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Matrix Launches Faculty Exchange with Sciences Po
A new faculty exchange partnership between UC Berkeley's Social Science Matrix and France’s Sciences Po will support collaborations between researchers at two of the world's leading social science institutions.
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Matrix to Publish Monograph Series with UC Press
Working with faculty at Berkeley and beyond, Matrix will soon begin publishing a series of digital monographs in collaboration the University of California Press (UC Press).
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Dr. Charis Thompson: Critique in the Era of Trump
Dr. Charis Thompson analyzes our political moment and discusses working at the intersections of science, gender, and society.
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Network for Adolescent Well-being and Development (NAWD)
Matrix has produced a three-minute video profiling the “Network for Adolescent Well-being and Development” (NAWD), a Social Science Matrix Project Team that ran during the 2016-2017 academic year.
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2017-2018 Matrix Research Teams Announced
Social Science Matrix is pleased to announce our 2017-2018 Matrix Research Teams, groups of scholars from across disciplines who will investigate issues ranging from human rights and immigration to infrastructure, digital privacy, and communication between physicians and patients.
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An Orderly Mess: Helga Nowotny
View the video of the 2017 Social Science Matrix Distinguished Lecture, presented by Helga Nowotny, Professor emerita of Science and Technology Studies, ETH Zurich, and a founding member of the European Research Council.
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2017 Matrix Open House
On May 4, 2017, Social Science Matrix held an Open House to celebrate the end of the academic year. Check out our gallery of images and video of introductory remarks by William Hanks, Director of Social Science Matrix.
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Bikes and the Changing City
UC Berkeley Geography Lecturer John G. Stehlin reflects on using the bicycle as a lens to understand gentrification and local inequities.
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Network Survival Method
Dennis Feehan, Assistant Professor in the UC Berkeley Department of Demography, explains a pioneering approach to predicting adult mortality.
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Clair Brown, “Buddhist Economics”
On March 2, 2017, Clair Brown, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Work, Technology, and Society at UC Berkeley, discussed her new book, Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science.
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Racism and Heart Health
UC Berkeley postdoctoral researcher Jordan B. Leitner investigates the connections between health disparities and levels of racial bias within communities.
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Envisioning Inclusive Geography
Promoting spaces for diverse scholarship in the geography discipline is vital, say UC Berkeley Geography PhD candidates Camilla Hawthorne and Brittany Meché.
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