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The Goldman School of Public Policy is pleased to announce that Hilary Hoynes, Professor of Public Policy and Economics and Haas Distinguished Chair in Economic Disparities, was elected as co-vice president of the American Economic Association (AEA). Her tenure begins January 2023.  Hoynes joins a long list of University of California, Berkeley faculty to hold this role, including economist David H. Romer; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics recipient David Card; and current Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.  "I am honored…

How will emerging technologies shape the future of war and peace? How might a new era of strategic competition between superpowers complicate matters? What steps should governments take to mitigate the risks posed by autonomous technologies used in war?  Many of the most important challenges that we face as we move into the 21st century involve problems for which we have no or little data. As a consequence, decision-makers are faced with a policy environment defined by uncertainty. To…

9.13.2022—Berkeley, CA The Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP) and the CITRIS Policy Lab have launched a transformative Tech Policy Initiative to strengthen multidisciplinary scholarly collaborations, foster tech policy education and innovation, and inform effective tech-related policy strategies across the public and private sectors.  “Our Tech Policy Initiative will leverage the immense intellectual resources of UC Berkeley as well as the powerful networks of both CITRIS and GSPP to ensure that public good, rigorous analysis, and justice…

LiPP steering committee: (back row, left to right): Diego Villegas, Abraham Bedoy; (front row, left to right): Beda Castillo, Belinda Magallon, Julia Rosales. Latinx in Public Policy (LiPP) is a community of Goldman School of Public Policy students gathered to foster creative dialogue regarding policy issues impacting Latinx students and communities, including DEI, labor, immigration, poverty and social inequality, international relations, environmental justice, education, and health.     For the 2022-2023 academic year,…

The following members of UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy faculty will be presenting at the 2022 meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Learn more about the full conference on the ASPA website. Sarah Anzia Roundtable on Sarah Anzia's Local Interests Fri, September 16, 2:00 to 3:30pm “The Political Influence of City Employees: Civil Service Adoption in America” Fri, September 16, 8:00 to 9:30am New Findings and Frontiers in American…

A new report released by the nonpartisan California Policy Lab (CPL) provides an in-depth look at California’s Three-Strikes Law, which went into effect nearly 30 years ago. The law mandates longer prison sentences for people convicted of new felonies if they had a previous conviction for a serious or violent felony. For a second felony conviction, sentences are doubled in length, while a third serious or violent conviction results in the sentence being increased to at…

The following positions are currently open:  Assistant Professor - Anti-Black Racism and Social Inclusion Cluster Adjunct Faculty Positions (full time, open-rank non-tenure track)

The Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP) seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position as part of the University of California, Berkeley’s Cluster search in “Anti-Black Racism and Social Inclusion (ARSI)." The multi-year Initiative recognizes the need to strengthen democratic structures that are currently in crisis (e.g., through the suppression of voting rights; hyper-criminalization; persistent wealth inequality; highly segregated neighborhoods and schools, and approaches to crime control) and includes the Department of African American…

The Goldman School welcomes Dr. Melvin B. Greer Jr, who will serve as senior policy advisor to Dean David C. Wilson. Greer will focus on advancing GSPP’s technology policy initiatives, as the School generates new activities and investments to support an urgent and rapidly-changing policy area. His appointment began July 1, 2022.  “Dr. Greer is an industry leader and committed public servant,” Dean Wilson points out. “His experience, network, and thought leadership will be an asset…

The early seeds of Adam Leive’s interest in health economics were sown in conversations around the dinner table in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Growing up with a physician (mother), a hospital attorney (stepfather), and a hospital fundraiser (father), Leive understood early how important healthcare was to a person’s well-being.  As a new assistant professor at the Goldman School, Leive’s teaching and research will focus on consumer decision-making in healthcare, as well as household…