Gentrification & Urban Displacement Lab

Tackling Gentrification & Displacement Collaboratively

The Boston University Initiative on Cities’ Gentrification and Urban Displacement Lab aims to convene community organizations, advocates, policy actors, and researchers to advance anti-displacement policies in cities by developing new research, translating existing findings, and facilitating knowledge exchanges.

GUDL Updates

Community Collaborations

GUDL Awards Third Pilot Partnership Seed Grant Between Boston University and Lowell Community Organizations

The Boston University Initiative on Cities Gentrification & Urban Displacement Lab (GUDL) is proud to announce the third recipient of our pilot partnership seed grant program. This award supports a collaboration between Lowell Alliance, the Merrimack Valley Project, and Yeşim Sungu-Eryilmaz, Assistant Professor and Director of the Boston University Metropolitan College City Planning & Urban […]

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Community Collaborations

GUDL Awards Second Pilot Partnership Seed Grant to Tufts University and the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Housing

The Boston University Initiative on Cities Gentrification & Urban Displacement Lab (GUDL) is proud to announce the second recipient of our pilot partnership seed grant: a collaboration between the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Housing (MOH) and Shomon Shamsuddin, Associate Professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning (UEP) at Tufts […]

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Community Collaborations

Gentrification & Urban Displacement Lab (GUDL) Awards First Community-Centered Collaborative Pilot Partnership Seed Grant

[BOSTON, MA] May 19, 2026 — The Boston University Initiative on Cities Gentrification & Urban Displacement Lab (GUDL) is proud to announce the recipients of our first pilot partnership seed grant between the City of Cambridge Redevelopment Authority (CRA), City of Cambridge Economic Opportunity and Development Division (EODD), and the Small Business Anti-Displacement Network (SBAN). […]

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Events

Gentrification: Ideas to Action – Book Discussion on “The Death and Life of Gentrification” and the Launch of Gentrification & Urban Displacement Lab

When: Wednesday, February 4, 3:00 – 5:00 PM Where: Rajen Kilachand Center, 610 Commonwealth Avenue, Colloquium Room, Boston, MA 02215 Join the Boston University Initiative on Cities for the launch of the Gentrification & Urban Displacement Lab (GUDL) – a new hub bringing together faculty, students, practitioners, and community partners committed to understanding urban change, culture, […]

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