URBAN LAB PROGRAMIstanbul ⌘ Buenos Aires ⌘ Shanghai ⌘ Dubai

Program Overview• Enroll in Poli 362: Comparative Urban Politics & Policy

• Interdisciplinary survey course (no prereqs)

• Enroll in 1 of 3 lab courses:• Poli/Asia 349: Urban Lab Istanbul• Poli 348: Urban Lab Buenos Aires• Poli/Asia 347: Urban Lab Shanghai• Poli/Asia 345: Urban Lab Dubai (new for 2015)

• Lab involves hands-on research• Field research trip to city during spring break• Lab fee~ $1,000 + airfare

• Scholarship funding for Asian Studies majors (AURA)• Student fundraising

Research Projects 2014• "Females in Local Politics in Istanbul”• "Istanbul's Urban Renewal: Socioeconomic and

Educational Effects of Residential Gentrification on the Roma Population”

• “Causes and Consequences of the Rise of Political Islam in Turkey’s AKP”

• “Keen to Green? Analysis of the Importance of Green Spaces in Istanbul”

• “Urban Transformation: Turkish Housing Policy and its Effects on Low-Income Residents in Istanbul”

• "Istanbul's Public Rail and Access Inequality."

• "An Evaluation of the Shanghai Education System: Should the Results of the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment be Important?”• "Air Pollution in Shanghai - Global Times and Shanghai Daily Coverage.”• “Islam in Shanghai: How accommodating is the Shanghai Government to its Muslim communities?” • “Perception and Reality of Innovation in Shanghai”• “An Analysis of the of the Interaction Between Non-Governmental Organizations and the Central Government in China”• “Mass Transit: A Study On the Effects of Mass Transit in Shanghai”• “Gated Communities and Social Fragmentation in Gran Buenos Aires”• “The Effect of Privatization on Public Transportation in Buenos Aires, Argentina “• “Buenos Aires Blackouts: The Politics of Electricity Regulation in Argentina and its Impact on the City of Buenos Aires”• “An Examination of the Socio-Economic Impacts of Inflation in Buenos Aires”• “Subsidized Private Education in Buenos Aires”

Dates & More Information• Application dues by November 15• Applications and more information available at:

• http://istanbul.rice.edu • http://buenosaires.rice.edu • http://shanghai.blogs.rice.edu

• Prof. Marschall (HRZ 102; marschal@rice.edu)• Prof. Brace (HRZ 101; pbrace@rice.edu) • Prof. Shalaby (Baker Inst. marwa.m.shalaby@rice.edu)