Sunset Dunes: Representation, Risk, and the Politics of Public Space

Publication Date: September 9, 2026

Sunset Dunes: Representation, Risk, and the Politics of Public Space examines the transformation of San Francisco’s Great Highway from a coastal roadway into a public park. What began as a temporary closure evolved into a citywide...

Beyond the Table: Infrastructure Development in Kampala, Uganda

Publication Date: September 1, 2026

Uganda’s development relied heavily on the economic growth and management of its capital city, Kampala. The World Bank had been active in Uganda’s urban sector since the 1980s and, in 2007, awarded Kampala a $33 million loan for...

You Get What You Pay For: Reforming Procurement in Naperville, Illinois Slide Deck

Publication Date: September 1, 2026

Naperville, Illinois is a suburb of approximately 150,000 people in the Chicago metropolitan area. Traditionally, the city focused on price for all procurement negotiations, but it often had few vendors applying for key contracts and struggled...

You Get What You Pay For: Reforming Procurement in Naperville, Illinois Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: September 1, 2026

Naperville, Illinois is a suburb of approximately 150,000 people in the Chicago metropolitan area. Traditionally, the city focused on price for all procurement negotiations, but it often had few vendors applying for key contracts and struggled...

You Get What You Pay For: Reforming Procurement in Naperville, Illinois

Publication Date: September 1, 2026

Naperville, Illinois is a suburb of approximately 150,000 people in the Chicago metropolitan area. Traditionally, the city focused on price for all procurement negotiations, but it often had few vendors applying for key contracts and struggled...

Jotaka Eaddy and Win With Black Women: Building Power Beyond the Ballot (B)

Publication Date: August 18, 2026

Case A introduces Jotaka Eaddy’s background in civil rights advocacy, political organizing, and technology, highlighting the experiences and relationships that shaped her leadership approach. The case then centers on the summer of 2020,...

Jotaka Eaddy and Win With Black Women: Building Power Beyond the Ballot (A)

Publication Date: August 18, 2026

Case A introduces Jotaka Eaddy’s background in civil rights advocacy, political organizing, and technology, highlighting the experiences and relationships that shaped her leadership approach. The case then centers on the summer of 2020,...

The Invisible State: e-Estonia's Public Trust Paradox

Publication Date: August 12, 2026

Since gaining independence in 1991, Estonia pursued an aggressive strategy of technological leapfrogging and built a highly efficient system to deliver all public services online. These innovations dramatically reduced bureaucratic friction,...

ICFESBot: A Research-Policy Partnership to Improve Educational Outcomes in Colombia

Publication Date: July 24, 2026

This case describes a collaboration between a group of international researchers and Colombian policymakers to improve educational policy and equity. Colombian officials from the Ministry of Education and the Colombian Institute for the...

Designing Regional Recovery: EDA and the Oregon Mass Timber Coalition

Publication Date: July 23, 2026

This case examines how Oregon responded to a set of interconnected challenges—catastrophic wildfires, economic decline in rural timber communities, and a severe housing shortage—through an ambitious regional development strategy...

Reforming the Pension System in Cambria

Publication Date: June 30, 2026

Scenario:This seven-party simulation is set in Cambria, a fictional nation grappling with a pension fund crisis. Over two class sessions, students assume the role of a stakeholder group in a Congressional debate on pension reform. This simulation...

Fairness and Stability: Charlotte's Struggle for School Integration

Publication Date: April 21, 2026

Fairness and Stability: Charlotte’s Struggle for School Integration traces the city’s journey from resistance to desegregation to becoming a national model after the Supreme Court’s 1971 Swann decision upheld busing...