A pair of researchers from UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy organized a Matrix seminar to explore what neuroscience can tell us about asset price bubbles and other irrational economic behavior.

Mobile devices provide countless new ways of measuring—and influencing—human behavior. So what does this mean for social scientists?

Was the Hurricane Katrina disaster a failure of engineering or human organizations? UC Berkeley's Center for Catastrophic Risk Management seeks new approaches for mitigating the risks of large-scale disasters.
 

What does orangutan have in common with smorgasbord? It’s as easy as ABC.

A new Social Science Matrix seminar is focused on finding radical new approaches to clinical health care.

From search engines to medical clinics, algorithms—the code underlying computer-based decision-making—are increasingly finding their way into modern society.