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Mar 20

GUSP Workshop 03/20/2018

Tuesday, March 20, 2018 2:00 PM - Tuesday, March 20, 2018 4:00 PM at 457 Berkey Hall

Racial Gerrymandering of Municipal Borders: Direct Democracy, Participatory Democracy, and Voting Rights in the United States, Dr. Noah Durst, School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University

Mar 28

Rethinking South-South Cooperation

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 8:00 AM at University of Pittsburgh

Rethinking South-South Cooperation: India and Brazil in the 21st Century

Apr 19

GUSP Workshop 04/19/2018

Thursday, April 19, 2018 2:00 PM - Thursday, April 19, 2018 4:00 PM at 457 Berkey Hall

A New Paradigm for Pricing Water: Balancing Equity and Efficiency, Dr. Janice Beecher, Institute of Public Utilities, Michigan State University

Sep 26

Global Urban Studies Workshop - Sept 27th

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 10:20 AM - Wednesday, September 26, 2018 11:40 AM at 457 Berkey Hall

Distribution of Urban Heat Islands and Their Relationship with Urban Morphology in San Jose, California

Oct 1

Workshop - Just Development

Monday, October 1, 2018 9:00 AM - Friday, October 5, 2018 12:00 PM at Human Ecology Building, 552 W. Circle Drive

Just Development: Social-Ecological Justice in East Lansing, Michigan A Living Laboratory Workshop and Knowledge Bridge between the US and Germany

Nov 1

Talk-Network analysis of urban systems

Thursday, November 1, 2018 4:00 PM - Thursday, November 1, 2018 5:30 PM at Psychology Room 230

Network analysis of urban systems: potential, challenges, and pitfalls

Jan 17

GUSP Colloquium 01/18/2019

Thursday, January 17, 2019 10:30 AM - Thursday, January 17, 2019 11:45 AM at Sociology Conference room - Berkey 457

Tavern as Site and Spectacle in late Ottoman Urban Life

Feb 14

Cities of the Arab World

Thursday, February 14, 2019 at MSU Union

Apr 12

GUSP Workshop 04/12/2019

Friday, April 12, 2019 10:30 AM - Friday, April 12, 2019 12:00 PM at 457 Berkey Hall

Community Psychology and Urban Studies: Common Connections and Missed Opportunities

Apr 30

Student Send-Off

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 11:00 AM - Tuesday, April 30, 2019 2:00 PM at Berkey Hall, Room 118

Celebrate your success with us!

Jul 17

On The Edge: How Economic and Social Networks Connect the World’s Peripheral Cities and Regions

Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at Perth, Australia

This three-day symposium connects leading academics, strategists, economic development practitioners, and advanced students to explore how network theory and science can be applied to novel questions of economic development, particularly in peripheral cities and regions.

Sep 13

GUSP Workshop 09/13/2019

Friday, September 13, 2019 3:00 PM - Friday, September 13, 2019 4:00 PM at 457 Berkey Hall

Julian Chambliss - Mapping Black Imaginaries and Geographies: African-American Visions of Freedom and Property in the United States

Oct 3

2019 Education Abroad Expo

Thursday, October 3, 2019 1:00 PM - Wednesday, October 2, 2019 5:00 PM at Breslin Center

Come to the Expo to learn how you can earn credit in more than 60 countries around the world! Meet Social Science in Rome 2019 Program Alumni at the Expo

Oct 25

GUSP Colloquium 10/25/2019

Friday, October 25, 2019 11:00 AM - Friday, October 25, 2019 12:00 PM at 457 Berkey Hall

City Youth Councils and Global Practices - Ahmet Soguktas, International Expert on Youth and Urbanization UN-HABITAT, Istanbul, New York

Nov 15

GUSP Brownbag 11/15/2019

Friday, November 15, 2019 12:00 PM - Friday, November 15, 2019 1:00 PM at 457 Berkey Hall

FOOD RETAIL NETWORKS: How supply and demand fuel urban informality in Mumbai, India - ZEENAT KOTVAL-K, AICP Assistant Professor, Urban & Regional Planning

Dec 2

Social Science Student Send-Off!

Monday, December 2, 2019 2:00 PM - Monday, December 2, 2019 5:00 PM at Student Services, Room 113

Celebrate your success with us! Free pizza, Fun photo-ops, Professional headshots, Cool giveawasy, so much more!

Feb 28

GUSP Colloquium 02/28/2020

Friday, February 28, 2020 11:00 AM - Friday, February 28, 2020 12:00 PM at 457 Berkey Hall

Predicting Housing Vacancy Using Spatiotemporal Methods -- This presentation will highlight a study that uses a new methodology to explore the spatiotemporal characteristics of housing vacancy in Ohio metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs).

