The Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy is proud to announce a new multidisciplinary specialization: Global Urban Futures. This is one of the first graduate academic specializations that brings together urban experience from around the world and the United States, combining theory and practice with fieldwork in New York and other American cities as well as cities in developing countries.
For the first time in history, most of the world's inhabitants live in cities. Urban centers are where change is happening: in the economy, finance, technology, culture, and the environment. It is crucial for policymakers, citizens, and communities to understand how these rapid and unprecedented transformations are linked together and how they can be shaped and managed to improve the welfare of communities, cities, and nations. The Global Urban Futures specialization will train practitioners to address these issues and strengthen understanding of possibilities for innovative change. Mindful of history and responding to the imperatives of current problems, the Global Urban Futures specialization will prepare practitioners to design and lead the urban future.
The Global Urban Futures specialization draws on the unique strengths of more than 20 full-time faculty members from a range of disciplines, including economics, urban planning, urban studies, public finance, political science, anthropology, sociology, architecture, urban history, environmental sciences, and community development. It explores urbanization in relation to globalization, climate change, the global and national economies, and media, technology, and culture. The Global Urban Futures specialization analyzes how global factors interact with local environments, actors, and institutions to produce new urban forms, policies, behaviors, problems, and opportunities.
Specialization courses
Lead faculty associated with the specialization in Global Urban Futures:
Charles Allison
Robert Buckley
John Clinton
Michael Cohen
Dennis Derryck
Peter Eisinger
Alec Ian Gershberg
Margarita Gutman
Darrick Hamilton
Robin Hayes
David Howell
Richard McGahey
Kevin McQueen
Shagun Mehrotra
Rachel Meltzer
Kevin McQueen
Aida Rodriguez
Alex F. Schwartz
Lisa J. Servon
Antina von Schnitzler
Jeffrey Smith
Nidhi Srinivas
Andrew White
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