The RWV Center is excited to welcome Yen-Tyng Chen, Mike Smart and Nancy Wolff to the Center as faculty affiliates. Dr. Yen-Tyng Chen is an Assistant Professor in Public Health at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Dr. Chen is a social...
News
Andrea Restrepo-Mieth publishes article in Planning Theory and Practice
Andrea Restrepo-Mieth recently published an article in Planning Theory and Practice. In this article she examines how planners move from reflection to action in pursuit of institutional change. She introduces the concept of "simple junctures" which are key moments in...
Mapping Networks, Resources, Gaps and Vulnerabilities in Middlesex County’s Emergency Food System During an Emergency
The objective of this report was to better understand how the emergency food system works during a crisis. The research sought to identify networks and points of strength as well as areas to be strengthened to improve resiliency during an emergency.
Elana Simon joins Rutgers CLiME
Congratulations to former RWV Center research association, Elana Simon, on her new position! Elana is an urban planner, data scientist, and writer joining CLiME as a Senior Research Fellow. Elana serves as an embedded data analyst with the City of Newark’s Department...
Bob Lake publishes article in Economy and Space
Bob Lake published a new article in Economy and Space on land value. The article asks the question: "what is value and how does it attain its coercive power over urban life?" Citation: Lake, Robert. 2023. "Value Magic." EPA: Economy and Space. DOI:...
Mi Shih publishes article in Economy and Space
Professor Mi Shih with Ying-Hui Chiang latest paper in Economy and Space examines the co-constitutive relationship between density techniques, their depoliticization effects, and heightened land commodification in Taiwan's acceleration to a real estate–oriented...
Nadia Mian publishes article in Shelterforce on the Black Church and Property Development
Nadia Mian published an article on the Black Church and property development in Shelterforce. The article looks at how Black congregations are building affordable housing on their property to soften the impact that gentrification and displacement have on low-income...
Congratulations to Aretousa Bloom on her position as Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London
The RWV Center is excited to celebrate Aretousa Bloom's (Bloustein PhD '19) new position as Lecturer in Economic Geography (Teaching & Scholarship) at the School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London.
Congratulations to Lily Chang on her position as Staff Assistant/Press Assistant for Rep. John Sarbanes
Congratulations to Lily Chang, Voorhees Fellow ’20, who is a Staff Assistant/Press Assistant for Representative John Sarbanes of Maryland's 3rd District. She previously was a Running Start Congressional Fellow interning for Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ12).
Applications for New RWV Public Service Fellowships
The Ralph W. Voorhees Public Service Fellowship awards up to five (5) fellowships of $5,000 each annually and is open to undergraduate students from any major in any school at Rutgers NB. Fellows work on a civically engaged applied research project in the Fall...
Recent Updates
Cara Cuite on NPR
Cara Cuite was interviewed for an article for NPR on storm evacuations. Read the article here.
Eric Seymour on NJ State Policy Lab Blog
Eric Seymour published another blog post on the NJ State Policy Lab's blog discussing the use of parcel data to identify trends in corporate owned housing. Read the blog here.
Hudson County Rental Housing Profile
This report serves as a resource to better understand the landscape of rental housing in the county, patterns and trends, and affordability challenges.
Passaic County Rental Housing Profile
This report serves as a resource to better understand the landscape of rental housing in the county, patterns and trends, and affordability challenges.
Homelessness in New Brunswick and Programs to Address It
This report identifies the challenges that emergency service organizations and their clients are experiencing as they attempt to access, or consider accessing, the existing service infrastructure and to identify areas of unmet need.