Penn IUR Urban Link Issues

Meet the 2026-27 Fellows in Urban Leadership

Financing a Transition That Can't Wait

New research driving urban policy forward

City Leaders Honored, Nutter Initiative Launches

The Complexities of Multilevel Governance 

All Eyes on Housing Affordability

Expert Voices 2026 | The Great Experiment: Cities and the Federal System

Mayors in Motion, Jere Behrman, TRIP updates, pension stability and more

Promoting Urban Climate Finance at COP30

The Costs and Benefits of Roads 

New Transportation Initiative at Penn

New Ideas in Urban Research

2025 Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize Winners

Mass Transit at a Crossroads

Navigating Economic Uncertainty

Expert Voices 2025 | 13 Perspectives on Affordable Housing

2024 Highlights & Season’s Greetings

Green Cities Finance Gains Momentum

Here's to 20 Years of Urban Research

Vincent Reina on Housing Policy

Paris Mayor to host the SDSN Global Commission

 Celebrating Resilience with the 2024 Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize

Future of Cities

Penn Students Present a Greener, Urban Ukraine

Expert Voices 2024 | Remote Work's Far-Reaching Impacts

Urban Progress at COP28

Special Briefing: Impact of Infrastructure and Jobs Act

Updates from the Global Commission on Urban SDSG Finance

Announcing the 2023-24 Fellows in Urban Leadership

New Ideas in Urban Research

Urban Leadership Prize Winners

Celebrating 50 Books

The Benefits of Greening

End of year reflection

How Philly Can Stay Ahead of the Curve in Addressing Climate Change

A New Paradigm for Nature-Based Solutions

Penn IUR Welcomes 2022-23 Fellows in Urban Leadership

New Ideas in Urban Research

Five Steps to Financing Urban Adaptation to Climate Change

2022 Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize Winners

Laura Perna on Education and Workforce Training

Expert Voices 2022: Reimagining Infrastructure

Can Cities Lead on Climate Change?

Mark Alan Hughes on Livable Cities

Monitoring the Effects of the Pandemic

Shaping Sustainable Urban Growth

Shaping Sustainable Urban Growth

New Ideas in Urban Research

Mayors Honored at 16th Annual ULF

Effective State and Local Leadership in the Age of COVID-19

The Potential of New Towns

Expert Voices 2021: What Will Be the "New Normal"?

The G20 and Cities 
 

We Won't Say Goodbye ... Remembering Larry Nussdorf 

UN Endorses a Uniform Measure for Urbanization 

Launch of Initiative for State and Local Fiscal Stability  

With Liberty and Justice for All

New Ideas in Urban Research

Cities and Contagion: Lessons from COVID-19

Cities' Climate Infrastructure Financing: Urgency of Reform

A Housing Plan for The Nation 

Expert Voices 2020: Improving Access to Cities

Land Transformation Along Urban Corridors in India

Informality as a Way of Life

Reducing Crime by Changing Places: Assessing the Benefits of Abating Vacant and Abandoned Land in Urban Spaces

The Future of the Community Reinvestment Act

New Ideas in Urban Research 2019

Images of Urban Informality

The Fair Housing Act at 50

Urban Form, Transit Supply, and Travel Behavior in Mexico’s 100 Largest Urban Areas

Cities’ Role in Climate Governance and Global Policy: A Dispatch from the Urban20

Expert Voices 2019

Can Rapidly Urbanizing Cities in Low and Moderate Income Countries Become Smarter?

Flood Risk and Community Resiliency

The Fragility of Growth in a Post-Industrial City

Introducing Penn IUR Fellows in Urban Leadership

New Ideas in Urban Research 2018

Black in White Space

What Will the Year Bring for Smart Cities?

The New Localism: Jeremy Nowak Discusses How Cities Can Thrive in the Age of Populism

Penn: Current Research on Sustainable Urban Development

Expert Voices 2018: The $5 Billion Question: Will Cities Win or Lose in the Bid for Amazon's Second Headquarters?

Mayor: The Best Job in Politics

Monument Lab: Memorializing Philadelphia as a Place of Crisis and Boundless Hope

Navigating the Unchartered Waters of U.S. Housing Policy

The Unbanking of America

Philadelphia FSRDC: A New Tool for Urban Research

New Ideas in Urban Research 2017

The New Urban Cities

Improving the Evidence Base for Access to Quality Pre-K

Housing and Opportunity

Expert Voices 2017: America's Urban Infrastructure

Principles of Housing Finance Reform: The Imperative of Rebuilding the System

Habitat III: Reflections

Atlas for the End of the World

Lessons Learned for Transforming Urban Public Education

Pension Liabilities: A Call for Transparency

Owning or Renting in the US: Shifting Dynamics of the Housing Market

Rehousing Mumbai: Formalizing Slum Land Markets Through Redevelopment

Urban Universities and Innovation

Urban and Suburban Poverty: The Changing Geography of Disadvantage

Expert Voices: 2016

Philadelphia's Triumphs, Challenges and Opportunities

The Reality of Neighborhood Change: Planners Should Worry About Decline

My Testimony to Congress: How We Can Improve College Access and Completion for Low-Income and First-Generation Students

Urban Greening: A Solution to Blight and Toxic Stress?  

Interventions for Urban Youth: Can a Summer Jobs and Mentorship Really Affect Violent Crime Rates?

Geospatial Technologies for a Healthier, More Sustainable, and Increasingly Urban Earth

Happy Earth Day Everyone!

Feeding Urban Communities

The World's Largest Urban Demolition

Expert Voices: 2015

Race, Poverty and Change in America: The Persistent Dilemmas of Equity and Equality

Some Reflections on Urban Public Art Today

Sustainable Development Goals Should Aim to Make Cities Inclusive, Resilient, Safe and Livable

Teacher Evaluation Reform: Building Research to Inform Policy

The Return of America's Cities: Economic Rebound and the Future of America's Urban Centers

Improving Opportunities for Social Mobility in the United States

Miami Transformed: Rebuilding America One Neighborhood, One City at a Time

Expulsions

The Historical Vitality of Cities

Expert Voices: 2014

Mapping Disaster Vulnerability and Resilience: A Rebuild by Design Progress Report
 

Immigration as Urban Revitalization

Anchor Institutions in the Northeast Megaregion

Civic Arbitrage: Unlocking the value of urban assets 

Benchmarking: Using data to make urban buildings energy efficient

Safe and healthy places are made not born

How Philanthropy Responds to Critical Issues of Food Security in a Rapidly Urbanizing World

Urbanization & Veterinary Medicine

Addressing the education-workforce mismatch

Opinion leaders weigh in on 2013's biggest urban issues and innovations

The Barnes and the future of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Learning from Hurricane Sandy