in Englewood.

The summit is one of six Urban Innovation Grants for Student Organizations that the Mansueto Institute awarded in July to support University of Chicago student groups working on events, research, or other efforts focused on critical issues and topics impacting cities. These inaugural grants engage with a range of issues affecting the future of cities, such as sustainable and equitable neighborhood development in Chicago, digital governance and smart cities, and urban diplomacy. Gambit Chicago is led by Joseph Olalusi, a South Side Native, Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago student, and Obama Foundation scholar.

We want to recognize collaborators, partners, and community organizations that were involved including Gambit Chicago, Urban Equities, Inc, International House at the University of Chicago, UChicago Office of Civic Engagement, Cook County Land Bank Authority, TEAMWORK ENGLEWOOD, Inspired Journey Design Studio, UrbanWorks, Ltd., Planning Resources Inc., and Cook County Assessor's Office.

Are you a Chicago resident? The Chicago Neighborhood Project is asking you to help define your neighborhood by filling out a three-minute survey to draw your neighborhood's boundaries. The survey aims to align official definitions with the way the real experts - Chicago residents who travel in and around the city every day - truly perceive and live in their neighborhoods. Completing this quick survey will enter you for a chance to win a $50 gift card. It is available in multiple languages and can be accessed at https://chicago-neighborhoods.com

We are pleased to share that Christopher R. Berry, the William J. and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy and in the College, has been appointed faculty director of the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, effective immediately. We look forward to sharing more in the coming weeks and months and hope you'll join us in warmly welcoming Chris to the Mansueto Institute. https://miurban.uchicago.edu/2023/07/20/faculty-director-appointment/

Check out photos from this year's Kreisman Symposium on Housing Law and Policy! The May 1 event, "Missing Middle Housing: The Key to Scaling Affordability?" featured speakers from across disciplines discussing how to build and preserve “middle housing” as a means of increasing affordable housing stock. Thank you to all of the keynote speakers and panelists who shared their knowledge, and to all of the participants who attended the event and made it a successful, impactful day. We hope you will join us again next year.

Registration is still open for the Kreisman Housing Law and Policy Initiative annual symposium on May 1st. Our keynote speakers include University of Chicago alum Erika Poethig, MPP '96, who serves as Special Assistant to the President for Housing and Urban Policy on the White House Domestic Policy Council; Dan Parolek, founding principal of Opticos Design and author of "Missing Middle Housing;" and Jenny Schuetz, Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro and author of "Fixer Upper: How to Repair America’s Broken Housing System."
Learn more about all the symposium speakers, including academics, designers, and policy makers who will bring their expertise and practice to the topic of “missing middle housing” — the tier of housing that falls between single family homes and high-rises — and its role in increasing housing affordability. The program takes place at the David Rubenstein Forum, 1201 E. 60th St., Chicago, on May 1 from 8 AM-6:30 PM, and includes breakfast, lunch, and a reception. Attendees are eligible to receive continuing education credits through the The American Institute of Architects or the American Planning Association. https://kreismaninitiative.uchicago.edu/symposium/symposium-2023/

Join us April 12 for a Campus Sustainability Lunch and Learn (lunch is on us) about current and future efforts around sustainability at the University of Chicago campus, as part of Earth Month. We will hear from graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, and sustainability staff who are working in collaboration as part of the Environmental Frontiers Campus (EF Campus) program to reduce energy use and improve sustainability on campus — such as conserving lab energy use and developing a dashboard to monitor energy use. After talks and a Q&A session, there will be a chance to network with other students, faculty, and staff interested in sustainability.

Campus Environmental Lunch and Learn Join us for a lunch and learn about efforts around environmental issues at the University of Chicago. Lunch will be provided!

Today is your last chance to support and help Mansueto equip students to be leaders in sustainable urban development. Your support this Giving Day will allow us to expand the Mansueto Institute’s programming for students from across the University of Chicago and create a unique space for urban studies on campus. From undergraduates to postdocs, the Mansueto Institute provides education, fellowship, and research opportunities for students to use their passion and develop skills to work on real issues facing our urban communities. With your Giving Day 2023 support, the University of Chicago can be a leader in urban sustainable development and create a thriving, cross-disciplinary urban community.

Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation - UChicago Giving Day As the world rapidly urbanizes, cities are at the forefront of addressing modern challenges of climate, inequity, and sustainability. The ability to understand the complex and dynamic urban experience is critical for building greener, fairer, and safer cities and societies.Your supp...

Register for the Kreisman Housing Law and Policy Initiative annual symposium, “Missing Middle Housing: The Key to Scaling Affordability," taking place at the David Rubenstein Forum at The University of Chicago on May 1st. This year's symposium will feature keynote speeches from Erika Poethig, MPP '96, who serves as Special Assistant to the President for Housing and Urban Policy on the White House Domestic Policy Council, Dan Parolek from Opticos Design and the author of "Missing Middle Housing," and Jenny Schuetz, Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro.

This one-day event brings together leading academics, policy makers, and practitioners from the public, private, and innovation spheres to discuss whether building and preserving “middle housing” — the tier of housing that falls between single family homes and high-rises, typically in smaller buildings — can create more affordable housing options in the United States. Attendees are eligible to receive continuing education credits through The American Institute of Architects or the American Planning Association. Learn more and register today. https://kreismaninitiative.uchicago.edu/symposium/symposium-2023/

UChicago Giving Day is March 29th & 30th! Over the last five years, the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation has developed a variety of education, fellowship, and research opportunities that have brought together students from across the University of Chicago who are pursuing careers in fields like planning, sustainability, public policy, law, social work, business, medicine, and data science in a unique urban space. Your support this Giving Day will enable the Mansueto Institute to create and expand programs that equip our students to become leaders in sustainable urban development by connecting them to work with our partners in government, the private sector, international organizations, nonprofits, and our colleagues across campus. https://givingday.uchicago.edu/campaigns/mansueto-institute-for-urban-innovation?appeal_id=64079333addd9b205218d854

Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation - UChicago Giving Day As the world rapidly urbanizes, cities are at the forefront of addressing modern challenges of climate, inequity, and sustainability. The ability to understand the complex and dynamic urban experience is critical for building greener, fairer, and safer cities and societies.Your supp...

Join us on May 1, 2023, for the Kreisman Housing Law and Policy Initiative’s annual symposium, “Missing Middle Housing: The Key to Scaling Affordability.” This one-day event will bring together leading housing academics, policy makers, and practitioners from the public, private, and innovation spheres to focus on whether building and preserving “middle housing” can create more affordable housing options in the United States. Attendees can earn continuing education credits through the American Institute of Architects (AIA) or the American Planning Association’s (APA) American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). Learn more and register now!

Missing Middle Housing: The Key to Scaling Affordability? Kreisman Initiative on Housing Law and Policy Symposium

Applications are now open for a Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Community Research on Climate and Urban Science (CROCUS). CROCUS is a flagship project from the U.S. Department of Energy and led by Argonne National Laboratory with the University of Chicago and other higher education institutions in the greater Chicago area, as well as four community partners. The project is designed to conduct novel observational science with the purpose of creating a network of Urban Integrated Field Laboratories for the study of climate change in local urban communities across the U.S. The Fellow will collaborate with others in the project to develop fundamental knowledge and practical tools integrating the experience and priorities of local communities to generate new insights on current and future urban climate actions at the street, neighborhood, and regional levels. Learn more and apply now. https://miurban.uchicago.edu/opportunities/crocus/postdoctoral-fellowship/

Check out the Mansueto Institute's report on our first five years, a summary of our activities and accomplishments together, as well as inspiration and a model for other efforts around cities and sustainable development in the years ahead. https://miurban.uchicago.edu/news/.
Our work has helped various stakeholders address the complexity of cities and make more informed and systemic decisions. We could not have done this work without you, and we thank everyone who has been a part of building the Mansueto Institute from scratch.

We are seeking an executive director for the Mansueto Institute. As a key leader at the institute, the role will focus on developing, enhancing, representing, & overseeing programming & operations related to our work around cities. This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in sustainable, urban development at the local level here in Chicago, and around the world.

Executive Director, The Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation The University of Chicago is an urban research university that has driven new ways of thinking since 1890. Our commitment to free and open inquiry draws inspired scholars to our global campuses, where ideas are born that challenge and change the world. We empower individuals to challenge conventiona...

