Center for Urban Transformations Graduate Fellowship Application (Spring and Fall Semester 2023)

Thank you for your interest in the Center for Urban Transformations and becoming a fellow for the Spring 2023 and Fall 2023 Semesters.

The Center for Urban Transformations represents an interdisciplinary collaboration among faculty and graduate students from the Urban Studies Institute, the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, the School of Public Health, the Geosciences Department, the Neurosciences Department, and the College of Law. Funded by a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Center’s overarching goal is to enable graduate students to develop and investigate novel research questions that can help promote urban transformations. To realize this objective, the Center will provide graduate students an opportunity to grapple with real-world challenges facing cities and the people who call them home, including environmental justice, climate change, urban growth, and environmental protection.

Graduate fellows will receive an annual award of $4100 (and potentially a tuition waiver) and will be expected to participate in Center commitments for Spring and Fall 2023, which will include (but are not limited to) the Center’s Transformative Leaders Speaker Series, meetings with Center fellows and faculty, and research projects relating to questions or problems outlined by the Center’s partners. Participating as a fellow promises benefits to you in your growth and development as a researcher and policy professional. The faculty members are committed to making this program an outstanding experience for you.

In addition to these core activities, fellows will be expected to enroll in a 3-credit hour interdisciplinary graduate-level Sustainability Studio class, offered in the Spring of 2023. Each studio class member should expect to spend approximately 8 to 10 hours each week — outside of class —- on studio-related assignments and projects and participating in Center-sponsored events. The course will meet on Tuesdays from 12:45 PM to 3:15 PM.

The Studio will require students to work with community stakeholders (one or more nonprofit, philanthropic, or government entities) who play essential roles in advancing sustainability initiatives and provide students the opportunity to begin honing the skills and acquiring the knowledge necessary to support successful urban sustainability projects. Alongside faculty and selected community partners, the graduate student teams will work together to tackle an extant urban sustainability challenge. More specifically, the class will: (i) focus on the study of problems surrounding urban sustainability and fundamental issues in sustainability science; (ii) promote co-learning and collaboration to advance interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research; and (iii) provide opportunities for applied learning.

Students enrolled in the class are committing to:

  • participating in the weekly studio class, which will run for approximately two hours and forty-five minutes over the course of the semester;

  • completing assigned readings and activities; and 

  • working on addressing sustainability problems and challenges shared by the Center’s partner organizations. 

We encourage you to learn more about the Center for Urban Transformations at the Center’s website:

https://sites.gsu.edu/centerforurbantransformations/the-center-for-urban-transformations/, and by speaking with Center faculty. For questions, please contact us at urbantransformations@gsu.edu. Review of applications will begin Monday, October 24, and continue until the positions have been filled.

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Degree and degree type (including concentration if you have one)

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Anticipated graduation semester and year
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Full-Time or Part-Time student?

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Please state specifically why you are interested in participating in the Center for Urban Transformations and more specifically why you want to do engaged research and impact scholarship. (Max 250 words)

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What courses have you taken or what experiential opportunities have you had that have prepared you for this opportunity? (Max 250 words)

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If you wish, please provide a brief statement sharing how you could contribute to the diversity of perspectives that is important to the work of sustainability (Max. 250 words)
Are you willing and able to continue working with fellows and faculty on the Center’s partner research projects  during the Summer of 2023? It is likely that the fellows will meet with faculty to discuss progress once per month and more frequently with other fellows to discuss partner research projects.
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Are you willing and able to continue working with fellows and faculty on the Center’s partner research projects in the Fall of 2023 (you would have the option to earn credit for this) or to participate in your capacity as a Center fellow?

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Please include the name of two professors, supervisors, or professional mentors who could speak to your ability to work in teams, your general intellectual interests and abilities, and your interest in urban sustainability and transformation, including the creation of more equitable communities:

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