The Path Forward 2015-2018

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.

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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