Our next Brownbag Seminar will take place on Wednesday, April 16th, 12pm, with Magali Barbieri, joint researcher at the French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED) in Paris, France and in the Department of Demography at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Barbieri will present “Multi-morbidity and the US Disadvantage in Life Expectancy.” This is an in-person seminar, Room 310, Social Sciences Building. Zoom option: Meeting ID: 985 2901 0198 Password: DEMOG_BB See the full event details here. Our YouTube channel is here.
See further announcements and opportunities below.
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EVENTS
April 14 | 2-3:30pm | UC Berkeley Sociology Colloquium | Virginia Doellgast, Anne Evans Estabrook Professor of Employment Relations and Dispute Resolution in the ILR School at Cornell University. “Conflict partnership and worker power in negotiations over AI: Three cases in the German ICT industry.” Hybrid: in-person at 402 Social Sciences Building and via Zoom.
April 15 | 12:10-1pm | Public Health Research Series | Mi-Suk Kang Dufour, Associate Professor, UCSF Division of Prevention Science. “Cytomegalovirus transmission risks.” The Zoom link to register for the talks is here.
April 16 | 12-1pm | UC Berkeley Demography Seminar | Magali Barbieri, joint researcher at the French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED) in Paris, France and in the Department of Demography at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Barbieri will present “Multi-morbidity and the US Disadvantage in Life Expectancy.” This is an in-person seminar, Room 310, Social Sciences Building. Zoom option: Meeting ID: 985 2901 0198 Password: DEMOG_BB See the full event details here. Our YouTube channel is here.
April 17 | 9:15-10:45am | Roundtable on Nations or Sectors in the New Political Economy | The panel will feature Richard Doner, Goodrich C. White Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Emory University, Roselyn Hsueh, Professor of Political Science at Temple University and Visiting Scholar at the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative, Ben Ross Schneider, Ford International Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Aseema Sinha, Wagener Chair of South Asian Politics at Claremont McKenna College, John Yasuda, Associate Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, and Steven K. Vogel, Il Han New Professor of Asian Studies and Professor of Political Science and Political Economy at the UC Berkeley, who will moderate and serve as chair. 820 Social Sciences Building. In person only.
April 18 | 12:00-1:30pm | Matrix on Point: Technology and China in the New Political Economy | Featuring Roselyn Hsueh, Professor of Political Science at Temple University and Visiting Scholar at the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative; Mark Dallas, Professor of Political Science and Science, Technology, and Society at Union College; and Rachel E. Stern, Professor of Law and Political Science at U.C. Berkeley. AnnaLee Saxenian, Professor in the School of Information, will chair and moderate the panel. 820 Social Sciences Building. This panel will be presented in-person and livestreamed. Register to attend.
April 22-24 | 4:10-6:15pm | Tanner Lectures | Annabel Brett, a Professor of Political Thought and History at Cambridge University, will be discussing The Times of Possibility. Toll Room, Alumni House. In person only. For those unable to attend in person, the lectures will be recorded and posted on the Tanner Lectures website for later viewing. Register.
Lecture I: Subjects and Citizens: The Possibility Condition, Law and Democracy
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
4:10 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
with commentary by Melissa Lane
Lecture II: Time of Change: Possibility, Virtue and Democratic Politics of Time
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
4:10 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
with commentary by David Dyzenhaus
Seminar and Discussion with the Commentators
Thursday, April 24, 2025
4:10 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
with commentary by Melissa Lane and David Dyzenhaus
REPORTS
Preventing and Treating Dementia: Research Priorities to Accelerate Progress. Published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, this new report from the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences and the Board on Health Sciences Policy examines and assesses the current state of biomedical research and recommends research priorities to advance the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD). The report outlines these research priorities and recommends strategies to overcome barriers to progress. Get the report.