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For the past 16 years, the Comparative Urban Studies Project (CUSP) at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars has used a multidisciplinary and comparative framework to explore the growing significance of urban issues. Committed to improving knowledge about sustainable urban development through research, seminars, and publications, CUSP has brought together broad networks of urban scholars, practitioners, community leaders, and policymakers to better understand the challenges and opportunities brought by urbanization.
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Upcoming Events
The Road to Rio: Equal Access to Urban Land & Shelter
Friday, November 20 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Steve Asare Akuffo, 2nd Vice President, Ghana Housing Finance Association, Mohamed El-Sioufi, Chief, Shelter Branch, UN-HABITAT, Milton Funes, Country Director, CHF International, Janice Perlman, Founder and President, Mega-Cities Project
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The America's Energy Coast Policy Forum
Wednesday, November 04 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Sidney Coffee, America's WETLAND Foundation; Ted Falgout, Port Fourchon, LA; Gerry Galloway, University of Maryland; John Gillen, Texas General Land Office; Garret Graves, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority; Jody Henneke, Texas General Land Office; Mark Hurley, America's Energy Coast Industry Council & Shell; Tanner Johnson, Office of Senator Mary Landrieu; Ken Koposis; U.S. House of Representatives, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Valsin A. Marmillion, America's WETLAND Foundation; R. King Milling, America's WETLAND Foundation; Karla Raettig, National Wildlife Federation; Tina Shumate, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
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The Road to Rio: The Right to the City: Bridging the Urban Divide
Thursday, October 08 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Ana Marie Argilagos, Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary Donovan, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; Robert Buckley, Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation; Mathew Chandy, Senior Urban Adviser, CHF International; Celine D'Cruz, Coordinator, Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) and Associate Director, Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC), Mumbai
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Latinos and the Nation's Future
Tuesday, June 02 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Henry Cisneros, Author, Latinos and the Nation's Future, Executive Chairman, CityView; Tamar Jacoby, President & CEO, ImmigrationWorks USA; Antonio Maciel, Director, US Justice Fund, Open Society Institute
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Combating Sex Trafficking by Eliminating the Demand
Tuesday, May 12 2009, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Victor Malarek, Investigative Reporter and Author, The Johns: Sex for Sale and the Men Who Buy It; Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Executive Director, Polaris Project; The Honorable Linda Smith, President and Founder, Shared Hope International; Moderated by Ambassador Swanee Hunt, President, Hunt Alternatives Fund
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The Shelter, Land, and Urban Management (SLUM) Assistance Act, 2009
Wednesday, May 06 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Rep. Brad Miller, N.C., 13th District; Rep. David Price, N.C., 4th District; Peter Kimm, Chairman of the Board, International Housing Coalition; Christopher W. Williams, Rep., UN-HABITAT, Washington, D.C.
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Health, Cities, and the Post-Conflict Environment
Friday, April 24 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Frederick Burkle Senior Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; Geoff Dabelko Director, Environmental Change and Security Program, WWCIS; Dan Monk Director, Peace and Studies Conflict Program, Colgate University; Blair A. Ruble Director, Comparative Urban Studies Project, WWICS
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Immigration: Social and Cultural Capital
Thursday, April 16 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
(This event took place in Barcelona)
Kate Brick Master's candidate, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Lamin Cham Immigration Specialist; Marc Hatzfield sociologist and lecturer, École d’Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris; Andrei Korobkov Assistant Professor of Political Science, Middle Tennessee State University; Loren Landau Research Coordinator, Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; Josep Ramoneda Director, Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona; Gaspar Rivera-Salgado Director of Projects, Institute for Research in Labour and Employment, University of California at Los Angeles; Eunice Romero Political Scientist; Blair Ruble Director, Kennan Institute and the Comparative Urban Studies Project, WWICS; Andrew Selee Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center; Mostafà S'haimi community organizer; Pep Subirós writer and philospher; José Walter Tejada member of the Arlington County Board (USA)
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Tensions, Territory and Terror: Understanding Violence against Foreigners in South Africa
Thursday, February 19 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Loren Landau director, Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; Steven McDonald Consulting Program Manager, Africa Program, Consulting Program Director,
Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity; Witney Schneidman President, Schneidman & Associates International, Washington, DC
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Comparative Urban Studies Project
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: cusp@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4289
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