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David Merriman

Merriman on the 21st Show

Before Governor Pritzker delivered his State of the State speech, Illinois Public Media’s 21st Show was  joined by several academics including David Merriman, professor of Public Policy, Management, and Analytics and interim director…

Nik Theodore

Theodore's CUED Report on Survival Economies Cited

An article about reparations as a counterweight to the “war on drugs” in Nonprofit Quarterly cites Survival Economies: Black Informality in Chicago, a 2021 report by CUED Director Nik Theodore.

Cover of the MCD report, Chicago's New Nature

Chicago’s New Nature: An Ecological Override Plan

The Spring 2023 Studio focused on how a history of natural abundance and recent legal precedents could give way to a rights of nature movement in the Chicago region. The Plan investigates how…

White stone building serving as the Court House in London, Ontario

CUED Cited in London Free Press

The London Free Press cited the Center for Urban Economic Development’s (CUED) 2023 report, “Pain Points: Data on Work Intensity, Monitoring, and Health at Amazon’s Warehouses,” in an article about warehouse worker safety in…