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The Goldman School of Public Policy is pleased to announce the appointment of Erika Weissinger. As of July 1, 2023, Weissinger assumed the responsibilities of Assistant Professor of Practice (Public Policy) and GSPP's Director of Community, Climate, and Culture.  In her capacity as an instructor, Weissinger's primary objective will be to expand and enhance GSPP’s curriculum in critical areas such as civil rights, social justice, ethics, and policy analysis. Her understanding of these subjects will empower our…

Emily Jacobson's (MPP '23) advanced policy analysis report has been published by CaliforniaYIMBY. Read the YIMBY press release below:   June 27, 2023 CONTACT: Matthew Lewis, Director of Communications press@cayimby.org DOWNLOAD AND READ the full report here: https://cayimby.org/la-the-dysfunctional-metropolis/ SACRAMENTO - The process that the City and County of Los Angeles uses to approve multi-family housing proposals within its jurisdiction is a recipe for political corruption and high housing costs, and should be reformed to achieve…

UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy is delighted to announce the appointment of Jacob (Jake) Grumbach as Associate Professor of Public Policy, effective July 1. Professor Grumbach is a political scientist who studies multiracial democracy, labor, democratic backsliding, campaign finance, and racial and economic inequality. He is the author of Laboratories Against Democracy (Princeton University Press, 2022), which investigates the causes and consequences of the nationalization of state politics since the 1970s.  “It's always been my…

Huntsville, Alabama - The Center for Security in Politics (CSP) at the University of California, Berkeley, and the FBI officially signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) at the FBI’s campus at Redstone Arsenal. This agreement is among the first in which the FBI is leveraging the CRADA mechanism with a university.  CRADAs allow for the sharing of resources and expertise between organizations for collaborative research to advance a federal agency’s mission. This partnership…

The Goldman School mourns the passing of Shelly Gehshan (MPP 85). In addition to being an advocate for equitable health policy, Shelly was an active member of the Goldman School alumni board, serving two terms (Sept 2013-August 2019) and chairing the board from Sept 2016-August 2018). Her son, Alex Marqusee (MPP 15) shared the obituary below and wrote, “My mom believed in working on public policy for the same reason she did everything; it was always about people, helping fix problems today and…

U.S. News & World Report once again named the Goldman School of Public Policy #1 in policy analysis.  The report surveyed 800 institutions and 2,100 graduate programs. The full list of UC Berkeley graduate programs can be found on the U.S. News and World Report website; more information about UC Berkeley graduate program rankings can also be found on Berkeley News. In addition to policy analysis, the Goldman School's rankings in other categories are below: #1 Public Policy Analysis #1 Social…

[from left: Katie Noyes, Section Chief at the FBI; Professor Janet Napolitano; Robert Brown, Executive Assistant Director of Science and Technology at the FBI] Talia Smith (MPP '23) will never forget what it felt like to walk into CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. One of the most secretive and mysterious organizations in the world, its headquarters are seldom seen by the public eye. The chance to visit is a rare and exciting experience, offering a behind-the-scenes look at one of…

by Edward Lempinen, UC Berkeley Public Affairs Californians have a vision for 2050 that seems to break today’s partisan gridlock, with broad agreement on ways to improve health care, education and government efficiency, according to an innovative new poll co-produced at UC Berkeley. The California Considers Deliberative Poll, led by the high-level California 100 initiative, found that residents today are closely divided over whether the state is moving in the right direction. But there is agreement across…

The Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, invites applications for a pool of qualified temporary instructors to work as lecturers, teaching courses in a School that confers professional graduate degrees (MPP, MPA, and MDP) and the PhD degree in Public Policy. The courses may encompass both core curriculum (Economics, Quantitative Methods, Law & Public Policy, Introduction to Policy Analysis, Advanced Policy Analysis, and Politics & Public Policy); as well as its breadth curriculum (policy applications…

The Black Reparations Conference–hosted by the Black Reparations Project and co-sponsored by the Goldman School–was held virtually on February 23rd and 24th, 2023. With more than 500 registrants and over 175 attendees at any given session, the conference brought stakeholders together to focus on learning, challenges, and strategies in Black reparations movement building. The Black Reparations Project was formed to advance reparations learning, policy, and action. Three members of the Goldman School faculty,  Dr. Ashley Adams, Dr. Darcelle…