Urban Studies News
Call for Papers: Reducing Urban Poverty
Mar 15, 2013
The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Comparative Urban Studies Project, USAID, the International Housing Coalition, the World Bank, and Cities Alliance are teaming up a fourth time to co-sponsor an academic paper competition for graduate and PhD level students focused on challenges facing urban centers in the developing world.
Goldilocks Had It Right: How to Build Resilient Societies in the 21st Century
Mar 13, 2013
Some people, communities, and nations are able to weather and rebound from substantial shocks; they are, in a word, resilient. But what exactly does that mean? What characteristics confer resilience, and how can they be cultivated?
East European Studies Junior Scholars' Training Seminar
Mar 05, 2013
The European Studies program is now accepting applications for its Junior Scholars' Training Seminar - a scholarship opportunity for graduate students (MA and above) working towards a degree in the social sciences and humanities with a regional focus on Central and Eastern Europe, including the Baltic states. The application deadline is April 30, 2013.
Latin American Program in the News: Will Continued Hostilities Derail Colombia's Peace Talks?
Mar 04, 2013
Director Cynthia Arnson provided commentary on the Colombian peace talks.
Latin American Program in the News: Arnson ’76 Edits Book On Postwar Democratization in Latin America
Mar 04, 2013
Director Cynthia Arnson was mentioned for her book, which focuses on the relationship of internal armed conflict to postwar democratization in Latin America, centering on Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru.
Latin American Program in the News: Political Transition in Venezuela: Future Scenarios and the Implications for U.S. Policy
Mar 04, 2013
On February 25, 2013 the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson Center held a seminar on the current political situation in Venezuela.
CEF Partner Releases Comprehensive Report on China's Environment
Jan 30, 2013
The Asian Development Bank, a CEF Partner on Choke Point: Cities, recently released a comprehensive country environmental analysis report on the People's Republic of China. The report highlighted environmental achievements and substantial remaining challenges, while providing analysis on the drivers of environmental stress and recommendations for moving towards an environmentally sustainable future.
Director Blair A. Ruble to Chair New Wilson Center Program, Leaving Kennan Institute
Oct 08, 2012
Dr. Blair A. Ruble will leave his position as director of the Center’s Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies to serve as the leader of the Wilson Center's newest initiative, the Global Sustainability and Resilience Program, which will study the impact of global changes on people’s lives, from their environment and health to their security and economic wellbeing.
As Urbanization Accelerates, Policymakers Face Integration Hurdles
Sep 07, 2012
The challenges for cities in the coming century will be many, but accounting for swelling numbers of new residents – due to more open avenues of communication and flows of goods, economic opportunity, population growth, and potential climate change-induced displacement – is perhaps the biggest.
Wilson Center Announces New Program on Global Sustainability & Resilience
Aug 17, 2012
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars today announced the creation of a new program to study the impact of global changes—such as population growth, resource scarcity, urbanization, migration, and economic development—on people’s lives, from their environment and health to their security and economic wellbeing.