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The Gentrification and Urban Displacement Lab<\/strong> (GUDL) at Boston University\u2019s Initiative on Cities brings together researchers, policy-makers, practitioners, and advocates committed to understanding and addressing the forces of gentrification and displacement.<\/p>\n

Through cross-sector collaboration, GUDL develops evidence-based strategies and policies to prevent displacement and promote equitable urban development. The Lab convenes diverse partners \u2013 from local communities to global networks \u2013 to share insights, co-create solutions, and seed fund projects that combine academic research, grassroots expertise, and policy innovation for measurable impact in cities.<\/p>\n

GUDL is, at its core, community-engaged not only in Boston but also in cities across the U.S. and globally.<\/p>\n

GUDL Goals<\/h2>\n
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  1. To create bridges between local communities, researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and community organizers\/activists that directly address existing research or translational gaps, thereby leveraging academic and non-academic research for policy and practice more effectively.<\/li>\n
  2. To facilitate collaborative partnerships among local communities, researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and community organizers\/activists who wish to enhance existing or develop new research projects in co-learning teams.<\/li>\n
  3. To serve as a platform for exchanging impactful evidence, successful policies, best practices, and catalyzing further opportunities for anti-displacement policy, practice, and activism.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Gentrification and Urban Displacement Lab (GUDL) at Boston University\u2019s Initiative on Cities brings together researchers, policy-makers, practitioners, and advocates committed to understanding and addressing the forces of gentrification and displacement. Through cross-sector collaboration, GUDL develops evidence-based strategies and policies to prevent displacement and promote equitable urban development. The Lab convenes diverse partners \u2013 from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19783,"featured_media":89,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gudl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gudl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gudl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gudl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19783"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gudl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gudl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gudl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gudl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/gudl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}