Matrix News
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Published July 10, 2026
Matrix Welcomes Eight Research Teams for 2026-2027
Social Science Matrix is pleased to welcome eight new Matrix Research Teams — three faculty-led teams and five graduate student-led teams — for the 2026-2027 academic year. The teams will address topics such as the political economy of wildfire risk, the global politics of declining fertility, and the use of digital tools for governance and development in South Asia.
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Article
Published November 16, 2014
Economic Impacts of Climate Change
Climate change threatens certain U.S. regions and populations more than others, according to recent study led by UC Berkeley economist and professor of public policy, Solomon Hsiang.
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Article
Published November 10, 2014
Taming the Dust Devils
In an effort to control air pollution, the Chinese government is offering incentives to Mongolian pastoralists to shift their source of income, according to research by a UC Berkeley doctoral student.
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Published November 7, 2014
UC Berkeley Research Network Graph
Social Science Matrix is building an interactive data visualization tool to highlight collaborations among UC faculty and students.
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Article
Published October 16, 2014
The Dragon of Debt
An oral history project about the national debt features interviews with top U.S. policy-makers from the past five decades.
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Published October 7, 2014
Behavior Measurement and Change
A Matrix seminar explored how mobile devices and other "sensors" are transforming how social scientists working in different disciplines can measure—and change—human behavior.
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Published October 6, 2014
Credit and Class
Economic classification tools such as credit scores directly contribute to stratification and class division, according to Berkeley sociologist Marion Fourcade.
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