Workshop/Symposium
Published October 7, 2014
Behavior Measurement and Change
A Matrix seminar explored how mobile devices and other "sensors" are transforming how social scientists working in different disciplines can measure—and change—human behavior.
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Article
Published October 6, 2014
Credit and Class
Economic classification tools such as credit scores directly contribute to stratification and class division, according to Berkeley sociologist Marion Fourcade.
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Article
Published October 2, 2014
From Plantation to Corporation
A UC Berkeley historian explores how commonly used modern-day business practices evolved from methods used in the operation of brutal slave plantations.
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Article
Published September 30, 2014
Behind the Beef Machine
The origins of the modern U.S. beef industry go farther back than most people realize, says UC Berkeley historian Joshua Specht.
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Article
Published September 23, 2014
Population and Climate Change
A team of UC Berkeley researchers warn that unless action is taken, certain countries will likely face dire rates of starvation and disease.
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Article
Published September 23, 2014
The Cuban Health Question
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.
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Article
Published September 17, 2014
Invisible Users
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.
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Article
Published September 11, 2014
Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies
Migrant farmworkers are subject to social and economic inequalities that put them at greater risk of hardship and injury, according to a book by UC Berkeley’s Seth Holmes.
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Article
Published September 5, 2014
Struggles of a Class Worrier
Governments have to do more to reduce income inequality, says UC Berkeley's Robert Reich.
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Article
Published September 3, 2014
Snapping Back from Disaster
UC Berkeley's Center for Catastrophic Risk Management seeks new approaches for mitigating the impacts of disasters on large-scale infrastructure systems.
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Article
Published August 6, 2014
Take No Prisoners
Through overcrowding, lockdowns, and medical neglect, the conditions in U.S. prisons have become unconstitutional, according to UC Berkeley legal scholar Jonathan Simon.
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Article
Published August 6, 2014
Decline of the City-State
UC Berkeley historian Mark Peterson writes about the prominence—and ultimate decline—of city-states, using 18th- and 19th-century Boston as an example.
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