We are excited to announce that UC Berkeley Political Science Ph.D. candidate Ishana Ratan, along with co-authors Professor Alison Post, UCB Political Science alumna Tanu Kumar, and recent Berkeley graduate M.S. Sheth, have just been awarded the Paul Sabatier award for the best paper on science, technology and environmental politics at the 2022 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. This is for their paper, "When do Local Governments Improve Transparency? Special Districts Outpace Cities and Counties in California Transit.” Please join us in congratulating Ishana and her co-authors on this award.