Congratulations to the graduates of our Graduate Certificate in Urban Science & Sustainable Development! 🎉

Join us this Friday, May 13, from 10-3 for Green City Day, an event to raise awareness around environmental health & equity and provide local Chicago air quality data, hosted with and other partners, and taking place at the DuSable Museum of African American History

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/ecopod/articles/ecopod-dusable-museum/

Help us come up with the next quote for our new Jane Jacobs wall at the institute!

Bringing together experts from Chicago and around the country in city government, housing organizations, design, and academia, “Beyond the Single-Family Home: Zoning, Equity, and Access,” will center around common exclusionary zoning practices in U.S. cities, like zoning for single-family homes over denser housing such as apartments, townhomes, and duplexes.

This one-day symposium hosted by the Kreisman Initiative on Housing Law and Policy at the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation will explore how a form of development so often identified with the “American Dream,” has contributed to some of the biggest challenges facing U.S. cities today, including unaffordable housing, lack of access to quality transit, and racial segregation. The event will be held on Monday, May 16, 2022, at the David Rubenstein Forum, 1201 E 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637.

https://kreisman-symposium.event.uchicago.edu/

We are hiring for several undergraduate and graduate research positions, related to urbanization and sustainability:

The Environmental Frontiers (EF) Campus Program:

-Graduate Student Project Lead: oversee research efforts to advance sustainability on the UChicago campus (apply by Feb. 20) https://lnkd.in/eFj9caX4

-Undergraduate Research Assistant: use campus data, operational systems, and community behaviors to advance sustainability at UChicago (apply by Feb. 27) https://lnkd.in/eR7DZbna

The Urban Research Corps (URC) data science program:

-Research Engineer: work on an analysis of social and economic outcomes in American households for winter quarter (apply by Feb. 22)

-Research Assistant in Data Analytics: conduct analysis of telematics data (apply by Mar. 1)

https://lnkd.in/eFsE3aJ

Join us for the “Distinguished Speaker Colloquium on Biological Sciences and Climate Change,” a cross-disciplinary series on topics around sustainable development and climate change. Speakers will address climate change's impact on public health and ecosystems and biological diversity, as well as sustainable responses to the crisis.

We're excited to host this event with the University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division. Talks will take place in February and March from 12-1 CST on Zoom.

Feb. 18: Actions on the Climate Crisis Offer Major and Immediate Health Gains, Jonathan Patz, Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin at Madison

Mar. 11: Adaptation Response to Climate Change: Evidence for Public Health, Sari Kovats, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

March 25: Managing Landscapes to Reduce Anthropocene Threat, Claire Kremen, University of British Columbia https://biologicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/mansueto-climate-change-series

Cross-disciplinary series to address climate change and health, biodiversity, and sustainable development The BSD and the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation are hosting a series that will address climate change and its impact on public health and ecosystems and biological diversity.

The Environmental Frontiers Initiative invites applications from students to join the EFCampus Program in Summer 2022. https://miurban.uchicago.edu/opportunities/environmental-frontiers/

EFCampus is a unique experiential learning program that creates student-faculty research opportunities focused on the intersection of environmental sustainability and urbanization.

Teams of students analyze campus data, operational systems, and community behaviors to identify actionable recommendations that advance UChicago’s sustainability goals.

Join our information session Feb. 4 at 1:30 pm CT to learn more https://uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpdOGvrjMvE92iGjh-RrPkLunfQ_c4WFKP. Two positions are available:
(1) EFCampus Undergraduate Research Assistants (deadline Feb 27) https://miurban.uchicago.edu/opportunities/environmental-frontiers/undergradra/
(2) a Graduate Student Project Lead (deadline Feb 20) https://miurban.uchicago.edu/opportunities/environmental-frontiers/efcampusgrad/

Environmental Frontiers | Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation Environmental Frontiers Environmental Frontiers brings together University of Chicago faculty, students, and staff to collaborate on finding innovative ways to build a more sustainable future on campus and beyond.   The South Campus Chiller Plant generates chilled water and steam for the south and ...

