Study Space is a week-long intensive workshop, designed to give progressive scholars and graduate students a deeper understanding of the legal, policy, and human challenges posed by the global growth of megacities. Participants come together from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds to study, learn and experience this development trend and its implications. Topics generally explored during the workshops include equality and social justice, democracy, environmental issues, human health, planning, and land use.  Study spaces are held  throughout the world.

Past Study Spaces have included:

• Property, the Environment and Cultural Diversity in Colombia held in Bogota, Colombia in March 2008.
• Private and Public Lands in the Post-Colonial North American West held in Denver, Colorado in November 2008.
• The Use and Control of Space and Institutions for Social Transformation- the Case of Medellin held in Medellin, Colombia in December 2009.
• Inclusive and Sustainable Rio: Cultural Diversity, Property and the Environment held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in July 2010.

The Metro Growth Center is pleased to announce a study space is being planned for Spring 2013.  More details will be posted soon.