27th Annual Travers Conference on Ethics & Accountability in Government

Event Location

Alumni House, berkeley

Event Date

Apr 11, 2025 - Apr 11, 2025

https://events.berkeley.edu/Polisci/event/295031-27th-annual-travers-conference…

Upcoming Events

Mar 17, 2025

2025 Matsui Lecture: Lessons from a Lifetime of Public Service

3/11/25 - LOCATION UPDATE: Please note that the location has changed to the IGS Library (109 Philosophy Hall, Berkeley. CA) The Robert T. Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service is pleased to announce that Former United States Representative Anna Eshoo will be the 2025 Matsui Lecturer. Please join us for Lessons from a Lifetime of Public Service, a conversation with former U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo and moderator Elizabeth Jarvis-Shean ('01), Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at DoorDash and Matsui Center Advisory Committee Member.

Apr 03, 2025

Be Water: Collective Improvisation in Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Protests

Professor Ming-sho Ho will deliver a presentation on his latest book, which explores Hong Kong's 2019–2020 pro-democracy movement, widely known as the Be Water Revolution. In the book, Ho proposes an agency-based explanation to understand how this unexpectedly prolonged and disruptive protest movement operated without centralized leadership. Triggered by a series of moral shocks, perceived threats, and reflections on past failures, collective improvisation emerged as a key mechanism. This process, driven by widespread peer production, enabled tactical innovation. He also explores how decentralized participation fostered creative cultural expressions, energized overseas diaspora communities, and sustained resistance against the police state enforced..

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