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Introducing 'The Flourishing Cities Initiative: Practical Solutions for a World on the Move'
The movement of people is a feature of modern life that presents urgent challenges and remarkable opportunities.
The Flourishing Cities Initiative
Beginning in fall 2025, Stanford’s Institute for Advancing Just Societies will pursue a multi-year thematic initiative that focuses on the movement of people within and between nations—not as a crisis to be solved, but as a fundamental human reality that calls for innovative management. We aim to capitalize on the opportunities and address the challenges of a world where people are on the move.
Our work will combine rigorous scholarship with practical application through community partnerships. We will prioritize scalable solutions grounded in evidence. The result will be lasting, real-world solutions that help municipalities worldwide adopt practices and policies, enabling everyone in their communities to thrive.
Nikolas Liepins/Ethography for Stanford IAJS
An across-the-aisle conversation with two municipal leaders launches the Flourishing Cities Initiative
"The movement of people within and between nation-states is a feature, not a problem, of human societies. Cities of all sizes worldwide have shown a willingness to innovate on policies that address the challenges and harness the opportunities that come with the movement of people. The end goal is to use research to help cities defined by the movement of people become places where everyone can thrive."
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