Urban Seoul, University Startups & U.S. Transit Atlas

2018 Prize Laureate: Seoul

Seoul is recognised as the role model for megacities with a will to change.

How Universities Are Leveraging H-1B Visas To Fuel Startup Hubs

As obtaining an H-1B visa becomes more difficult due to the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration and work visas, universities around the country are tapping into a creative way to legally attract and retain foreign talent: the Global Entrepreneur in Residence Program (GEIR).

A U.S. Transit Atlas That Ranks the Best (and Worst) Cities for Bus and Rail

Christof Spieler’s Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of U.S. Transit reveals which cities’ bus and rail systems work, and which don’t.

Where are all the children? How Greece’s financial crisis led to a baby bust.

The Greek economy no longer looms over Europe as a bailout-dependent, euro-imperiling danger, but the country is only beginning to contend with the next phase of peril: a baby bust that has raised the likelihood of a shrunken, weakened Greece for years to come.

DEVELOPING URBAN FUTURES

The Urban Age turns its ‘reflexive lens’ to Africa. 2.5 billion more people will be living in cities by 2050, the vast majority in Africa and Asia.