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University of Chicago Urban Labs
https://urbanlabs.uchicago.edu/Last activity: 08.05.2021
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The world is facing the highest rate of urbanization in human history. By 2050, the global urban population will nearly double to 6.4 billion. This unprecedented growth in the global urban population creates incredible opportunities but also intensifies the most difficult problems cities face, such as concentrated poverty, crime, poor-quality schooling and health care, and pollution.
The University of Chicago founded Urban Labs to help address these challenges. Urban Labs partners with cities to identify and test the policies and programs with the greatest potential to improve human lives at scale. Urban Labs’ evidence-based approach gives policymakers and practitioners the knowledge they need to effectively and cost-efficiently improve urban life.
The University of Chicago founded Urban Labs to help address these challenges. Urban Labs partners with cities to identify and test the policies and programs with the greatest potential to improve human lives at scale. Urban Labs’ evidence-based approach gives policymakers and practitioners the knowledge they need to effectively and cost-efficiently improve urban life.
Location: United States, Illinois, Chicago
Employees: 51-200
Phone: +1 773-834-4292
Founded date: 2015
Mentions in press and media 3
| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.05.2021 | Murders Are Rising the Most in a Few Isolated Precincts of Major Cities | A murder wave in U.S. cities that started last year is carrying forward into 2021, and a growing body of research shows a pattern behind the rise: It has been concentrated in relatively few poor neighborhoods, typically Black and Hispanic, ... |
| 08.03.2021 | 911 And Racism: When The Emergency Response Fuels The Emergency | 911 calls can save lives, but are they always the best response?getty |
| 12.10.2015 | UChicago's Urban Labs Commits $2.15M To Three Policy Innovations | UChicago's Urban Labs are betting over $2 million that three Chicago-area organizations can fight poverty, increase energy efficiency in low-income households, and support the transition of mentally ill from prison to their communities. On ... |