Past NYU Urban Seminar Series Events
Since September 2015, the NYU Furman Center and the Marron Institute have co-presented the NYU Urban Seminar series. The series features a variety of researchers discussing their work, with a focus on research that has implications for urban policy. Below you’ll find a list of past Urban Seminar events along with links to event summaries.
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Agenda of Compact Cities
April 26, 2016
Solly Angel, Director of the Urban Expansion Program at NYU Stern and a professor of City Planning at the NYU Marron Institute
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Street Network Sprawl
April 19, 2016
Adam Milliard-Ball, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of California Santa Cruz
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China’s Growth Transition
April 12, 2016
Bertrand Renaud, Consultant and former Senior Housing Finance Advisor to the World Bank
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Changes in Civil Rights Law
April 5, 2016
Olatunde Johnson, Professor of Law at Columbia University
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The Spatial Layout of Cities
March 29, 2016
Nina Harari, Assistant Professor in the Real Estate Department from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
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Credit Standards and Segregation
March 22, 2016
Amine Ouzad, Professor of Economics at the INSEAD; Roman Ranciere, Economist from the Research Department in the Systemic Issues Division of the IMF
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Growth Controls and Housing
March 8, 2016
William A. Fischel, Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College
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Foreclosure Clusters
March 1, 2016
Stephen Ross, Professor of Economics at the University of Connecticut
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ShotSpotter
February 23, 2016
Ralph Clark, CEO of ShotSpotter
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Smart Power Policing
February 16, 2016
Zachary Tumin, Deputy Commissioner for Strategic Initiatives at the NY Police Department
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Parental Separation and Homelessness
February 9, 2016
Julie Moschion, Senior Research Fellow from the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at Melbourne University
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Airport Hubs and Urban Growth
February 2, 2016
Marquise McGraw, Assistant Professor of Economics at Middlebury College
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Chris Palmer (Topic TBD)
December 8, 2015
Christopher J. Palmer is an Assistant Professor at the Haas Real Estate Group at the University of California, Berkeley.
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The Political Economy of Development in New York City’s Fastest-Growing Enclaves
December 1, 2015
John Mangin, Attorney at the New York City Department of City Planning
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Panhandling in Downtown Manhattan
November 17, 2015
Dan O'Flaherty, Professor of Economics at Columbia University
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Competition and Market Ratings After the Fall
November 10, 2015
Andra Ghent, Associate Professor in the Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics at the Wisconsin School of Business
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Pseudoenvironments, Ethnic Diversity, and Social Capital
November 3, 2015
Cara Wong, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois
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Making Foot-voting Safe yet Effective for the Chinese Communist Party
October 20, 2015
Roderick M. Hills, Jr., Professor at NYU School of Law
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Air Quality Indices
October 13, 2015
Kevin Cromar, Director of the Air Quality Initiative and a Clinical Assistant Professor at the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management, and Lars Perlmutt, Environmental Health Scientist
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Gentrification and Labor Demand
October 6, 2015
Daniel Hartley, Policy Economist in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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Considering Marijuana Legalization
September 29, 2015
Dr. Jon Caulkins, Professor from Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University
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Industrial Policy Impacts in Mississippi
September 22, 2015
Dr. Matthew Freedman, Associate Professor of Economics at Drexel University
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Spatial Aspects of Transportation Policy
September 16, 2015
Dr. David King, Associate Professor of Planning and Preservation at the Graduate School of Architecture of Columbia University
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Urban Perception and Neighborhood Amenities
September 8, 2015
Cesar Hidalgo, leader of the Macro Connections group at The MIT Media Lab and Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT
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Urban Mobility, Employment Accessibility and Spatial Analytics
September 1, 2015
Tatiana Peralta-Quiros, urban mobility and technology specialist with the World Bank