We're seeking research proposals focused on the study of cities, and the goals of advancing more sustainable & equitable urban futures. Submit ideas for research projects, working groups, faculty-led initiatives, & postdoc fellowships.

Learn more about our an informal gathering and Q&A on Feb. 4, and submit your proposal by March 1. https://miurban.uchicago.edu/our-initiatives/call/

Call for Research Project Proposals | Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation Call for Research Project Proposals The Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation is pleased to announce a call for research proposals focused on the systemic study of how cities work, grow, and develop to advance more sustainable and equitable urban futures.   The goals of this call are to 1) encour...

Apply by Dec. 16 for the 2022-23 Mansueto Institute postdoctoral fellowship, a two year, full-time academic appointment that provides training for researchers building a scientific understanding of cities in a supportive environment. https://miurban.uchicago.edu/basic-page/mansuetofellowspostdoc/

Mansueto Fellows Application | Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation 2022-2023 Mansueto Institute Postdoctoral Fellows Application Institute Postdoctoral Fellowships in Urban Science and Practice at the University of Chicago   The Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation invites applications for Institute Postdoctoral Fellows for appointments starting on or after Sep...

Students, participate in the annual South Side Civic Scopeathon on Nov. 13-14 and help civic organizations in Chicago leverage data. During the event, organizations and graduate students work in teams to define a data problem and scope a targeted solution—anything from developing data collection tools and methods to designing a database to help staff manage project information.

We're proud to cosponsor this event! https://southsidecivic.net/

South Side Civic Welcome!  At South Side Civic we hope to build a community of south siders interested in open data and its civic applications. We bring together students, community members, and leaders of civic organizations to learn about civic problems and how to work together to solve them.  Participants come ...

An exciting opportunity for all University of Chicago PhD and master's students: The 2021-2022 Kreisman Graduate Fellows Program, a cohort of graduate students from across fields of study who are committed to pursuing careers in housing research or practice. Learn more and apply on the website https://miurban.uchicago.edu/basic-page/kreismanfellows/

Kreisman Grad Fellows Application | Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation 2021-2022 Kreisman Graduate Fellows Application Apply now to join an interdisciplinary cohort of scholars building careers in the dynamic field of housing.   The University of Chicago’s Kreisman Initiative for Housing Law and Policy brings together the fields of urban science and law to advance h...

Applications are open for the Mansueto Postdoctoral Fellowship in Urban Science and Practice for 2022-23, with a deadline of Dec. 16. Fellowships at the Mansueto Institute provide exceptional emergent scholars and practitioners with a nurturing environment that includes advanced technical training and a platform for interdisciplinary research. We are interested in individuals committed to building a deep scientific understanding of cities and processes of urbanization and developing transformative methods and practices in urban contexts across disciplines. https://miurban.uchicago.edu/basic-page/mansuetofellowspostdoc/?mc_cid=8ac6db50b3

Mansueto Fellows Application | Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation 2022-2023 Mansueto Institute Postdoctoral Fellows Application Institute Postdoctoral Fellowships in Urban Science and Practice at the University of Chicago   The Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation invites applications for Institute Postdoctoral Fellows for appointments starting on or after Sep...

JOB: Violence, Law and Politics Lab led by Robert Vargas is looking for a research associate to assist with the study of city homicide patterns, redistricting, and policing. Application linked in bio.

Please join us Monday, June 7 & Tuesday, June 8, from 9:30am-11:30am each day for the Closing Symposium of The University of Chicago's Certificate in Urban Science and Sustainable Development with the inaugural cohort of Certificate Students. Learn more & register here:

Graduate Certificate in Urban Science and Sustainable Development Closing Symposium | Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation Graduate Certificate in Urban Science and Sustainable Development Closing Symposium Monday, June 7 and Tuesday, June 8 10:00am to 11:30am on 6/7. 9:30am to 11:30am on 6/8. Full presentation schedule below. Register here for Zoom link   The University of Chicago’s Certificate in Urban Science and ...

Calling all The University of Chicago Master’s and PhD students! Applications are now open for the 2021-2022 Kreisman Graduate Fellows Program. Apply here by October 10, 2021: https://miurban.uchicago.edu/basic-page/kreismanfellows/