URBAN STUDIES INSTITUTE
The Urban Studies Institute’s interdisciplinary research and teaching is focused on a better understanding and effective management of the complex challenges facing cities and urbanizing regions. We feel a unique responsibility to increase the well-being of all those who make their homes in the world’s urban environment, and create more productive, livable, inclusive, and sustainable spaces are grand challenges of the 21st century.
URBAN STUDIES INSTITUTE
The Andrew Young School ranks No.5 in Urban Policy among the U.S. News and World Reports’ 2023 Best Graduate Schools in Public Affairs.
Promoting Inclusive Sustainable Urban Development
Academic Programs
Undergraduate Minor
This minor provides a good foundation for students contemplating graduate work in urban planning, environmental policy, economics, public administration, public policy, law, or social work.
Masters of Interdisciplinary Studies
Offering an interdisciplinary perspective on urban studies, students follow a core trajectory of shared courses and have the freedom to specialize by individually selecting from a large offer of elective courses.
Doctorate
The doctoral curriculum provides a rigorous grounding in urban theory and praxis and methodological training to analyze complex challenges emerging within urban environments and processes.
Thematic Focus
The Institute’s research and teaching concentrate on three overarching themes:
Economic Resilience
The new information economy is urban-based, providing the bulk of new jobs and the lion’s share of national and global GDP. The economic resilience of cities is ever more crucial to the well-being of nations.
Inclusive Development
Who are cities for? Who has the right to shape their production and access the resources of urban societies? And what are the consequences of urban policies for marginalized, vulnerable, and disenfranchised communities?
Environmental Sustainability
Our grand challenge is to reimagine the relationship between humans and the environment. We have an opportunity, and an obligation, to make our world and cities more equitable, resilient, and sustainable.
Office Phone
404-413-0034
Office Hours
Monday-Friday,
8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m.
Address
55 Park Place,
Eighth Floor,
Atlanta, GA 30303
