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Resources to equip current and future global leaders to improve the lives of city residents.

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What Cities Can Learn from Bogotá’s Urban Experiment

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What Cities Can Learn from Bogotá’s Urban Experiment

Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Welcomes 2025 Summer Fellows

Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Welcomes 2025 Summer Fellows

When Weather Destroys, Who’s Protected? Cities Confront the Climate Insurance Crisis

Strengthening Climate Resiliency in U.S. Cities panel members

When Weather Destroys, Who’s Protected? Cities Confront the Climate Insurance Crisis

Lessons from Mayors on Leading an Urban Comeback

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Lessons from Mayors on Leading an Urban Comeback

New Data-Smart City Pod Episode: Generative AI and the Possibility Government

Leading with Urgency: Applying a City Leader’s Blueprint for Innovation to Medical Research

Managing Floods, Revitalizing Neighborhoods, Saving Lives: Cities Mobilize Across Sectors to Tackle Tough Challenges

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Managing Floods, Revitalizing Neighborhoods, Saving Lives: Cities Mobilize Across Sectors to Tackle Tough Challenges

How Governments Can Move Beyond Bureaucracy

How Governments Can Move Beyond Bureaucracy

Earning Trust: Baltimore’s Lessons in Public Innovation

Earning Trust: Baltimore’s Lessons in Public Innovation

Public Sector Innovation More Important Than Ever

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Public Sector Innovation More Important Than Ever

2024 Research and Resources Highlights

2024 Research and Resources Highlights

24 Newly-Elected Mayors Begin Program for New Mayors: First 100 Days

24 Newly-Elected Mayors Begin Program for New Mayors: First 100 Days

Symposium Explores Social Intrapreneurship

Symposium Explores Social Intrapreneurship

Mayors Use Harvard 100-Day Planning Approach to Focus on City Priorities

Mayors Use Harvard 100-Day Planning Approach to Focus on City Priorities

Good Services Lab Established at the Bloomberg Center for Cities

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Good Services Lab Established at the Bloomberg Center for Cities

We catalyze impact in cities, where more than half of the world’s people live

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Using Data and Innovation to Reduce Gun Violence

Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative

Using Data and Innovation to Reduce Gun Violence

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Designing and Testing Methods for Take-up of Economic Impact Payments

The People Lab

Designing and Testing Methods for Take-up of Economic Impact Payments

Our impact

From refining decision-making processes to evolving how we engage with residents, the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative has helped us lead Port St. Lucie more effectively as we build a resilient and forward-thinking community. Mayor Shannon Martin
Port St. Lucie, Florida

The instructors challenge you to grow. The other mayors become your friends. I’m better at my job because of it and my city is the beneficiary. Mayor Todd Gloria
San Diego, California

Mayor Todd Gloria of San Diego, California poses for a formal photo

Thanks to the knowledge and support the Bloomberg Center for Cities has provided, our municipal care system is now a reality. Mayor Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas
Monterrey, Mexico