The 21st Century Cities Initiative (21CC) provides an interdisciplinary platform for faculty members, graduate students, and undergraduates to collaborate with policymakers, private industry, city government departments, NGO practitioners, and academics and researchers at other universities and institutes to identify and devise solutions to pressing social challenges.
21CC seeks to identify new strategies and learn best practices from cities around the world to enhance the vibrancy of our home town of Baltimore and to bring the knowledge gained here to other cities. We rely on formal statistical hypothesis testing to evaluate the intended and unintended consequences of different policies.
Initiatives
All Research
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Community Exposure to Drug Overdose and Addiction in Baltimore
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Baltimore Music Census
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A Portrait of Baltimore: Results of the 2023 Baltimore Area Survey
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Minority Depository Institutions: State of Knowledge, Sector Summary, Lending Activity, and Impact, 2010–2022
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Measuring Diversity in Baltimore’s Startup Ecosystem
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The Costs of Baltimore’s Vacant Housing
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Finding the Next Nashville: Migration of the Young, Educated Workforce
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Strategies to Preserve and Build Affordable Housing Near Green Amenities and Urban Trails
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Finding the Next Nashville: Job Growth and Job Sector Diversity in Cities
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Finding the Next Nashville: The Local Determinants of Quality of Life and How They Attract Jobs and Residents
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An Analysis of Financial Institutions in Black-majority Communities
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Hopkins Flood Lab
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2021 Award for Doctoral Research on Urban Issues
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Investing in High-Speed Rail to Washington, D.C. to Boost Baltimore’s Economy
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Achieving Digital Equity in Baltimore
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Finding the Next Nashville: Understanding Factors that Cause Cities and Regions to Achieve Above Average Growth
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Environmental Conservation and Poverty Reduction
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The Local Economic Impact of Flood-Resilient Infrastructure Projects
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Evaluating Voluntary and Mandated Social Distancing Policies on COVID-19
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Police Overtime and Baltimore City’s Budget
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2020 Award for Doctoral Research on Urban Issues
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Public Sector Pay Inequality Dynamics in Baltimore, Boston, and New York City
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Alternative Models of Housing Development Programs in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Baltimore City Homicide Count by Month, 2010–May 2019
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The Local Impact of Bank Mergers on Small Business Lending: A Baltimore Example
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21CC Funds 15 New Urban Research Projects Both Local and Global
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2019 Award for Doctoral Research on Urban Issues
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2019 Applied Research Seed Grants
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2018: The Year of the Ballot Measure?
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Census 2020 Undercount, Federal Programs, and Baltimore City