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Our purpose is captured in our name: we provide an organizational framework—a “matrix”—that supports cross-disciplinary research pursued by social scientists across the University of California, Berkeley campus and beyond.

Matrix On Point

Event Date: April 23rd, 2025
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM PT

150 Years of Border Control: The Legacy of the 1875 Page Act

This event will use the anniversary of the Page Act of 1875, one of the first federal laws to restrict immigration to the United States, as an opportunity to discuss issues of race, gender, and labor in US immigration and Asian American history. A panel of UC Berkeley professors will discuss their past or current work related to race, gender, or labor in US immigration history or Asian American Studies, and their thoughts on the legacies of the Page Act and related issues for the U.S. today.

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Research Highlights

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Published July 22, 2014

Do You Trust the Police?

A team of UC Berkeley researchers are helping devise new methods for measuring levels of trust between local communities and the police.

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