UChicago Urban Labs

The world is facing the highest rate of urbanization in human history. By 2050, the global urban population will nearly double to 6.4 billion. This unprecedented growth in the global urban population creates incredible opportunities but also intensifies the most difficult problems cities face, such as concentrated poverty, crime, poor-quality schooling and health care, and pollution.

The University of Chicago founded Urban Labs to help address these challenges. Urban Labs partners with cities to identify and test the policies and programs with the greatest potential to improve human lives at scale. Urban Labs’ evidence-based approach gives policymakers and practitioners the knowledge they need to effectively and cost-efficiently improve urban life.