SocialScienceMatrix

TODAY at 4pm! "Matrix on Point: Virtual Realities and Digital Spaces," with @clancywilmott from @BerkeleyGeog and @calnewmedia, Nicole Starosielski of @ucberkeley Film and Media, and Emma Fraser @Statiscape of Media Studies. REGISTER: tinyurl.com/virtual-realit…

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 @martikagv, Kenichi Soga, and Christopher Ansell. @UCBLettersSci @ced_berkeley @GoldmanSchool @Cal_Engineer REGISTER: tinyurl.com/matrix-wildfir…

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

Please help spread the word! @UCBerkeleyFood @StudiesEthnic @ESPM_Berkeley @CSTMSBerkeley @BIMIatBerkeley @IRLEUCB @UCBLettersSci @UCBLaborCenter @UCBerkeley @BerkeleyGeog

The Social Science Matrix Spring 2025 events are open for registration at matrix.berkeley.edu! Join us for our kickoff on Jan. 30, a California Spotlight panel on "The Future of California Agriculture." REGISTER: tinyurl.com/ca-agriculture

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…

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

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 @berkeleysocio. @BIMIatBerkeley @oandbinstitute. REGISTER: tinyurl.com/sin-padres

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

NEW EVENT! Mon. 12/2 "New Directions in the Study of Labor," with @UCBerkeley grad students William Darwell (Jurisprudence & Social Policy @BerkeleyLaw), Kristy Kim (@berkeleyecon), and Vera Parra (@berkeleysocio). W/ @IRLEUCB @UCBLaborCenter RSVP: forms.gle/scu7A3QTYh6q6V…

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

Please help us spread the word! @BerkeleyMPH @IEAS_Berkeley @StanfordAnthro @UCBerkeley @UCBLettersSci @CalAnthro @BerkeleyLaw @GoldmanSchool @ESPM_Berkeley @UCBHistory

Join us Wed. 11/13 for a panel on "Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in #China," by @YanLong_SOC. With Rachel Stern @racstern and Matthew Kohrman, moderated by Tom Gold. With @berkeleysocio. REGISTER: forms.gle/ak9HxSD11PbRoj…

As Election Day nears, @UCBerkeley 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

Please help us spread the word! @UCBerkeleyCRWS @GoldmanSchool @BerkeleyLaw @ucbsoj @BerkeleyNews @berkeleysocio @UCBLettersSci

How are U.S. political parties changing? Join us Fri. 10/25 at 12pm for "Matrix on Point: Shifting Alignments in the 2024 Election," with Ian Haney López, David Hollinger, and Omar Wasow, mod. by Cristina Mora of @BerkeleyIGS REGISTER: tinyurl.com/shifting-align…

Join us Mon. 10/21 at 12pm for "Matrix on Point: Voices from the Heartland," featuring @berkeleysocio's @hochschild_r, @scijust's Jenny Reardon, and @UCDavisLaw's @lisareneepruitt, moderated by @CihanTugal. With @BerkeleyIGS and @UCBerkeleyCRWS. REGISTER: tinyurl.com/voices-heartla…

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

Can predictive algorithms serve the public interest? Join us Thurs. Oct. 10 for a talk by Anne Washington @DatapolicyProf of @nyusteinhardt. With @UCBIDS and @AfogBerkeley & Computational Research for Equity in the Legal System Training (CRELS). REGISTER: tinyurl.com/crels-washingt…

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 @FukuyamaFrancis & @didikuo1. @BerkeleyIGS and @BESI_Berkeley. REGISTER: forms.gle/7fNpdDnmCc4qeu…