Urban Democracy, Governance and Leadership
Current research projects
Next Generation Urban Governance in Colombia’s vanguard intermediary Cities
A research and engagement project that aims to explore how youth actors engage in urban governance within intermediary cities, with a specific focus on the role and impact of digital technology in shaping their involvement.
City Government Innovation Observatory
The CGI Observatory establishes robust evidence on City Government Innovation (CGI) in Europe.
City Government Innovation Capacity Deep Dives
This research programme works closely with partner cities across Europe, combining rigorous academic inquiry with practical impact to generate insights that are valuable to both researchers and city governments.
City Government Innovation for Crises, Risks and Emergency Governance
This research studio is dedicated to the study of City Government Innovation responding to the evolving emergency landscape in European cities.
Completed research projects
A research, engagement and capacity building programme on the future of European cities supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
This initiative, jointly organised by UCLG, Metropolis and LSE Cities identifies implications for urban governance for addressing global emergencies at the city and regional level. It aims to gather insights on how to build institutional capacities for more effective urban and territorial responses to complex emergencies and the governance of grand challenges.
A collaboration with Kuwait University to explore the links between urban governance and spatial development.
This project, funded by the British Academy's Urban Infrastructures of Well-Being programme, investigates the need for integrated approaches to solid waste management in Ethiopia and Pakistan.
Governing Infrastructure Interfaces focuses on transport and sanitation infrastructure in Ethiopia’s two largest cities to investigate the relationship between development goals and the contribution made by new infrastructure.
This collaboration with Metropolis aims to develop a system of comparative indicators and collect the corresponding data for a range of major cities and metropolitan areas.
The Urban Uncertainty project was a collaborative investigation into emerging ways of envisioning and governing the future of cities.
The New Urban Governance project, co-funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, examined multiple aspects of municipal planning, management, and governance.
This project analysed how urban places are sustained and developed over time. It explored the adaptability of places to varied contexts of change and uncertainty which shape the evolution of the built city.
LSE Cities co-led jointly with UCLG a group of twenty global experts as part of the preparatory process for the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III).
The International Growth Centre's Myanmar office collaborated with LSE Cities on this first step towards developing a more in-depth research programme on urban development in Yangon.
A report by LSE Cities on Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 2014 Mayors Challenge. LSE Cities provided input to Bloomberg Philanthropies on the political and demographic make-up of selected European cities, and completed an objective assessment of the innovation level shown by the shortlisted proposals.