What Helps and Hinders Cross-sector Collaboration in Cities?
Strengthening management and leadership in cities
Resources to equip current and future global leaders to improve the lives of city residents.
What we're up to
Small Cities, Big Impact: Mayors Share Lessons in Resilience and Innovation
An Analytical Framework Brings Clarity to Public Problem-Solving
Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Names 2025 Summer Interns
What Cities Can Learn from Bogotá’s Urban Experiment
Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Welcomes 2025 Summer Fellows
When Weather Destroys, Who’s Protected? Cities Confront the Climate Insurance Crisis
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
How Governments Can Move Beyond Bureaucracy
Earning Trust: Baltimore’s Lessons in Public Innovation
Public Sector Innovation More Important Than Ever
2024 Research and Resources Highlights
We catalyze impact in cities, where more than half of the world’s people live
Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
Using Data and Innovation to Reduce Gun Violence
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
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
Here at the Center
Multidisciplinary research, innovative labs and fellowships, illuminating classroom experiences, global convenings, and more.
- Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
- Civic Power Lab
- Data-Smart City Solutions
- Good Services Lab
- Local Politics Lab
- The People Lab
Pioneering Research
We pursue multidisciplinary research to generate practical knowledge, tools, and ideas in response to real-world challenges.
Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
Tackling Persistent, Boundary-Spanning Problems Through Collaborative Innovation: Lessons From the Clean Sweep Initiative in Buffalo, NY
Administration & Society
Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
Entry Points: Gaining Momentum in Early-Stage Cross-Boundary Collaborations
The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
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