Please join us on October 24 as 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—will discuss important questions about Brexit, when the United Kingdom is scheduled to leave the European Union. What's next for Brexit? Will a deal be reached, and if not, what are the implications of another delay? How will Brexit transform political and economic life in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the world?

Please join us on October 3, 2019 at 4pm for a book talk featuring Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics & Political Science, UC Berkeley, whose new book, The Populist Temptation: Economic Grievance and Political Reaction in the Modern Era, places the global resurgence of populism in a deep historical context. Professor Eichengreen will be joined by Paul Pierson, Professor of Political Science, and Brad DeLong, Professor of Economics. This talk is presented as part of Social Science Matrix's new "Authors Meet Critics" book series, which features lively discussions about recently published books by social scientists at UC Berkeley.

This panel will explore the capabilities and limitations of AI technology. The panelists will be: Morgan Ames, Assistant Adjunct Professor in the School of Information and Interim Associate Director of Research for the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine and Society; Jacob Steinhardt, Assistant Professor in Statistics and EECS; Peter Cihon, Research Affiliate, Center for the Governance of AI, Oxford; and Michael Carl Tschantz, Senior Researcher at the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI).

Please join us for an engaging panel discussion featuring four distinguished political scientists focused on the role of the economy in the 2020 elections. This event is co-sponsored by Social Science Matrix and the Jack Citrin Center for Public Opinion Research.

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS FULLY ENROLLED

Presented as part of the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, this workshop will cover the basics of the modern causal inference toolkit but explicitly from the standpoint of heterogeneous effects and complex structure (e.g. in panel, multilevel, and mixture populations) and the generalizability of inferences to new populations. We will focus on the development of identification strategies through the potential outcomes framework and DAGs for both simple models and models with complex structure.

Presented as part of the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, this workshop introduces the Bayesian multilevel model framework. Bayesian methods allow for an extremely flexible approach for estimating hierarchical models with a variety different types of dependent variables. Topics covered will be the hierarchical linear model, as well as models with limited dependent variables, summarizing results, in and out of sample predictions, and measures of model fit. No prior knowledge of Bayesian modeling is required but will be beneficial.

Presented as part of the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, this five-day workshop begins with an introduction to latent variable modeling (LVM), a comprehensive applied statistical methodology that includes latent class analysis (LCA) as a special case.

Presented as part of the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, this course covers both supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods, but will place special emphasis on the (often) underappreciated suite of unsupervised learning tools. These methods are more exploratory in nature, and include cluster analysis, mixture modeling, principal and independent component analysis, manifold learning and multidimensional scaling, self-organizing maps, factor analysis and structural equation modeling, and other latent variable models.

Please join us for a panel discussion and Q&A presented as part of a Matrix Research Team entitled "Community Conversations on Sexual Violence and Harassment: Narratives of Activism, Inclusion, Confidentiality, Accountability, and Healing". Sexual violence occurs in our communities, and the last year has begun to demonstrate just how often. But what next? How do we move forward after an incident of sexual violence or harassment involving members of our community? Acknowledging the impact of an incident on not only the survivor but the community as a whole is essential to preventing retraumatization and future harmful behavior. How can communities address the traumatization of the survivor and those around them? What does a trauma-informed community look like?

Moderated by Rudolfo Mendoza-Denton, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor of Psychology, UC Berkeley. Panelists include Kendra Fox-Davis, Complaint Resolution Officer, Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination, UC Berkeley; Tobirus Newby, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, UHS Social Services, UC Berkeley; Julie Shackford-Bradley, Coordinator and co-founder, Restorative Justice Center, UC Berkeley; and Liat Wexler, Prevention Manager for Staff and Faculty, PATH to Care Center, UC Berkeley.