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Advancing City Leadership
Research and resources for city leaders to expand their problem-solving capacity, build effective city hall organizations, and improve outcomes for residents around the world
Mayors in the classroom with Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson
RESEARCH
Further Inspection: Integrating Housing Code Enforcement and Social Services to Improve Community Health
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Case and Materials Collaboration, Data and Evidence, Innovation, Strategic Leadership and Management
Solving Problems Block by Block: Clean Sweeps and Neighborhood Improvement in Buffalo, NY
Action Insights Collaboration
Learning From Setbacks in Collaborations
Case Set Data and Evidence
Data and Evidence Case Set
About us
The Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, located at the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, equips mayors and senior city officials to tackle complex challenges in their cities and improve the quality of life of their residents.
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Flagship Program
We bring together Harvard faculty, staff, and students, alongside experts from Bloomberg Philanthropies’ global network, to work with 40 mayors and their teams each year.
For Students
We offer research, resources, and experiential learning opportunities to students and future city leaders at Harvard and beyond. Explore the possibilities!
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Global reach
Around the world, cities are growing in size and importance, and mayors are leading the charge in addressing the most pressing issues we face, from creating jobs to fighting climate change. This program is aimed at helping them succeed.Michael R. Bloomberg
108th mayor of NYC and founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies
Our featured research about cities
Data and Evidence
The Data-Informed City: A Conceptual Framework for Advancing Research and Practice
Information Polity
Innovation
Further Inspection: Integrating Housing Code Enforcement and Social Services to Improve Community Health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
