A Matrix "Authors Meet Critics" panel asked, how can sites of waste disposal be marked to prevent contamination in the future?

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.

A PhD candidate in UC Berkeley’s Department of Political Science researches the causes and consequences of indigenous autonomy in the Americas

 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.

In partnership with the Office of the Dean of the Division of Social Sciences, Social Science Matrix created a portal to aggregate insights about the coronavirus pandemic from the UC Berkeley social science community.

For the second straight year, Matrix hosted a two-day workshop focused on the economics of climate change.

A video featuring a lecture by Alexandra Gillies, author of Crude Intentions: How Oil Sector Corruption Contaminates the World.

A "Matrix On Point" panel examined the climate crisis from diverse disciplinary perspectives.

Eleven cross-disciplinary Matrix Research Teams will receive funding and administrative support to convene during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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.