Research

The MIT Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism seeks to address the most critical challenges to the future of urbanism. We seek collaboration with companies, government agencies, non-profit organizations, professional groups, and others to continue growing research.

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2024-2026 Sidara Urban Research Seed Grant

We are pleased to showcase the 5 awardees of our most recent round of our Sidara Urban Research Seed Grants. Stay tuned for more information on our esteemed awardees. Project...

Feminist Smart Cities: Centering the Margins by Co-Designing for Safety in India

Catherine D’Ignazio, Radhika Radhakrishnan

Ozymandias: Using Artificial Intelligence to Map Urban Power Structures and Produce Fairer Results for All

Jeff Levine, AICP MIT DUSP, Addy Smith-Reiman, AICP, Portland Society of Architects, Tim Wallace, Liz Trice, Chris Miller and Jim Ahearne, Roux Institute

Digital Urbanism

Drawing Participation: Collectively Re-Blocking a Million Neighborhoods

Nicholas de Monchaux, Carlos Sandoval Olascoaga, Luis Bettencourt

Finding our footing: Data-driven assessment of low-carbon building foundations at the urban scale

Caitlin Mueller and Kiley Feickert

Greenmount Coop

Raﬁ Segal, Alina Nazmeeva, Greg Lindsay, Stacco Troncoso, Irene Lopez de Vallejo, Marisa Morán Jahn

Spatial Equity NYC

Sarah Williams, Niko McGlashan, Daniela Coray, Jariyaporn Prachasartta, Doris Qingyi Duanmu, Kelly Fang, Ziyi Tang, Enrique Casillas, 'Chance' Jiajie Li

The Geography of Feminicide and Gender-Related Violence: Supporting Civil Society Data Action

Catherine D’Ignazio, Silvana Fumega, Helena Suárez Val, Amelia Dogan, Isadora Cruxên, Angeles Martinez Cuba

Beirut Port Futures

Cities Initiative

City Scanner Beirut: Drive-by solution to assess pollution related to the demolition and reconstruction of Beirut

Carlo Ratti, Fabio Duarte, Simone Mora, and An Wang