Social Sciences (Faculty & Staff)

A Call for Community on Campus

October 12, 2023

Chancellor Carol Christ sent to the following message to the Berkeley campus community Thursday afternoon.

We are increasingly concerned by the growing prevalence of online threats, doxxing and harassment connected to the conflict between Israel and Hamas. We decry any calls for violence in any form or support for terrorism as we continue to mourn the loss of innocent life. We understand this rhetoric is creating deep fear and concern among many members of our campus community. With that in mind, we want to share an extraordinary message, written by two of our faculty, one who is...
https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/10/12/a-call-for-community-on-campus

Rescuing dissent: Inside the year-long mission to bring prominent Putin critics to UC Berkeley

October 23, 2023
Jason Pohl

Russian dissidents article image

Russian social science professors Ilya Matveev and Ilya Budraitskis, renowned for their expertise on authoritarianism, fled their country after Russia invaded Ukraine. A faculty and staff coalition helped give them a safe harbor at UC Berkeley.

https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/10/23/rescuing-dissent-inside-the-year-long-missi…

Economics Prof. Emmanuel Saez wins Wihuri International Prize

October 9, 2023
Wihuri International Prizes Fund

Berkeley Economics Professor Emmanuel Saez

UC Berkeley Economics Professor Emmanuel Saez has been awarded the 2023 Wihuri International Prize for his work on specializing in tax policy and economic inequality, the Wihuri International Prizes Fund announced on Monday.

A globally recognized researcher in public economics, Professor Saez...

https://wihuriprizes.fi/?lang=en

A history of innovation: Berkeley entrepreneurs, companies that changed the way we live

September 29, 2023
Ivan Natividad

The culture and spirit of innovation at UC Berkeley throughout history can be seen in the changemakers — the Berkeley students, researchers, entrepreneurs, faculty members and alumni — who have helped in countless ways to improve our lives and our world.

Well-known innovators from Berkeley include Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna, whose development of CRISPR is arguably the world's most important scientific advancement in decades, and...

https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/09/29/a-history-of-innovation-berkeley-entreprene…

UC Berkeley Economics professors Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman named 2023 Citation Laureates

September 19, 2023
Kenny Ma

UC Berkeley Economics professors Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman have been named 2023 Citation Laureates, Clarivate and its Institute for Scientific Information announced on Tuesday. This distinction recognizes that both Saez and Zucman are among the world's top economists whose work is considered to be of Nobel-prize class.

Both Saez and Zucman...

https://clarivate.com/news/clarivate-unveils-citation-laureates-2023-annual-list…

UC Berkeley Psychology and Economics departments Ranked No.1 by U.S. News

September 19, 2023
Public Affairs + Kenny Ma

U.S. News college rankings

In its 2024 national rankings for best colleges, U.S. News and World Report ranked UC Berkeley Social Sciences departments of Psychology and Economics No. 1 for their undergraduate programs. Overall, UC Berkeley is once again the No. 1 public school in the country, tied with UCLA. In spring 2023, U.S. News ranked Berkeley Psychology No...

Berkeley Social Sciences announces new chairs and directors

September 11, 2023
Kenny Ma

Berkeley Social Sciences recently announced the appointments of 11 new department chairs and directors. They include:

Sabrina Agarwal Sabrina Agarwal, the new chair of the Department of Anthropology. Professor Agarwal’s research interests include bioarchaeology, biological...

UC Berkeley Social Sciences launches one-year Master of Computational Social Science program

September 18, 2023
Kenny Ma

Two UC Berkeley students and a laptop

UC Berkeley Social Sciences Dean Raka Ray announced today the launch of a new Master of Computational Social Science (MaCSS) program, which is now accepting applications for its inaugural cohort in Aug. 2024....

L&S Leads Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Awards

April 27, 2022

L&S Recipients of Distinguished Teaching Awards 2022The College of Letters & Science is well represented on the 2022 UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award list. L&S faculty earned four of this year’s five selections for the campus’s most prestigious honor for...

Berkeley Sociology creates endowment to honor Professor Emeritus Michael Burawoy

September 15, 2023
Kenny Ma

Professor Emeritus Michael Burawoy

UC Berkeley's Sociology Department recently received a $100,000 gift from alumna Suava Zbierski-Salameh to establish an endowment to support students in honor of ...