Alison Post is featured in this Berkeley Letters and Sciences story about one of her recently published papers on cyber-risks in cities that use “smart” technologies.
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Amy Lerman’s Possibility Lab announced an exciting new partnership with CalMatters (a nonprofit news organization) to create a Knowledge Hub that will connect state lawmakers, advocates and the public with cutting-edge research.
Steve Fish was interviewed on the BBC World News on NATO’s response to Russia’s violations of member countries’ airspaces.
Pradeep Chhibber, Pranav Gupta et al., “ Indian Election Data for Polling Stations and Villages: National Elections 2009-2019,” Scientific Data ( Nature), 12:1104 (2025).
Jennifer Bussell and Hillel Soifer are leading the organization of an Emerging Methodologists Workshop to foster a new generation of methodologists in qualitative and multi-method research. The call for proposals (for advanced grads, postdocs, and junior faculty from underrepresented groups) is here.
Scott Straus, “ Genocide and Enslavement,” Ethnic and Racial Studies (2025), online.
In alumni news, Rachel Bernhard won a 1.5 million dollar grant from the European Research Council for her multi-year research agenda on the role of complexity in politics.
Michaela Mattes and Jessica Weeks, “ Apology Diplomacy: The International Image Effects of Interstate Apologies,” International Organization. 79:2 (2025), pp. 306-331.
This excellent podcast on Xiaobo Lü’s new book.
Omar Wasow is featured in this KQED interview on the No Kings protests.