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Neighborhoods Initiative Urban Affairs Review Chicago
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Faculty Scholar Detail, 2006-2007John BetancurAssociate Professor, Urban Planning and Policy Program College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs Dynamics of Neighborhood Change in the Era of Globalization Professor Betancur spent his year studying and writing about neighborhood change, generating several publications. As part of a book on the topic that he is writing, he completed an extensive literature review on space and representation. His essay “Understanding Space under Flexible Accumulation: The Ghetto-Gentrification Dialectics” was completed this year. He also authored a paper “Globalization and the Informalization of the Latin American City, A Hypothesis,” which he presented at the 2007 Urban Affairs Association Conference. In addition, he wrote “Urban Challenges in Latin American Cities: Medellin and the Limits of Governance,” published in Governing Cities in the Global Era: Urban Innovation, Competition, and Democratic Reform, edited by Robin Hambleton and Jill Simone Gross. The Great Cities Institute Faculty Scholars Program brings UIC faculty to the institute for a year in residence to begin, further, or complete an engaged research project. Scholars are free from their formal teaching responsibilities during their term. Prospective scholars apply by submitting a proposal that is peer reviewed along three key metrics of engaged research: interdisciplinarity, partnership, and impact. GCI Faculty Scholars implement and further their own research agendas, as well as develop grant proposals, participate in the Great Cities Institute Lecture Series, and contribute to the Great Cities Institute Working Paper Series. Applications are released in the fall semester and due at the start of the spring semester. |
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