Innovative City Governance

(3 Credits)

This course introduces students to cutting-edge approaches in urban innovation, focusing on how cities can leverage data and technology to address complex challenges in urban governance, urban development, public health, environmental sustainability, and risk management. It aims to enhance students’ sophistication in thinking about urban innovation and city governance together, while building practical skills for working across both the public and private sectors. The course emphasizes quantitative analysis, crosssector and community collaboration, emerging urban technologies, and applications of AI. Through a mix of lectures, class discussions, applied exercises, and a final project, students will critically assess existing cases of innovative city governance and develop their own projects to propose impactful urban solutions.