Matrix On Point
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Published March 15, 2021
Pandemic Lessons: Assessing Educational Inequalities in the Wake of COVID-19
Presented by the University of California, Berkeley's Social Science Matrix on March 9, 2021, this video features an online panel discussion addressing what we have learned about educational inequalities after a year of pandemic-related school closures.
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Published February 28, 2021
The True Costs of Misinformation: Producing Moral and Technical Order in a Time of Pandemonium
Recorded on February 19, 2021, this video features a lecture by Joan Donovan, Research Director for the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University.
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Published February 19, 2021
Bloc by Bloc: How to Build a Global Enterprise for the New Regional Order
Joined by a panel of scholars, CLTC Faculty Director Steve Weber discussed his book, which outlines a framework for how firms should position themselves for the new economic geography.
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Published February 5, 2021
Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century
Recorded on February 3, 2021, this video features a Matrix Distinguished Lecture by Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University and Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics.
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Published February 5, 2021
Measuring Belief in Fake News Online
Recorded on January 29, 2021, this video features Joshua A. Tucker, Professor of Politics at New York University. Tucker discussed his recent research, which focused on understanding how well can ordinary people do in identifying the veracity of news in real time.
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Published December 22, 2020
Disaster and Displacement – Inequalities in Climate Migration
Recorded on December 11, 2020, a Matrix On Point panel discussion brought together a group of esteemed scholars to discuss the impacts of climate migration and potential solutions.
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Published December 6, 2020
The Economic Consequences of COVID-19
This “Matrix on Point” panel discussion — recorded on December 3, 2020 — brought together a panel of scholars to discuss the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Published December 5, 2020
The New Authoritarians
Recorded on November 30, 2020, this Matrix On Point panel considered not only the illiberal tactics these right-wing autocrats have used to consolidate power and further their objectives, but also what it will take to undo the damage they have inflicted upon democratic institutions.
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Published November 30, 2020
2020 Election Post-Mortem: Why It Happened and the Implications for American Democracy.
Recorded on November 12, 2020, this video features a "post-mortem" analysis of the 2020 election — and what the implications are for the future.
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Published November 13, 2020
The Future of Nuclear Waste
Recorded on Nov. 5, 2020, this online "Authors Meet Critics" panel featured Rosemary Joyce, Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, discussing her book, The Future of Nuclear Waste: What Art and Archaeology Can Tell Us about Securing the World's Most Hazardous Material.
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Published October 25, 2020
2020 Citrin Center Award: Robert Putnam
Recorded on October 20, 2020, this video features a lecture by Robert D. Putnam, Malkin Research Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University. Putnam was awarded the 2020 Citrin Award, which recognizes the career of an individual who has made significant contributions to the study and understanding of public opinion.
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Published October 16, 2020
Let Them Eat Tweets
Recorded on October 13, 2020, this panel focused on the book, Let them Eat Tweets: How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality, co-authored by Paul Pierson, the John Gross Endowed Chair and Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley.
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