GMF Fellow Carol Kuester Policy Brief Release: Traveler Information Services

What could innovative traveler information systems in Europe signal for the future of the San Francisco Bay Area? 2011 Urban and Regional Policy Fellow Carol Kuester, a program coordinator with the Bay Area’s...

GMF Fellow Steve Wertheim Policy Brief Release: Capitalizing on Deindustrialization

Over the course of one month, Steve Wertheim, an Urban Planner with the City of San Francisco, visited four cities in Europe—Torino, Lyon, Amsterdam and Copenhagen—to conduct research as a 2011 Urban...

Podcast: Denver Igarta in 8 minutes or less on livable streets in Europe

Denver Igarta, a 2011 URP fellow whose work has been cited frequently on this blog, recently joined me on a GMF podcast for a brief discussion on how his fellowship has influenced his work on redesigning...

GMF and Next American City Launch International Journalism Fellowship

GMF has partnered with Next American City on the creation of a fellowship program for American journalists interested in traveling abroad to report on timely economic, social, and environmental challenges...

More on urban innovation in Detroit: thoughts from GMF's Detroit-Torino study tour

More thoughts on urban innovation and economic development lessons for Detroit keep coming from participants who were on GMF's recent "Innovation Clusters" study tour. Mahendra Ramsinghani, the manager...

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  Tuesday, 15 May 2012
GMF Fellow Carol Kuester Policy Brief Release: Traveler Information...
What could innovative traveler information systems in Europe signal for the future of the San Francisco Bay Area? 2011 Urban and Regional Policy Fellow Carol Kuester, a program coordinator...
  Tuesday, 15 May 2012
GMF Fellow Steve Wertheim Policy Brief Release: Capitalizing...
Over the course of one month, Steve Wertheim, an Urban Planner with the City of San Francisco, visited four cities in Europe—Torino, Lyon, Amsterdam and Copenhagen—to conduct research...



  Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Podcast: Denver Igarta in 8 minutes or less on livable streets...
Denver Igarta, a 2011 URP fellow whose work has been cited frequently on this blog, recently joined me on a GMF podcast for a brief discussion on how his fellowship has influenced...
  Monday, 7 May 2012
GMF and Next American City Launch International Journalism Fellowship
GMF has partnered with Next American City on the creation of a fellowship program for American journalists interested in traveling abroad to report on timely economic, social, and environmental...



  Wednesday, 2 May 2012
More on urban innovation in Detroit: thoughts from GMF's Detroit-Torino...
More thoughts on urban innovation and economic development lessons for Detroit keep coming from participants who were on GMF's recent "Innovation Clusters" study tour. Mahendra Ramsinghani,...
  Thursday, 19 April 2012
Detroit - Turin Partnership: Innovation Cluster Study Tour
The German Marshall Fund’s Urban and Regional Policy Program recently led the third, high-level study tour of Detroit practitioners to Turin, Italy as part of the Detroit-Torino Partnership...



  Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Podcast: Urban and Regional Policy Fellow Steve Wertheim on European-US...
A couple of weeks ago, I spoke with 2011 URP fellow Steve Wertheim (whose work has appeared on this blog here, here, and here) about some of the broader takeaways from his fellowship...
  Monday, 5 March 2012
TED’s City 2.0: Is the Internet the Right Public Forum?
This past week, the urban blogosphere was awash with stories about TED’s thought-leadership award.  Not unlike Time Magazines unconventional selection of “You” as Person of the Year...