KU Graduate Student Research
2026 Lawrence City Issues
Affordable Housing Incentives
Diving Deeper: Lawrence Affordable Housing Incentives Policy, by Ellie Hall
City Budget
It Is Time to Think Spatially: Why the City's Budget Hides the Spatial Story Citizens Need to See, by Eric Rorstrom
City Staff Reports
Transparent and Collaborative Staff Reports, by Brynna Schaal
Data Centers
Data Centers: A Conversation Douglas County Should Start Now, by Brianna Irvin
Downtown Transit Center
How the World Cup and Homelessness Informed the Downtown Transit Center, by Savva Pettengill
East Lawrence Neighborhood Plan
East Lawrence Neighborhood Plan, by Hayden Grone
Farmer’s Market
Lawrence Farmers Market Finding a Home, by Connor Mack
Fusus Security Camera System
Confronting Constant Surveillance: A Look at Axon Fusus in Lawrence, by Santos Sanchez
Housing Supply
The Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook: Lessons for the Future of Lawrence Housing, by Maya Kaustinen
Jayhawk Watershed Project
Jayhawk Watershed Project, by Landen Lobatos-Dick
KU Gateway
The Price of Progress: Tax Incentives for the Gateway and Crossing Districts in Lawrence, Kansas, by Ethan Johnson
Incorporating a Football Stadium into a Community, by Nathan Cadman
Parking
More Than Parking: Building Collaborative Solutions to Lawrence’s Town-Gown Parking Crisis, by Calvin Spilker
Solar Power
2025 Lawrence City Issues
Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing: Local Housing Solutions in Lawrence Kansas by Katherine Sinclair
Brick Streets and Sidewalks
Preserving Our History: One Brick at a Time, Improving Transparency and Engagement in Lawrence’s Brick Streets and Sidewalks Policy by Annalee Hanneman
City Hall Relocation
Commission Term of Office
Terms of Office for Commission-Manager Government in Kansas: Impacts on Lawrence by Anne Marie Yatsula
Homelessness
Homeless Solutions in Lawrence, KS by Joshua Navarro
Kaw River Pedestrian Bridge
Building Bridges . . . and Trust Kaw River Pedestrian Bridge by Fernando Torres
Kaw River Pedestrian Bridge by Thomas Hall
Lawrence Loop
The Lawrence Loop by Faith Eberhart
Land Development Code
Land Development Code Process by Elizabeth Blakely
Lawrence Land Development Code Is "Town vs Gown" Relationship the Underlying Tension and Potential Release for Lawrence? by Ian Njuguna
Lawrence Transit Center
New Boston Crossing
The Natural Consequences of the New Boston Crossing: An Analysis of the Community Engagement Process by Amaya Dajani
When Is It Too Much? A Study on the New Boston Crossing by Morgan Phelps
Ninth Street Multimodal Project
Ninth Street Road Diet by Beth Peterson
Tax Abatements in Lawrence
Understanding Tax Abatements in Lawrence: A Community’s Path Forward by Geoffrey Brown