About

The Urban Equity Institute (UEI) is a public, social science research think tank and social impact firm that addresses a critical need to create substantive solutions to urban issues in New York, the US, and worldwide. We mobilize critical humanities, policy research, social sciences, and urban studies to solve urgent public issues. Our work is 100% human-driven and human-centered.

We publish diverse and open-ended social science scholarship in our journal SCOPE, which is research-minded and magazine-focused, to help foreground different perspectives among our scholars. We partner with local groups to develop social impact solutions to pressing problems within underserved areas and mobilize rigorous policy research to do so. The UEI systematically addresses urgent and evolving urban issues that challenge our world today.

Cutting-Edge Research

SCOPE is our open-access, peer-reviewed, and edited journal dedicated to publishing frontier scholarship in interdisciplinary social sciences, urban studies, and humanities. We publish on many different topics and invite submissions in a variety of disciplines. Meanwhile, our research analysts produce long-form research reports and our columnists develop short, regular contributions to SCOPE. For information on how to submit, please email our Founding President and Managing Partner, Ishaan Barrett (ibarrett@urbanequityinstitute.org).

Urban Equity Partners

Urban Equity Partners (UEP) is our mission-driven branch of the Urban Equity Institute that partners with local nonprofits and social-impact organizations to drive change. UEP also builds out individual practice areas at the Institute that engage directly with critical social issues like immigration, climate change, and human rights. In that respect, our Partners and Practice Directors collaborate with community-based organizations to deliver concrete impacts that go beyond our published research. We bring solutions to urgent problems in New York, DC, and worldwide and anchor our approach in the work of our Research Analysts, regular contributors, Columnists, and authors.