About: Maren

UN-Habitat, in partnership with the Future Policy Modeling consortium (FUPOL) have released a new publication, E-Governance and Urban Policy Design in Developing Countries. This book illustrates the synergies, contradictions, and potentials that are emerging through the intersection and interplay of urbanisation, information communication technologies, and the increasing role of local...

I2UD’s work in Iraq began this past October through UN-Habitat’s Capability Enhancement Program on Durable Shelter Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Returnees in Baghdad, Iraq. The program aims to build the capacity of Iraqi officials at all levels of government and from various ministries, as well as local...

Last week, a team of I2UD researchers and professionals returned from a ten day field trip to Dangriga, Belize to research alternative strategies to increase the town’s resiliency to the impacts of climate change. Jim Kostaras, Elda Solloso, and Maren Larsen were joined in Belize by Dr. Elizabeth Hamin and...

Vice president of I2UD Dr. Mona Serageldin gave a keynote lecture at the 2015 City Debates conference at the American University of Beirut. The conference, entitled “Other Gentrifications: Urban Change Beyond the Core”, took place on March 4-6th. City Debates explored the processes of urban change associated with gentrification within...