All student work is courtesy of an MIT student and used with permission.
Paper, Part 1
Part 1 Guidelines - Defining Urban Conflict (PDF)
Due: Session 10
Sample Student Work
Understanding Baltimore's Violent Spaces: Conclusions (PDF - 1.2MB)
Paper, Part 2
Part 2 Guidelines - Intervening in Urban Conflict (PDF)
Due: Session 24
In their final papers, students must incorporate class feedback from their preliminary in-class presentations during Session 21.
Sample Student Work
Paper 2, Part 1 - Reducing Violence in Baltimore City, Maryland (PDF)
Example Cities for Research
- Aleppo, Syria
- Abidjan, Ivory Coast
- Bagdad, Iraq
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Caracas, Venezuela
- Chicago, Illinois (US)
- Gaza City, Palestine
- Jerusalem, Israel
- Juarez, Mexico
- Kabul, Afghanistan
- Medellin, Colombia
- Mogadishu, Somalia
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Peshawar, Pakistan
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- San Pedro Sula, Honduras
- Sana'a, Yemen
- Paris, France
- San Salvador, El Salvador
- Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Kilis, Cizre,Turkey Borderland
- Algiers, Algeria
- Monterrey, Mèxico
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Maiduguri, Nigeria
- Donetsk, Ukraine
Note: These are just suggested cities; each student can select other cities of their interest however, they need to be approved by the instructor.