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The Governance content stream covers groundbreaking UC Berkeley research related to laws, power, politics, and other systems that establish and maintain order, whether in families, tribes, organizations, or nations.

April 26, 2021 by Chuck Kapelke

Authors Meet Critics: "Redistributing the Poor: Jails, Hospitals, and the Crisis of Law and Fiscal Austerity"

A Matrix "Authors Meet Critics" panel focused on Armando Lara-Millán's book, Redistributing the Poor: Jails, Hospitals, and the Crisis of Law and Fiscal Austerity.

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  • March 20, 2021 by Chuck Kapelke

    Video: Evgeny Morozov, "Beyond Competition: Alternative Discovery Procedures & The Postcapitalist Public Sphere"

    Recorded on March 19, 2021, this lecture features Evgeny Morozov, author of The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom and To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism.

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    • Technology
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  • February 28, 2021 by Chuck Kapelke

    Video: "The True Costs of Misinformation: Producing Moral and Technical Order in a Time of Pandemonium"

    Recorded on February 19, 2021, this video features a lecture by Joan Donovan, Research Director for the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University. This event was presented as part of the "Solidarity and Strife: Democracies in a Time of Pandemic" initiative, funded by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and co-sponsored by the University of California, Berkeley's Social Science Matrix and the D-Lab.

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  • February 19, 2021 by Chuck Kapelke

    Video: Authors Meet Critics: "Bloc by Bloc: How to Build a Global Enterprise for the New Regional Order"

    Joined by a panel of scholars, CLTC Faculty Director Steve Weber discussed his book, which outlines a framework for how firms should position themselves for the new economic geography.

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  • February 4, 2021 by Chuck Kapelke

    Video: Measuring Belief in Fake News Online

    A lecture on why people believe fake news — and what can be done about it — by Joshua A. Tucker, Professor of Politics at New York University

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  • February 4, 2021 by Chuck Kapelke

    Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century

    Recorded on February 3, 2021, this video features a Matrix Distinguished Lecture by Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University and Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics.

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    • Governance
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  • 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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    • Environment
    • Cities
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  • December 5, 2020 by Chuck Kapelke

    VIDEO: The Economic Consequences of COVID-19

    A panel of scholars weighed in on the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    • COVID-19
    • Governance
    • Stratification
     
  • December 5, 2020 by Chuck Kapelke

    VIDEO: Matrix on Point: The New Authoritarians

    A "Matrix on Point" panel discussion focused on the rise of right-wing autocrats around the world.

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    • Governance
    • Stratification
     
  • November 30, 2020 by Chuck Kapelke

    2020 Election Post-Mortem: Why It Happened and the Implications for American Democracy.

    Recorded on November 12, 2020, this panel was presented by the Citrin Center for Public Opinion Research.

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  • November 13, 2020 by Chuck Kapelke

    Authors Meet Critics: The Future of Nuclear Waste

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

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