EVENTS | FACULTY | CURRICULUM & COURSES
For the first time in history most of the world’s inhabitants reside in cities. Urban centers are where change is happening – in the economy, finance, technology, culture and the environment. The rapid and unprecedented transformations force policy-makers, citizens, and communities to understand how they are linked together, and how they can be managed to promote social justice and improve the welfare of communities, cities, and nations. The Cities and Social Justice Concentration (CSJ) at GPIA trains practitioners and researchers to address these issues and produce innovative change. Using the context of history and the imperatives of current problems, the Concentration prepares students to design and lead the urban future.
The Cities & Social Justice curriculum focuses on how global factors interact with local environments, actors, and institutions to produce new urban forms, problems, and opportunities. The coursework and practical training within the Cities and Social Justice Concentration enables students to focus on a diversity of topics and issues affecting urban centers, including urban development and infrastructure, urban governance, citizenship and human rights, technology and culture, and sustainability. Students take courses informed by economics, political science, anthropology, urban planning, and architecture. They gain skills in geographic information systems, architecture and design, urban economics and finance, impact analysis, and critical analysis.
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