Urban Planning

DISCIPLINE NODE

The Urban Planning node is comprised of academics and practitioners who work in collaboration with communities to improve the quality of life in cities. The desire to promote equitable development and social justice, urban resilience and sustainability raises urgent questions about, among other things, the future of governance and democracy, the role of markets, stewardship of nature and the environment and the role of race, immigration status and identity in constructing communities. Knowledge generated through the lived experience of urban residents themselves can serve to inform successful approaches to these challenges.

CONTACT
Aditi Mehta, Node Chair aditim@mit.edu.

Occidental College Faculty Search

The Urban & Environmental Policy Department at Occidental College invites applications for a senior scholar at the associate or full professor level. The position includes an appointment with tenure. The position will begin in the fall of 2015. The Department invites candidates from a range of disciplines, including urban planning,

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UAA Pre-conference Workshop

The Urban Affairs Association will host a pre-conference workshop on urban education policy advocacy on Wednesday, April 8, 2015.  Entitled Connecting Research to Urban Education Activism, this workshop will bring together scholar activists who are conducting or want to conduct research in one of the areas listed below and related

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Research Justice: A Symposium Exploring Community Engaged Scholarship

The American Cultures Engaged Scholarship program at the University of California, Berkeley and the DataCenter invite proposals for Research Justice: A Symposium Exploring Community Engaged Scholarship, taking place April 24, 2014 at the University of California, Berkeley.  The Symposium will hold a critical conversation about university-community partnerships that take the form of

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Civic Media: Collaborative Design Studio

The Civic Media: Codesign Studio provides a service-learning opportunity for students wherein they are organized into multidisciplinary, diverse teams that work together with a community partner to create civic media projects based on real-world needs. The studio is also a space for shared inquiry into the theory, history, best practices, and

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Many Urban Planning Students Enroll in Civic Media Course

Many students in MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) are enrolled this fall in Civic Media: Codesign Studio, a course offered through the school’s Comparative Media Studies Department.  In fact, the TA for the course is DUSP PhD.  Check out the class blog to get a glimpse into how

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