The Kinder Institute for Urban Research The Path Forward 2015-2018
Director’s Circle Sponsors • • • • • • • • •
Laura and John Arnold Bank of America Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP Patti and Richard Everett H-E-B Melissa and Steve Kean Nancy and Rich Kinder Silver Eagle Distributors Phoebe and Bobby Tudor
Thank you.
The Kinder Institute’s Mission •
Advance understanding of the most important issues facing Houston and other leading urban centers through rigorous research, policy analysis and public outreach; and
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Collaborate with civic and political leaders to implement promising solutions to these critical urban issues.
The Kinder Institute’s 3-year goals Establish the Kinder Institute as: •
A major force in making Houston
a better city;
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The leading Sunbelt; and
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One of the leading urban policy think tanks in
urban policy think tank in the
nation and the world
the
Program Areas Mature: • • •
Houston Area Survey Urban Education & Workforce Urban Health
Reconfigured: • • •
Urban Disparity & Opportunity Global Cities Urban Resiliency
New: • • •
Urban Development, Transportation & Placemaking (DT&P) Urban Governance Sunbelt Cities
Mature Program Areas
Kinder Houston Area Survey longest-running continuous public opinion survey in any American city. Major projects The
include: •
The Annual Kinder
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Forthcoming book by Stephen Klineberg
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Working Papers by other researchers using KHAS data
Houston Area Survey
Urban Education & Workforce Applied research focused on developing talent and potential: • • •
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Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) as a foundation Expanding to include research about workforce development Possible: National network of university-school Using
district consortiums based at Kinder
Urban Health Applied work on air pollution and other urban health issues:
public
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“Big data” research into relationship between air pollution and medical conditions in Houston
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Education and community outreach on these issues as well
Reconfigured Program Areas
Urban Disparity & Opportunity •
Disparate income, opportunity, and access to service has become a defining urban issue of our time.
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Kinder will undertake a major research effort to document urban disparity in Houston and
find promising solutions. •
Cross-cutting issue: Will coordinate with education, health, and other Kinder programs
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Possible partnership with D.C.- based Urban Institute
Urban Resiliency •
Hurricanes of last decade (Katrina, Rita, Ike, Sandy) have focused world attention on ability of cities
to bounce back from severe events •
Houston is a
great laboratory for “resiliency” of urban environment when faced with severe events
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Working with SSPEED Center, Shell Center for Sustainability, and others to identify role Kinder
can play
Global Cities •
Kinder already has strong ties to universities and institutes in Northern Europe and China.
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Will engage in more comparative research between Houston and other world cities
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May participate in worldwide institutes
network of urban
New Program Areas
Urban Development, Transportation & Placemaking (DT&P) •
Big Picture: Research on large issues of growth and transportation in Houston region
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Small-Scale Placemaking: Applied work on improving neighborhoods in Houston
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Will work closely with Rice School of Architecture and UT School of Public Health as well as other partners
Urban Governance •
As Houston region changes, challenges are emerging in how region is governed (city, county, MUDs, Ship Channel, etc.)
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Kinder will undertake research to
document challenges and convene stakeholders to discuss options
Sunbelt Cities •
Sunbelt cities are fundamentally from Northeast/Midwest cities
different
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There is no pre-eminent dealing with Sunbelt cities
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Kinder will convene Sunbelt city Houston to discuss common issues
urban think tank leaders in
Platforms •
Survey Research
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Big Urban Data
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Policy Options Analysis
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Convenings
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On-the-Ground Action (Translation)
Big Urban Data •
“Big Data” vastly increases our ability to understand urban problems
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Already, “Big Data” plays a Kinder programs
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Kinder will work with Ken Kennedy Institute and other partners to create a “Big Urban Data” initiative that will inform all Kinder research projects
major role in many
Public Lecture Series •
Kinder has run a public fly” since last fall
lecture series “on the
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Academics, elected
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Major public lecture series will be organized for each academic year beginning Fall 2015
officials, leading consultants
Partnerships •
Campus Partners (such as Rice School of Architecture, Baker Institute, Shell Center)
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External Partners (such as Brookings, Urban Institute, UT Public Health)
Rolling Out the Path Forward •
We will be all over town discuss the Path Forward
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rolling out the Path Forward nationally – especially in DC and NY – in the Fall We will be
in May and June to
The Kinder Institute for Urban Research The Path Forward 2015-2018