What makes a city global? As a growing number of cities evolve from national centers of industry, economy, and culture, to become international hubs, what separates them from the rest? This May, the Council is launching the first Chicago Forum on Global C ...
As cities around the world are pressed to address challenges presented by increased urbanization, antiquated infrastructure, and outdated public policies, research universities and their scholars may be a source for solutions. Cities worldwide face major ...
The Council regularly hosts speakers, workshops, public programs, and private dinners to inform audiences of pressing issues affecting cities and to share the findings of Council research. https://ccgadev.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/RESIZEGe ...
Global cities drive political, social, and economic policies and solve critical world challenges. The following two panels are part of the Chicago Forum on Global Cities. This three-day forum, hosted by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Fina ...
Global cities drive political, social, and economic policies and solve critical world challenges. The following two panels are part of the Chicago Forum on Global Cities. This three-day forum, hosted by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Financ ...
Global cities run the global economy, set the global agenda, shape the global culture and the global fads. But given the importance of global cities in today’s world, there’s been too little real thought given to what they are and how they relate to each ...
On September 26, 2014, in the city of Iguala, Mexico, 43 college students were abducted, murdered, burned, and buried in a municipal dump site. With many activists accusing the government of inaction or even collusion, the Iguala massacre has focused inte ...
CHICAGO As with economic development or civic engagement, arts and culture shape the relevance and reach of global cities While arts and culture have long attracted residents and visitors to global cities, these museums, architecture and art institution ...
Global cities drive political, social, and economic policies and solve critical world challenges. The following panel is part of the Chicago Forum on Global Cities. This three-day forum, hosted by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Financial Ti ...
Please join The Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ 2015 Gus Hart Visiting Fellow, Felix Maradiaga, for dinner and a conversation on Central America’s next generation of social entrepreneurs and their innovative ideas for sparking greater civic engagement ...
