
RESEARCH
The Urban Studies Institute researches urban economic resilience and inclusive development including questions of urbanization and development, sustainability, diversity, inequality, life-chances, social/spatial integration, access to public goods, and urban health disparities.
RESEARCH
The Urban Studies Institute focuses on questions related to urban economic resilience, regional patterns and processes of urbanization, policies of development, equity, social well-being of populations, climate change mitigation and transformative futures. USI researchers emphasize the importance of engaging practitioners and policy-makers to make a tangible impact on urban decision-making.
U.S. News & World Report ranked Georgia State the No. 2 most innovative college or university in the nation.
Publications
- Heat exposure and resilience planning in Atlanta, Georgia
- Disconnected in a pandemic: COVID-19 outcomes and the digital divide in the United States
- How Negative Frames Can Undermine Public Support for Studying Solar Geoengineering in the U.S.
- Effects of Conspiracy Rhetoric on Views About the Consequences of Climate Change and Support for Direct Carbon Capture
- The Times of Splintering Urbanism
- Beyond bouncing back? Comparing and contesting urban resilience frames in US and Latin American contexts
- Assessing Future Resilience, Equity, and Sustainability in Scenario Planning
- A Vision for Resilient Urban Futures
- Anticipatory Resilience Bringing Back the Future into Urban Planning and Knowledge Systems
- Setting the Stage for Co-Production