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The Cities content stream explores groundbreaking UC Berkeley research related to the complex problems facing urban environments, both contemporary and historical. Articles in this section draw upon social sciences such as geography, political science, and psychology to provoke thought about the role and nature of cities in the 21st century.

December 21, 2020 by Chuck Kapelke

VIDEO: Disaster and Displacement - Inequalities in Climate Migration

Recorded on Dec. 11, 2020, this "Matrix on Point" panel addressed the consequences of climate migration.

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  • October 16, 2020 by Chuck Kapelke

    Video: "Authors Meet Critics: Black in Place: The Spatial Aesthetics of Race in a Post-Chocolate City"

    Recorded on October 7, 2020, this video features Dr. Brandi Thompson Summers, Assistant Professor of Geography and Global Metropolitan Studies at UC Berkeley, discussing her book Black in Place: The Spatial Aesthetics of Race in a Post-Chocolate City, with Nikki Jones, Professor of African American Studies.

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  • September 28, 2020 by Chuck Kapelke

    Video: Homelessness and the Bay Area Housing Crisis

    On September 21, 2020, a panel of researchers, advocates, and medical practitioners joined a "Matrix on Point" discussion focused on homelessness and the San Francisco Bay Area’s housing crisis.

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  • July 29, 2020 by Chuck Kapelke

    Q&A: Dan Lindheim on Police and the Community

    An interview with the former Oakland City Administrator — and member of a new Matrix Research Team on police and the community.

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  • June 25, 2020 by Chuck Kapelke

    2020-2021 Matrix Research Teams Announced

    Data feminism, Asian cities, and community cooperation and police are among the topics to be explored by the seven new Matrix Research Teams selected for the 2020-2021 academic year.

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  • April 8, 2020 by Shakiba Mashayekhi

    Gangs, Labor Mobility, and Development

    Map showing gang territory in San Salvador

     A Q&A with Carlos Schmidt-Padilla, PhD Candidate in the UC Berkeley Department of Political Science, on his research showing the staggering economic toll of living within gang-controlled territory.

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  • January 28, 2020 by Chuck Kapelke

    Video: "Race for Profit," Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

    In a Matrix Distinguished Lecture, Princeton professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor explained how banks and the real estate industry have undermined black homeownership.

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  • February 7, 2019 by Chuck Kapelke

    Funding Available: Matrix Research Teams; Sciences Po, Erasmus+ Freie Universitaet Grants

    Social Science Matrix seeks proposals for Matrix Research Teams for the 2019-2020 academic year, and we invite applications for collaboration grants with Sciences Po and Freie Universität Berlin.

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  • August 21, 2018 by Chuck Kapelke

    Matrix Welcomes 2018-2019 Dissertation Fellows

    Social Science Matrix is honored to welcome our 2018-2019 cohort of Matrix Dissertation Fellows, four Ph.D. candidates whose research interests span diverse global challenges such as urbanization, discrimination in the workforce, self-immolation, and indigenous language preservation.

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  • May 22, 2018 by Adora Lily Svitak

    Urban Planning in China's "Ecological Civilization"

    Jesse Rodenbiker, a Ph.D. student in the UC Berkeley Department of Geography, studies the process of ecological planning in China's growing urban areas.

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  • February 5, 2018 by Chuck Kapelke

    Matrix Hosts Advanced Workshop in Climate Economics

    Social Science Matrix was honored to host the Advanced Workshop in Climate Economics, with support from Sage Publications and Sara Miller McCune.

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