UChicago Urban Labs

UChicago Urban Labs was founded to help cities discover what works to improve human lives.

The world is facing the highest rate of urbanization in human history. By 2050, the global urban population will nearly double to 6.4 billion. This unprecedented growth in the global urban population creates incredible opportunities but also intensifies the most difficult problems cities face, such as concentrated poverty, crime, poor-quality schooling and health care, and pollution. The Universit  ...