Global Metropolitan Studies: January 2025 Newsletter

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GLOBAL METROPOLITAN STUDIES January 2025 Newsletter News        Events        Research Spotlight NEWS Student Group Research Funding Available GMS is pleased to offer funding of $500-$1500 for new or continuing interdisciplinary student groups working on urban issues.  Deadline has been extended from initial November 15, 2024 deadline.  Apply now.  For more information see here.   Marta González wins 2024 Lagrange-CRT Foundation Prize The 2024 Lagrange-CRT Foundation Prize was awarded to GMS Affiliate faculty member Marta González (Associate Professor, City and Regional Planning). The award recognizes outstanding contributions relevant to the progress of complexity science.   NSF Smart and Connected Communities program Informational Webinar The Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) program will be hosting a 90-minute informational webinar for its new solicitation and call for proposals on January 24th from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET. The webinar will be recorded and made available for viewing.   Lincoln Land Institute Dissertation fellowship Applications for the Lincoln Land Institute's C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowships are due March 3, 2025.    Send us your news! EVENTS Julia Payson (UCLA) presenting on Local Taxes and Economic Voting Julia Payson, Assistant Professor of Political Science at UCLA. January 22, 2025 12:00 - 1:30 pm Moses Hall 119 Assistant Professor Julia Payson (UCLA, Political Science) will present "Local Taxes and Economic Voting: Evidence from City Ballot Measures" at the Research Workshop on American Politics on January 22, 2025 at noon at 119 Moses Hall.  No signup required. RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT Latin American Cities Research Group   GMS is pleased to provide financial and organizational support to the Latin American Cities Research Group.  This student group, (comprised of DE students Isabel Penaranda Currie, Flavia Leite, Coral del Mar Murphy Marcos, Andrea Lara Garcia), meets regularly to discuss the urban experience in Latin America.  They also publish the widely-distributed Sur-Urbano podcast. Episodes cover urban topics as diverse as bicycle lanes (ciclovías) in Bogotá, social housing, and urban real estate development. The podcast includes 42 episodes thus far over 6 seasons thus far, and has 1,934 followers in Spotify. It has been downloaded by individuals in 58 countries!  GLOBAL METROPOLITAN STUDIES University of California, Berkeley Our mailing address is: globalmet...@berkeley.edu Website: https://metrostudies.berkeley.edu/