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We’re hiring! 🌆 Are you passionate about shaping the future of cities? Join the Bloomberg Center for Cities as a paid research assistant this fall. We're looking for enrolled @Harvard students to support research and programs with real-world impact. ✅Deepen your skills.✅Gain

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A powerful opportunity for mid-career city leaders to strengthen their public leadership at @Kennedy_School: the newly announced American Service Fellowship provides full scholarships to a one-year master’s program. Public servants across the U.S. are invited to apply, learn from.

Can public trust in government and health institutions be restored? New research co-authored by Center faculty affiliate Archon Fung (@Arfung) of @Kennedy_School and @HarvardAsh explores how democratic deliberation—structured dialogue between citizens and policymakers—can help

📆 Mark your calendar: the Bloomberg Center for Cities Open House is on Tuesday, September 9. Drop in any time from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and bring a friend. Learn how you can access fellowships, research opportunities, internships, and more. Open to all @Harvard community

Wondering how AI helps city leaders streamline services, cut through bureaucracy, and rebuild public trust? 🌐 In this #DataSmartCityPod, Center faculty affiliate and @DataSmartCities Director @GoldsmithOnGov sits down with Miguel Carrasco of BCG’s Center for Digital Government.

Learn how public sector fellowships can help attract and retain the next generation of public servants, according to research by Elizabeth Linos and colleagues at The People Lab, located at the Center⤵️.

Cities are generating more data than ever, but how can they use it in ways that truly make a difference? A new peer-reviewed article—produced by @BHcityleaders and published in @InformationPol2—offers a practical framework grounded in research and real-world experience to guide

We’re hiring!🚀Join us as:.1. Research Associate with @HarvardGSD’s ReBuild Initiative to help shape a new approach to urban planning (with @BHcityleaders).2. Senior Associate to support admin and finance operations across the Center. Apply today, or share with collaborative,

Gig work seems to offer it all: workers ready to perform specific tasks or projects, and flexibility for employees. Or does it? New research co-authored by Center faculty affiliate @ryanbuell of @HarvardHBS finds that people working multiple jobs spend their money more cautiously

🚨Exciting opportunity: The ReBuild Initiative at the @HarvardGSD, in close collaboration with @BHcityleaders, is seeking a research analyst to join the team. If you’re passionate about advancing urban planning and design with experience in literature reviews, faculty and.

Creating and sustaining safe, healthy urban environments requires active collaboration between residents and local governments. However, in underserved areas, factors like urban decay and inadequate public services can weaken cooperative dynamics. A new study produced by the

How is remote work reshaping the geography of opportunity—and what does that mean for cities? In a recent conversation hosted by the Bloomberg Center for Cities, @HarvardHBS professor Prithwiraj Choudhury (@prithwic) and Michelle De La Isla (@Dasharyl), CEO of Hack.Diversity and

How can diverse groups work together to drive large-scale change? The Consortia Century published in @OxUniPress, co-authored by Center faculty affiliate Kimberlyn Leary (of @harvardmed and @HarvardChanSPH) as part of the Stakeholder Alignment Collaborative, offers an original

In a nation of small towns, what does it take for rural communities to thrive? Three mayors of smaller U.S. cities shared their experiences and insights in a recent conversation hosted by the Bloomberg Center for Cities and the @HarvardGSD. Moderated by Loeb Fellow Matthew Smith,

How can public leaders be most effective in building workable solutions to tough policy problems? Researchers Rachel Meltzer of the @HarvardGSD and Alex Schwartz of @TheNewSchool along with chief of staff @tchu88 of the @CityOfBoston, discussed an analytical and flexible approach

Hybrid event TOMORROW: Explore the future of work and what cities and public leaders can learn from organizations that have embraced geographic flexibility. Join us at 12:00 noon with Prithwiraj Choudhury (@prithwic) of @HarvardHBS and Michelle De La Isla (@Dasharyl), former

RT @BHcityleaders: 📚New research: How can city leaders address common setbacks in cross-sector collaborations? Read the article published i….

Next Wednesday, join @prithwic of @HarvardHBS virtually or in person at the Center (@Harvard University ID holders) to explore the future of work and what cities and public institutions can learn from organizations that have embraced geographic flexibility. The discussion with

You’re invited! Join Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury (@prithwic) of Harvard Business School virtually or in person to explore the future of work and what cities and public institutions can learn from organizations that have embraced geographic flexibility. The discussion with Michelle