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Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Kinder Institute Urban Data Platform
Houston Community Data Connections
Urban Edge

Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research is a “think and do” tank that advances understanding of the challenges facing Houston and other urban centers through research, policy analysis, and public outreach. By collaborating with civic and political leaders, the Kinder Institute aims to implement promising solutions to these critical urban issues. Created in 2010, the Kinder Institute was endowed with a $15 million gift from Houston philanthropists Richard and Nancy Kinder.

Recently Houston Endowment has awarded $7 million to the Kinder Institute to expand its research capacity and ability to help solve urban issues and to provide a cluster of data and research services to the Houston communities under the Houston Community Data Connections (HCDC) initiative. A steering committee was formed to guide HCDC's priority points and to help build stronger partnership with community organizations in the region. 

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Bill Fulton
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Katie Wang
Program Coordinator
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Jie Wu
Jie Wu
Director of Research Management
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Mingming Zhang
Research Analyst
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Activities

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Welcoming two new NNIP Executive Committee members
January 2, 2020
The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) is pleased to announce two stellar additions to the network's elected Executive Committee - John Killeen, Executive Director of... [read more]
NNIP Partners Inform Local Opportunity Zone Conversations
December 2019
Local businesses, investors, public agencies, and community and economic development groups are all thinking about ways to harness the federal Opportunity Zones designations to benefit their... [read more]
Rice University Symposium on Data Privacy
January 28, 2019
Rice University is hosting a half-day symposium on data privacy on January 28, 2019, which coincides with Data Privacy Day in the United States. ... [read more]

Publications

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Opportunity Zones in Metro Houston
November 25, 2019
Digital Feature - By: Houston Community Data Connections team
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The Maker Economy: The Growing Demand of Small Urban Manufacturers
November 21, 2019
Report - By: Carlos Villegas , Chris Servidio, Allison Yelvington
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The Maker Economy: The Growing Demand of Small Urban Manufacturers in Houston
Housing Choice Voucher Mobility in Houston
October 10, 2019
Report - By: John Park , Kyle Shelton
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Housing Choice Voucher Mobility in Houston
Kinder Institute Will Expand Urban Data Work with $2.25M from Houston Endowment
July 24, 2019
News article - By: Amy McCaig
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Kinder Institute Will Expand Urban Data Work with $2.25M from Houston Endowment
Artist-Planner Collaborations: Lessons Learned from the Arts and Culture Ecosystems of Three Sun Belt Cities for a New Model of Inclusive Planning
June 13, 2019
Report - By: Grant Patterson, Leah Binkovitz
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Partner Webinars

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HCDC Data Talk: Understanding Local Transportation, Infrastructure and Safety Concerns
December 31, 1969

Dian Nostikasari, a senior research fellow at the Kinder Institute, discussed two reports titled “Planning from Inside Out: Using Community Responses to... [read more]

Presenters Dian Nostikasari, Katie Wang
HCDC Data Talk: Understanding Gentrification in Harris County
December 31, 1969

Wendie Choudary, a research fellow at the Kinder Institute, discussed a recent report titled "Neighborhood Gentrification Across Harris County: 1990-2016."... [read more]

Presenters Wendie Choudary, Katie Wang