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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Investing In Opportunity: Addressing the Root Causes of Civil Unrest in Baltimore
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Financing Baltimore’s Growth: Venture Capital Support for Small Companies
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Strengthening Access to Capital for Minority-Owned Small Businesses
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Financing Baltimore’s Growth: Strengthening Lending to Small Businesses
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Placelinking: An Emergent Approach to Improving Economic Mobility Outcomes
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Hearing Their Voices: Our Perspective
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Promoting Inclusive Communities: How Cities Can Utilize Local Housing Policy to Combat Economic Segregation
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Opportunity Zones Are Knocking: Will Baltimore Be Prepared?
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21st Century Cities Initiative Seed Grants Assess Innovative Approaches to Strengthening Neighborhoods
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Vital Signs 16 Data Story: Small Business Access to Capital
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Kerner Event Explores Contemporary Policy Ideas for Addressing Racial Inequality
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New Baltimore Business Lending Program Adds Needed Capacity to Small Business Financing System
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It Is Never Too Early to Think About the Census
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The Role of Anchor Institutions in Supporting Local Communities
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Can Big Data Help Cities Measure and Act on Racial Inequities?
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21st Century Cities Symposium Explores Impact of Preemption on Local Policymaking and What Cities Are Doing to Push Back
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Dedicated Youth Funds: Local Governments Respond to Inequality through Focused Investments in Children
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Ferguson, Gray, and Davis: An Analysis of Recorded Crime Incidents and Arrests in Baltimore City, March 2010 through October 2016
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How Preemption Affects City-Level Public Policymaking
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Financing Baltimore’s Growth: Measuring Small Companies’ Access to Capital
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Financing Baltimore’s Growth: Measuring Small Companies’ Access to Capital
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21CC Supports New Report on Baltimore’s Food System
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Residential Mobility and Narratives of Neighborhood Violence
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Private Sector Efforts to Support Economic Inclusion in Cities
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When States Interfere With City-Level Innovation: Preemption and Implications for Cities
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Sampling the Extreme Poor: Notes from a Systematic and Venue-Based Study
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Divestment & Reinvestment in East Baltimore
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Examining the Geography of Opportunity