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UCSUR
We are a pleased to welcome Dr. Shannon Wanless as the new director of the University Center for Social & Urban Research! Shannon will lead a new era of community engagement, community building, and academic research.
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Urban & Regional Analysis
Promotes scholarly analysis of urban and regional development through multidisciplinary research and technical assistance in local, national and international issues.
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WPRDC
It provides an inclusive infrastructure for openly sharing civic information, and project staff members provide a range of services as civic data intermediaries.
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Survey Research
Survey professionals, trained interviewers, and data management specialists are ready to assist with your quantitative research project.
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Qualitative Data Analysis
A resource to the University community in all aspects of qualitative data collection and analysis.
News
Pittsburgh community members came together to recognize the impacts of mass racial displacements in the Hill District and East Liberty.
Pitt hosted a two-day symposium called “Race and Displacement in Pittsburgh” for the 75th anniversary of the Lower Hill demolition and 10th anniversary of the Penn Plaza eviction.
Diana Morales, Luke Green, David Marlow, Carlos Cadena Gaitán, Sabina Deitrick, Michael R. Glass, & Louise Kempton
Respiratory Medicine: Modification of asthma treatment efficacy by healthcare access: A reanalysis of AsthmaNet Step-Up Yellow Zone Inhaled Corticosteroids to Prevent Exacerbations (STICS) clinical trial. "The importance of considering socio-environmental co-exposures in the context of asthma..." - Co-Author Ellen Kinnee
Middle States Geographer: Buckwalter, Donald W. 2024. Small Area Classification in Urban Geography: A Review of Multidimensional Methods.
Spotlights
"Christopher Briem as been studying Pittsburgh's trends and demograhpics for 30 years - and he's not afraid to tell it like it is." Gateway Profile, Pittsburgh Magazine September 2025.
The University Center for Social & Urban Research (UCSUR) was established in 1972 with the mandate to "bring together, in an organized and integrated fashion, the many research activities and some of the service activities of the University of Pittsburgh which focus on the urban phenomenon." Brian Vargus and Clyde McDaniel served as the founding codirectors. Read More
State of Aging, Disability, & Family Caregiving in Westmorland County - Dec 2023 - By Scott Beach, PhD (UCSUR); Christopher Briem, MPA (UCSUR); Janet Schlarb, MS (UCSUR); Everette James, JD, MBA (HPI); & Meredith Hughes, JD, MBA (HPI) - Funded by the Richard King Mellon Foundation.