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The Partners at UEI are excited to announce the creation of our second practice area focusing on City Governance and Policy (CGP), leading the way in studying civil service, public policy, and oversight in New York City and beyond.
History
This paper argues that in the wake of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, the Federal Reserve’s lender of last resort (LOLR) policy did discretionarily benefit certain financial institutions at the expense of others.
Notes and Columns
This piece builds on earlier studies investigating public art in Washington, DC with a focus on LGBTQ placemaking. Now returning to the original religious lens, this note examines the geographies of worship and placemaking in the DC's evolving cultural history.
UEI Papers and Reports
Using the 2011 Somalia famine as a case study, this essay explores the benefits and risks of migration, providing an overview of the famine and analyzing its implications for affected societies.
Sociology, Anthropology, and Critical Humanities
This paper explores the forced development of language in a specific geography to abide by colonial standards, as well as how the imprint of the forced language gives rise to a new language community.
UEI Papers and Reports
This urban survey provides a rough overview of sites of slavery, imprisonment, and Atlantic slave trade in Alexandria, Virginia. It touches sites in the city along the waterfront, within the urban fabric of the city, as well as on the periphery of Alexandria located in DC's periphery.
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At the Urban Equity Institute (UEI) we recognize that generative AI has many applications and is a useful tool for researchers, writers, artists, analysts, and computer scientists. But, at the UEI, we require certain guardrails in place.
Social science research and scholarship at the frontier.
In a car-centred city plagued by vehicular pollution, this proposal identifies streets to be modified with human centred design at its core. These streets implement bike lanes, bus lanes, wider sidewalks, and increased tree coverage - all of which encourage the use of alternate transportation.
This legislative summary and analysis of the Laken Riley Act (S.5) from the 119th Congress provides a general overview and quick dive into the language and implications of this new immigration-focused Senate bill.
This page tracks and documents the ongoing executive orders (EOs) from the Trump Administraiton that impact immigration, migration, and human rights. This page will be updated regularly with new EOs at the bottom (chronologically) and older EOs at the top.
As we face the challenges of climate change, urbanization, and a fragmented global landscape, architecture must evolve—becoming more dynamic, adaptive, and interdisciplinary.
In this literature review, Pan examines how variations in methodologies and units of analysis shape the differing ways scholars conceptualize the state's role and its relationship with informal groups in Medellín.
Patronage shapes the meaning and experience of an architectural space by prescribing size, shape, and content to enforce personal values of the patrons of Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Isfahan, and St Peter’s Square, Rome.
Using renewable energy and petroleum consumption data from 35 European countries from 2010-2019, this paper finds that increasing renewable energy consumption increases life expectancy; at the same time growth in renewable energy consumption negatively impacts GDP per capita growth.
When most people think of a campus in New York, they tend to think they are integrated throughout town, mixed in with the skyscrapers and business of the city. However, Barnumbia can lock all its entrancesinto campus, closing itself off from the surrounding neighborhoods and residents of Harlem.
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) is central to every element of UEI's work. The partners affirm and are proud to share our comittment to upholding the DEIJ principles in every aspect of our work.
UEI is proud to announce its first practice area in Immigration and Human Rights (IHR). Read more about the work of the IHR practice at UEI and our ongoing initiatives.
On January 1, 1959, the world bore witness to a pivotal moment in the Cold War: the success of Fidel Castro’s communist revolution. Long considered a trinket of the US, Cuba appeared to be an inconsequential player in the ideological furor that had begun to sweep through Latin America.
UEI is seeking a dynamic and experienced Vice President of Public Affairs to lead and enhance our communication strategies across various platforms. Read the posting here.