PhD candidate Anna Closas will begin a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowship in Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, on September 1, 2026. Congratulations Anna!
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PhD candidate Dane Thomas’s article, “Legitimacy and the Problem of the Administrative State,” appears in volume 51, no. 1 (2026) of Law & Social Inquiry . The essay was also featured on Legal History Blog . Congratulations Dane! Read the article here and the Legal History Blog feature here .
Research by Professors Paul Pierson and Omar Wasow received a notable mention in a recent piece in The New York Times. Congratulations Professors Pierson and Wasow! Read article here.
We are delighted to share that PhD candidates Lily Medina and Johanna Reyes will begin positions in July 2026 as Postdoctoral Fellows at the Identity and Conflict Lab at Yale University , where they will work with Professor Nicholas Sambanis . Congratulations Lily and Johanna! Learn more about Yale's Identity and Conflict Lab here .
PhD candidate Anna Closas i Casasampera’s article, “Allocating Time in Asylum Systems: A Dilemma between Efficacy and Equal Treatment,” has been published online in Comparative Migration Studies . Congratulations Anna! Read article here .
Professor Cecilia Mo has published a new piece in The Conversation , summarizing her recent research on social transfer programs. Congratulations Professor Mo! Read article here .
We are proud to share that Christian Sotomayor , a 2023 Political Science graduate from University of California, Berkeley , has been named a 2026 Capstone Fellow with the Center on Civility & Democratic Engagement at the Goldman School of Public Policy , where he is currently pursuing his Master of Public Policy (MPP). Congratulations Christian! Learn more about the 2026 Capstone Fellows here: https://gspp.berkeley.edu/research-and-impact/news/recent-news/center-on-civility-democratic-engagement-2026-capstone-fellows
BLI is pleased to present distinguished speaker Eugene Volokh (link is external), Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and professor at UCLA School of Law, for a lecture and discussion on the intersection of AI, the law, and free speech on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. at Banatao Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley. Following the lecture, guests are invited to...
UC Berkeley Political Science Professor Martha Wilfahrt’s recent American Political Science Review article is featured in a Political Science Now piece highlighting influential new research in the discipline. Congratulations Professor Wilfahrt's! Read piece here.
UC Berkeley Political Science alumna Sydney Roberts (’24) has been selected as a Schwarzman Scholar, a prestigious award supporting graduate study in global affairs at Tsinghua University. Congratulations Sydney! Read more about her story here.