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Event Date: March 11th, 2026
4:00pm-5:30pm
Social Science Matrix – BESI Open House
Register to join us on March 11 at 4:00pm for the Matrix-BESI Open House. Co-organized by Social Science Matrix and the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative (BESI), this event is an opportunity to network with other members of the Berkeley social science community and learn more about our projects, events, and funding and research opportunities. Light bites and refreshments will be served.
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Published February 7, 2019
Funding Available: Matrix Research Teams; Sciences Po, Erasmus+ Freie Universitaet Grants
Social Science Matrix seeks proposals for Matrix Research Teams for the 2019-2020 academic year, and we invite applications for collaboration grants with Sciences Po and Freie Universität Berlin.
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News
Published January 10, 2019
Matrix to Host “Grad Slam” Workshop
Social Science Matrix will be supporting the UC Berkeley Grad Division in presenting Grad Slam, a UC-sponsored competition designed to showcase graduate student research. Graduate students are invited to attend an info session and brainstorming workshop on January 22 from 3pm-4:30pm.
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News
Published December 1, 2018
Winner and Losers in the 2018 Midterm Elections
Recorded on November 15, this "post-mortem" panel featured a group of scholars—experts on Congress, public opinion, and voting behavior—discussing the outcomes of the 2018 midterm elections.
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Recap
Published November 28, 2018
The New Research Compact: Social Science Partnerships for the Common Good
In this Matrix Distinguished Lecture recorded on November 15, 2019, Alondra Nelson, President of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, discussed findings from a recent SSRC report and assessed the myriad challenges and threats facing social science research.
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Published November 11, 2018
Getting the Facts on Sexual Violence & Sexual Harassment
Recorded on October 25 at UC Berkeley's Social Science Matrix, this panel discussion focused on the limits of what can be learned about sexual violence and harassment from personal narratives that are shared online, as well as the question of what is missed in survey data related to sexual violence.
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News
Published August 21, 2018
Matrix Welcomes 2018-2019 Dissertation Fellows
Social Science Matrix is honored to welcome our 2018-2019 cohort of Matrix Dissertation Fellows, four Ph.D. candidates whose research interests span diverse global challenges such as urbanization, discrimination in the workforce, self-immolation, and indigenous language preservation.
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