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Berkeley Economics is hiring in economic theory at the tenured level (associate or full professor) this year.  We welcome all applications! The deadline to apply is October 30, 2024. More details and application link are here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04601

Join us Wed. 10/9 at 4pm PT for a panel on "Partisan Nation: The Dangerous New Logic of American Politics in a Nationalized Era," by Paul Pierson and Eric Schickler. With Francis Fukuyama & Didi Kuo. Institute of Governmental Studies and Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative (BESI). REGISTER: forms.gle/7fNpdDnmCc4qeu…

Can predictive algorithms serve the public interest? Join us Thurs. Oct. 10 for a talk by Anne Washington Anne L. Washington PhD of NYU Steinhardt. With BIDS - Berkeley Institute for Data Science and AFOG & Computational Research for Equity in the Legal System Training (CRELS). REGISTER: tinyurl.com/crels-washingt…

Join us Mon. 10/21 at 12pm for "Matrix on Point: Voices from the Heartland," featuring UC Berkeley Sociology's Arlie R. Hochschild, scijust's Jenny Reardon, and UC Davis Law's Lisa R. Pruitt, moderated by Cihan Tugal. With Institute of Governmental Studies and CRWS. REGISTER: tinyurl.com/voices-heartla…

As Election Day nears, UC Berkeley Social Sciences scholars shed light on the troubling parallels they’ve drawn between Europe’s rise to fascism in the 1920s and ‘30s + the MAGA movement’s aim to reclaim the White House. Learn more: bit.ly/4dTvxwu

Join us today (11/13) at 12pm for this talk on epidemic politics in China.

NEW EVENT! Mon. 12/2 "New Directions in the Study of Labor," with UC Berkeley grad students William Darwell (Jurisprudence & Social Policy UC Berkeley Law), Kristy Kim (Berkeley Economics), and Vera Parra (UC Berkeley Sociology). W/ IRLE UC Berkeley Berkeley Labor Center RSVP: forms.gle/scu7A3QTYh6q6V…

Join us TODAY, 12pm for this panel featuring UC Berkeley graduate students presenting research on issues related to labor! Register to attend: tinyurl.com/new-directions…

What happens when unaccompanied teens grow up as undocumented low-wage workers? Join us TODAY (12/3) at 12pm for a panel on "Sin Padres, Ni Papeles," by Stephanie Canizales of UC Berkeley Sociology. Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley. REGISTER: tinyurl.com/sin-padres

What does it mean that our lives are now measured, ranked, and processed as digital information? Join us today at 4pm as Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative (BESI) presents Matrix Director Marion Fourcade on her book (co-authored with Kieran Healy) "The Ordinal Society." REGISTER: tinyurl.com/ordinal-society

Happy holidays, from all of us at Social Science Matrix! We are sincerely grateful to everyone in our community. Did you miss any of our events this fall? Catch up by watching the videos or listening to the podcasts! Link to our latest newsletter here: mailchi.mp/berkeley/matri…

Join us next Mon. Feb. 10 at 4pm for an "Authors Meet Critics" panel on "Society Despite the State: Reimagining Geographies of Order," with Berkeley Geography Prof. Gerónimo Barrera de la Torre + Cardiff University. REGISTER: tinyurl.com/society-despit…

Join us TODAY (Tues. 2/18) at 12pm for a panel on solutions to address near- and long-term risks of fires in Los Angeles and beyond. With Marta C. Gonzalez, Kenichi Soga, and Christopher Ansell. UC Berkeley College of Letters & Science UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design Goldman School of Public Policy Berkeley Engineering REGISTER: tinyurl.com/matrix-wildfir…

TODAY at 4pm! "Matrix on Point: Virtual Realities and Digital Spaces," with Clancy Wilmott from Berkeley Geography and Berkeley Center for New Media, Nicole Starosielski of @ucberkeley Film and Media, and Emma Fraser Emma Fraser of Media Studies. REGISTER: tinyurl.com/virtual-realit…