OUR VISION
Inspiring inclusive civic Innovation by integrating research, knowledge, and impact on the urban society of the 21st century.
Promote multidisciplinary applied research, focused on the effects and benefits of technologies, data, and innovative processes on well-being, sustainability of governance, and inclusive growth in cities in Israel and around the world.
The center will be a lighthouse of knowledge and a focus for partnership between academia, industry, government, and civil society.
OUR GOALS
Assimilation of the concept of urban innovation in research and teaching
Development of tools and solutions based on data and technology that meet the challenges of the cities of the 21st century
Active involvement in promoting policies in favor of smart, sustainable and inclusive cities
Meeting the Challenge
As people continue to flock to cities and rapidly growing metro-regions, urban environments have become complex hubs of work, education, culture, innovation and creativity and of aging infrastructure, transportation nightmares, environmental hazards, crime, inequality and poverty.
