The Chinese government has begun using surprising methods to control air pollution while aligning local and national interests.

An oral history focused on the U.S. national debt showcases interviews with top U.S. policy-makers from the past five decades.

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

Economic classification tools such as credit scores directly contribute to stratification and class division, according to Berkeley sociologist Marion Fourcade.
 

A UC Berkeley historian explores how commonly used modern-day business practices evolved from methods used in the operation of brutal slave plantations.

The origins of the modern U.S. beef industry go farther back than most people realize, says UC Berkeley historian Joshua Specht.

A book edited by UC Berkeley's Nancy Burke provides a comprehensive and critical look at the history, construction, and circulation of the Cuban healthcare system in a global context.

A team of UC Berkeley researchers warn that by 2100, climate change will cause rampant starvation and disease in the Sahel, a region in Africa, unless measures are taken to promote agricultural adaptation, family planning, and women’s empowerment.

Invisible Users, a book by UC Berkeley's Jenna Burrell, explores the youth culture of Internet cafés in Ghana, which upends expectations about the power and purpose of technology.