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Support Our Work

Support the Urban Systems Lab to help advance climate resilience and equity in cities worldwide. Our interdisciplinary team partners with city governments, NGOs, and community organizations to provide urgently needed climate services, adaptation strategies, and cutting-edge tools which help communities face emerging threats like flooding and extreme heat. With your support, we can expand our impact and scale our efforts to advance research and climate services for those who need it most.

To discuss collaboration and partnership opportunities contact Associate Director, Chris Kennedy.

 

Job Openings

We’re expanding our team and currently hiring for several new roles. If you’re passionate about climate science, design, data science, or urban resilience, we’d love to hear from you. Open roles include:

Please subscribe to our Newsletter and visit our News page to see upcoming postings for jobs.

 

Research and Exchange Opportunities

The Urban Systems Lab is a research center at New York University in New York City, homed within the Environmental Studies Department. We welcome collaboration and partnerships with research institutions and groups, however we invite you to please review the information below before contacting us about joining the Lab.

PhD Candidates

Researchers and scholars without a PhD or terminal degree must be enrolled in a PhD program at New York University in order to join the Lab. Following your acceptance into a PhD program, please reach out to us to discuss opportunities.

Visiting Scholars

If you are currently a faculty member or researcher at another institution we occasionally host visiting scholars to engage with and compliment ongoing research at the Lab. Please reach out to us to discuss opportunities, and include a description of your proposed research and its alignment with our work and identify who you would like to work with from our team.

Undergraduate and Graduate Students

The Urban Systems Lab provides research assistantships when funding is available to support ongoing research projects and substantive academic tasks. There are currently no openings at this time, but we encourage New York University students to reach out with a specific proposal.

 

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