Matrix On Point
Recap
Published September 28, 2020
Homelessness and the Bay Area Housing Crisis
On September 21, 2020, a panel of researchers, advocates, and medical practitioners joined a "Matrix on Point" discussion focused on homelessness and the San Francisco Bay Area’s housing crisis.
Learn More >Cities
Article
Published April 8, 2020
Gangs, Labor Mobility, and Development
A Q&A with Carlos Schmidt-Padilla, PhD Candidate in the UC Berkeley Department of Political Science, on his research showing the staggering economic toll of living within gang-controlled territory.
Learn More >COVID-19
Article and News
Published March 27, 2020
COVID-19: UC Berkeley Social Sciences Portal
A portal for insights about the COVID-19 pandemic from the UC Berkeley social science community
Learn More >Workshop/Symposium
Recap
Published March 21, 2020
2020 Advanced Workshop in Climate Change Economics
On January 31 to February 1, Social Science Matrix hosted the Advanced Workshop in Climate Change Economics, which brought together leading scholars from universities around the world to apply the tools of micro- and macroeconomics to understand and tackle the challenge of climate change.
Learn More >Matrix Lecture
Recap
Published March 20, 2020
Alexandra Gillies, “Crude Intentions”
Recorded on March 4, 2020, this video features a lecture by Alexandra Gillies, an expert on oil-sector corruption and author of the book "Crude Intentions: How Oil Sector Corruption Contaminates the World."
Learn More >Matrix Lecture
Recap
Published January 28, 2020
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: Race for Profit
In a Matrix Distinguished Lecture, Princeton professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor explained how banks and the real estate industry have undermined black homeownership.
Learn More >Inequality
Article
Published October 29, 2019
Q&A: Professor Gabriel Zucman
A new book by Gabriel Zucman and Emmanuel Saez argues that the American tax system is more unfair than ever—but there are ways to fix it.
Learn More >Matrix On Point
Recap
Published October 29, 2019
Matrix on Point: Brexit
The end of October 2019 marks the deadline for Brexit ("British Exit"), when the United Kingdom is scheduled to leave the European Union. Following a revolt from within his own party, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has failed in his efforts to move ahead without a "backstop" and called a General Election for December 12. What's next for Brexit? And how might Brexit transform political and economic life in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the world? On October 24, three distinguished scholars—Mark Bevir, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for British Studies, Akasemi Newsome, Associate Director of the Institute of European Studies, and Ian Duncan, Florence Green Bixby Chair in the English Department—took on this important topic as part of "Matrix On Point," a new brown-bag series that promotes focused, cross-disciplinary conversations on today’s most pressing contemporary issues.
Learn More >Authors Meet Critics
Recap
Published October 15, 2019
The Populist Temptation
Recorded on October 3, 2019, this "Authors Meet Critics" panel centered on Professor Barry Eichengreen's book, The Populist Temptation: Economic Grievance and Political Reaction in the Modern Era.
Learn More >Other Events
Recap
Published October 7, 2019
Will It Still Be The Economy, Stupid, In 2020?
Recorded on September 24, 2019, this panel discussion featured distinguished political scientists discussing the role the economy is likely to play in the 2020 elections.
Learn More >Economy
Article
Published September 16, 2019
Q&A: Professor Barry Eichengreen
A Q&A with Professor Barry Eichengreen, author of The Populist Temptation: Economic Grievance and Political Reaction in the Modern Era.
Learn More >Grants and Opportunities
Published July 30, 2019
Recipients of 2019-2020 Matrix-Sciences Po Collaboration Grants Announced
Teams of scholars from UC Berkeley and Sciences Po, in Paris will receive funding and administrative support for cross-institutional research partnerships.
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