What are the socio-technical systems that associate and differentiate people gathered together in densely populated spaces? Whose interests are represented (politically/symbolically) and what are the...
Urban spaces have become a crucible for the transformations of the global era. The Committee on Global Thought’s research on cities focuses on identifying these new formations, describing their...
Money is both one of the great intellectual puzzles and practical problems of the modern world. Taken at face value it appears to be one of the most basic and important expressions of state...
The sciences are often viewed as apolitical endeavors that form a natural basis for seeding international cooperation. Particularly in the years surrounding the First and Second World Wars, numerous...
Can local solutions be scaled up to the national, regional or even global level? How do firms manage the transition from small enterprise to large, publicly traded corporations? How is the process of...
On Oct. 20, 2015, CGT member Amber Miller led a discussion about the contrast between public attitudes toward scientific research specifically, and the intellectual activity of the research...
Led by Professor Saskia Sassen , this signature research project explores the challenges of urbanizing technology and the implications of technological obsolescence for “intelligent” cities. It...
