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Urban Lab Program. Istanbul ⌘ Buenos Aires ⌘ Shanghai ⌘ Dubai. Program Overview. Enroll in Poli 362: Comparative Urban Politics & Policy Interdisciplinary survey course (no prereqs ) Enroll in 1 of 3 lab courses: Poli /Asia 349: Urban Lab Istanbul Poli 348: Urban Lab Buenos Aires
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Urban Lab Program Istanbul ⌘ Buenos Aires ⌘Shanghai ⌘ Dubai
Program Overview • Enroll in Poli 362: Comparative Urban Politics & Policy • Interdisciplinary survey course (no prereqs) • Enroll in 1 of 3 lab courses: • Poli/Asia 349: Urban Lab Istanbul • Poli 348: Urban Lab Buenos Aires • Poli/Asia 347: Urban Lab Shanghai • Poli/Asia 345: Urban Lab Dubai (new for 2015) • Lab involves hands-on research • Field research trip to city during spring break • Lab fee~ $1,000 + airfare • Scholarship funding for Asian Studies majors (AURA) • Student fundraising
Research Projects 2014 • "Females in Local Politics in Istanbul” • "Istanbul's Urban Renewal: Socioeconomic and Educational Effects of Residential Gentrification on the Roma Population” • “Causes and Consequences of the Rise of Political Islam in Turkey’s AKP” • “Keen to Green? Analysis of the Importance of Green Spaces in Istanbul” • “Urban Transformation: Turkish Housing Policy and its Effects on Low-Income Residents in Istanbul” • "Istanbul's Public Rail and Access Inequality."
"An Evaluation of the Shanghai Education System: Should the Results of the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment be Important?” • • "Air Pollution in Shanghai - Global Times and Shanghai Daily Coverage.” • • “Islam in Shanghai: How accommodating is the Shanghai Government to its Muslim communities?” • • “Perception and Reality of Innovation in Shanghai” • • “An Analysis of the of the Interaction Between Non-Governmental Organizations and the Central Government in China” • • “Mass Transit: A Study On the Effects of Mass Transit in Shanghai” • • “Gated Communities and Social Fragmentation in Gran Buenos Aires” • • “The Effect of Privatization on Public Transportation in Buenos Aires, Argentina “ • • “Buenos Aires Blackouts: The Politics of Electricity Regulation in Argentina and its Impact on the City of Buenos Aires” • • “An Examination of the Socio-Economic Impacts of Inflation in Buenos Aires” • • “Subsidized Private Education in Buenos Aires”
Dates & More Information • Application dues by November 15 • Applications and more information available at: • http://istanbul.rice.edu • http://buenosaires.rice.edu • http://shanghai.blogs.rice.edu • Prof. Marschall (HRZ 102; marschal@rice.edu) • Prof. Brace (HRZ 101; pbrace@rice.edu) • Prof. Shalaby (Baker Inst. marwa.m.shalaby@rice.edu)