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Erasmus+ Mobility Grants Awarded
EU-funded program supports exchange between faculty, staff, and students from UC Berkeley and Freie Universität Berlin.
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Marion Fourcade, Michael Watts to Serve as Directors of Matrix
Following Bill Hanks' successful six-year tenure, Marion Fourcade, Professor in the Department of Sociology, will serve as Director of Social Science Matrix. Professor Michael Watts will serve as Interim Director until July 2020.
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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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2019-2020 Matrix Research Teams Announced
Eleven cross-disciplinary Matrix Research Teams will receive funding and administrative support to convene during the 2019-2020 academic year.
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New Opportunities at Social Science Matrix
Exciting new opportunities at Social Science Matrix.
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How Do Communities Heal After an Incident of Sexual Violence?
Recorded on May 13, 2019, this video features a panel discussion addressing the question: How Do Communities Heal After an Incident of Sexual Violence?
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Renovating Democracy
Recorded on May 13, Nathan Gardels and Nicolas Berggruen, co-founders of the Berggruen Institute, came to Social Science Matrix to discuss their new book, Renovating Democracy: Governing in the Age of Globalization and Digital Capitalism.
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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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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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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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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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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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