Divisions & Units - Social Sciences

Advice for Remote Teaching

Remote Teaching Best Practices

Prepared by the Pedagogy Task Force for Social Science: Sabrina C. Agarwal, Elena Schneider, Jon Steinsson, and Kevin S. Weiner

You Read it Here First: Greatest Hits in Social Science

Below is a list of some of the most influential and prestigious books and journal articles published by UC Berkeley authors in the Social Sciences.

Berkeley Psychology Professor Matthew Walker wins Carl Sagan science prize

August 5, 2020
Hagit Caspi

Berkeley Psychology Professor Matthew Walker wins Carl Sagan science prize. Read more here.

https://news.berkeley.edu/story_jump/sleep-researcher-matthew-walker-wins-carl-s…

Berkeley Economists and others in a letter to the Guardian:  to rebuild our world, we must end the carbon economy

August 4, 2020
Hagit Caspi

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/04/economists-letter-carbon-e…

People, Departments and Programs

Leadership

The Charter Hill Society for the Social Sciences

Social Sciences

UC Berkeley History Professor Ethan Katz co-publishes an Op-Ed with Deborah Lipstadt: "Far more unites Black and Jewish Americans than divides them"

July 22, 2020
Hagit Caspi

UC Berkeley History Professor Ethan Katz co-publishes an Op-Ed with Deborah Lipstadt: "Far more unites Black and Jewish Americans than divides them." Read more here.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/18/opinions/black-celebrities-anti-semitism-anti-rac…

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Social Sciences Division

SBES Alliance Schools

Below, find the schools currently participating in the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Alliance, along with useful information for prospective students.

University of California, Berkeley
Program Coordinator: Ira Young
iyoung@berkeley.edu