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The John Gardner Public Service Fellowship is proud to announce its 2024-2025 Class of Fellows Tatiana Butte (Geography): Environmental Justice Chan Venh Lam (Political Science): Affordable Housing for Formerly Incarcerated Students Ariana Kretz (History, Minors in Conservation and Resource Studies and Public Policy): Intersection of Indigenous sovereignty and environmental issues The Gardner Fellowship program selects three Fellows from the graduating classes at UC Berkeley and...

We are delighted to share that PhD alum Jason Klocek has been awarded the JPR article of the year for the article he co-author with Hyun Jeong Ha and Nathanael Gratias Sumaktoyo entitled “ Regime change and religious discrimination after the Arab uprisings.” To learn more about his award, click this link, https://www.prio.org/news/3501#:~:text=Phillips%20(University%20of%20Essex)%20has,(JPR%2060%3A3)

We're please to share that in the newest episode of the Matrix podcast, our very own Political Science graduate student Jennie Barker interviews sociologist Yan Long about her research on the history of public health policy in China. While their discussion centers Long's research on HIV/AIDS activism in China, the broader insights about the political nature of public health is relevant for understanding how states...

Associate Professor Ryan Brutger sits for a podcast interview at Social Science Matrix. What is the role and impact of private firms in monitoring and enforcing international trade law? Professor Ryan Brutger recently sat down with Daniel Lobo, Sociology PhD Student and Social Science Matrix Communications Scholar, for a podcast to discuss Ryan's new article, "Litigation for Sale: Private Firms and WTO Dispute Escalation." This...

How do elites select women leaders? Melanie Phillips unpacks Zambia's "selectorate" who pick party candidates. The Political Science Department is pleased to share details about Melanie Phillips (PhD '22) with the UC Berkeley Social Science Matrix. Follow link for details, https://matrix.berkeley.edu/research-article/gender-and-political-gatekeepers-a-visual-interview-with-melanie-phillips/.

Professor Kirk Bansak's paper titled "Europeans’ support for refugees of varying background is stable over time" has been published in Nature. It was posted online a couple weeks ago, and will be out in their print edition on August 24, 2023. Read the full paper here, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06417-6. Professor Bansak was also interviewed by Berkeley News about his paper. You can read his interview here, https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/08/09/releases-20230803-6894450.

The Department of Political Science is delighted to share that the ECPR’s Standing Group on Regulatory Governance has decided to award Professor Emeritus David Vogel its lifetime award this year, in recognition of the many important and outstanding contributions he has made to the field. Please join us in congratulating Professor Vogel on this wonderful achievement.