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The Berkeley Planning Journal launches new Call for Papers for Volume 31: ‘Transcending the Urban-Rural Divide’
The Berkeley Planning Journal is now accepting academic papers, photo essays, and book reviews for its 31st volume: “Transcending the Urban-Rural Divide.” Full Call for Papers below. – – – The rural-urban divide has evolved significantly since its conception. What work does it do today? From American presidential election results that mapped onto urban and…
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The first ‘Bay Area Comparative Urban Politics Workshop’ will be held on March 22, 2019
The first annual Bay Area Comparative Urban Politics Workshop will be held on March 22, 2019 from 10am–4pm at UC Berkeley. The workshop will allow professors and graduate students working on urban politics across the world to share their research, receive feedback, and meet other scholars from the broader Bay Area. It will combine a variety of…
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Kagure Wamunyu, UC Berkeley alumna and presenter in the 2017-2018 GMS Lecture Series, was named by Business Daily Africa as one of Kenya’s top 40 women under 40
Kagure Wamunyu was selected as one of Kenia’s top 40 women under 40. Find the full interview by the Business Daily Africa in this link. She has a double degree major in mathematics and civil engineering, a Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of California Berkeley, USA. Kagure currently working as senior…
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Professor Richard Walker’s book ‘Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area’ was highlighted by the CityLab
Original article by Richard Florida; available at the CityLab. Pictures of a Gone City is the culmination of the life’s work of Richard A. Walker, a professor emeritus of geography at the University of California, Berkeley. A student of the great Marxist geographer David Harvey, Walker brings a profoundly historical approach to his scholarship. His lens spans economics,…
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Summer Funding Awards Announced
We are excited to announce that GMS is offering summer research funding to 11 GMS graduate students. The recipients of this year’s summer funding are: Heba Al Najada (Architecture), Priscila Coli (City & Regional Planning), Yanin Kramsky (City & Regional Planning), Bridget Martin (Geography), James Mizes (City & Regional Planning), Jesse Rodenbiker (Geography), Nicole Rosner…
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Upcoming book talks by Richard Walker
Former GMS Co-Director Richard Walker (Professor Emeritus, Geography) will be giving a number of talks on his new book, Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area (PM Press, Oakland). ◊UC CAMPUS: April 26, 4 pm @ IRLE, 2521 Channing Ave. (just east of Telegraph) Plus…
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GMS summer grant applications due March 7th
GMS is pleased to announce a competition for summer research grants of up to $5000. Applications are due March 7th, 2018. Grants are available to students currently enrolled in the Designated Emphasis. While applications for pre-dissertation research are especially encouraged, all projects are eligible. Please see the Funding section of the website for application instructions.
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GMS Faculty Greig Crysler Receives Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence and Equity (CAAIEE)
Original article by Will Kane; available at Berkeley News. ——– A professor of architecture at the College of Environmental Design, Crysler has spent his career examining the space and politics of cultural difference. But he doesn’t get lost in the academics: Crysler regularly invites top thinkers and experts to symposiums about race, gender and sexuality…
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Register Now for GMS 200 & GMS 201 in Spring 2018
GMS 200: An Introduction to Theories, Histories, and Methods This Spring 2018, Joan Walker (Civil Engineering) and Alison Post (Political Science) will be co-teaching Global Metropolitan Studies 200, the gateway course for the Designated Emphasis in Global Metropolitan Studies. The course provides an accessible introduction to many disciplines that help us understand urban systems, both…