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Great Cities Institute Research Clusters

Community Economic Development
The cluster is designed to be a vehicle that encourages, enhances, and sustains scholarship and new partnerships in the areas of community and economic development.

Governance
The cluster explores the relationships, transactions, and exchanges among and between regions’ political, economic, financial, commercial, and sociological organizations.

Healthy Cities Collaborative
The collaborative is a multidisciplinary workgroup that engages university researchers, external partners and community leadership in conversations and research to benefit the health of Chicago.