May 23

Study Abroad - Social Science in Rome 2020

Saturday, May 23, 2020 8:00 AM - Saturday, June 27, 2020 5:00 PM at Rome, Italy

The Social Science Italy Program for summer 2020, which will be held in the “Eternal City” of Rome, is open to all majors in all colleges at MSU. The program will focus on current global dynamics, including urban dynamics, in economic, political and cultural globalization.

May 29

Study Abroad - Social Science in Rome 2021

Saturday, May 29, 2021 8:00 AM - Saturday, June 26, 2021 5:00 PM at Rome, Italy

The Social Science Italy Program for summer 2021, which will be held in the “Eternal City” of Rome, is open to all majors in all colleges at MSU. The program will focus on current global dynamics, including urban dynamics, in economic, political and cultural globalization.

Feb 11

GUSP Colloquium Power and Space-production: A Bourdieusian Perspective on Environmental Inspection in China with Liangfei Ye

Friday, February 11, 2022 11:00 AM - Friday, February 11, 2022 12:00 PM at

Join Liangfei Ye on Zoom Friday, February 11, 2022 11am-12pm to learn about how the environmental inspection has been the most important policy tool in mobilizing local Chinese societies to protect the environment since the 2014 Environmental Law.

Feb 24

Muslim Studies Program 15th Annual Conference

Thursday, February 24, 2022 9:00 AM - Friday, February 25, 2022 3:45 PM at WEBINAR

Come and take part in the Muslim Studies Program 15th Annual Conference Webinar February 24-25, 2022 THEME: “Belonging Nowhere”: States of Statelessness and Displacement in the Muslim World

Mar 18

Queering Racial Justice Summit

Friday, March 18, 2022 9:00 AM - Saturday, March 19, 2022 5:00 PM at Student Services Buildng, Room 6

The Queering Racial Justice Summit is a vital two (2) day opportunity for student leaders to come together to discuss the deep connections between racial justice and LGBTQIA2S+ justice.

Apr 15

GUSP Colloquium-Seizing the Moment: The Left's (Territorial) Trajectory and the Chilean Social Revolt with Dr. Edward Murphy via Zoom

Friday, April 15, 2022 11:00 AM - Friday, April 15, 2022 12:00 PM at

The Chilean social revolt that began in October 2019 brings together the kinds of causes that have animated protests during the past quarter-century across much of the world.

Sep 22

Masterplanning Housing in a Zeitenwende - the Case of Berlin and Beyond with Dr. Angela Million

Thursday, September 22, 2022 11:00 AM - Friday, September 23, 2022 12:00 PM at

This presentation takes ‘Housing’ as a thematic entry point as it is one of the central struggles that major cities in Germany currently have; moreover, the case of Berlin also shows how it currently has the momentum to mobilize people in a political struggle.

Oct 21

Reclaiming Ancestral Grounds: Black Feminist Spatial Imagination in Contemporary Brazilian Literature

Friday, October 21, 2022 11:00 AM - Friday, October 21, 2022 12:00 PM at Zoom Meeting

This presentation examines Marília Marz’s graphic novel Indivisível (2018), which visually narrates a history of the Liberdade neighborhood in São Paulo.

Nov 11

GUSP Colloquium Who is Prioritized in Neighborhood Development - with Dr. Zachary Neal

Friday, November 11, 2022 11:00 AM - Friday, November 11, 2022 12:00 PM at

Who is Prioritized in Neighborhood Development?

Jan 26

GUSP Colloquium - Anchor Institutions in Hard Times - Local Public Library Closings During COVID-19 with Dr. Sarah Reckhow and Dr. Joshua Sapotichne

Thursday, January 26, 2023 11:00 AM - Thursday, January 26, 2023 12:00 PM at Zoom Meeting

Public libraries are part of the social infrastructure of cities.

Mar 3

GUSP Colloquium - Thinking Property Relationally - Examining the Role of Sanctioned Homeless Encampments as Progressive Liberal Policy Solutions with Dr. Stephen Przybylinski

Friday, March 3, 2023 11:00 AM - Friday, March 3, 2023 12:00 PM at Zoom Meeting

Dr. Przybylinski will be discussing his ongoing research concerning the struggles of sanctioned, unhoused encampment communities in Portland, Oregon.

Jul 8

Education Abroad - Arts, Culture & Sustainability in Rome 2023

Saturday, July 8, 2023 8:00 AM - Saturday, July 29, 2023 5:00 PM at Rome, Italy

The Social Science Italy Program for summer 2023, which will be held in the “Eternal City” of Rome, is open to all majors in all colleges at MSU. The program will focus on current global dynamics, including urban dynamics, in economic, political and cultural globalization.