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Graduate students, junior faculty, and their mentors gathered in May at UC Berkeley for the annual Consortium on American Political Economy Summer Academy.

Senior researcher Samuel Trachtman reflects on a recent virtual convening with researchers and policymakers hosted by BESI.

BESI Climate research lead Jonas Meckling comments on the widening gulf between central bank climate leaders and stragglers.

In May, BESI convened a panel of housing researchers and policy makers to discuss the obstacles to effective housing production in blue trifectas.

37% of Americans live in states governed by blue trifectas. What opportunities and challenges does this present for Democratic Party officials?

On May 20, BESI invited expert climate policymakers and researchers to weigh in on decarbonization challenges and opportunities in blue trifectas.

Disinformation and far-right digital media expert Becca Lewis recounts how right-wing politics came to Silicon Valley decades before DOGE.

BESI senior researcher Sam Trachtman discusses a new paper he co-authored for the journal Energy Policy.

Political scientist Michael Shepherd shows how partisan politics at elite and mass levels explain the growing rural-urban health divide in the US.

BESI and UC Berkeley Sociology earlier this month hosted a conference in celebration and tribute to the work of Neil Fligstein, who recently retired from his long-time position at UC Berkeley.

Social scientist Jathan Sadowski demystifies how the two systems of technology and capitalism work together.

BESI hosted a candid discussion on addressing California’s housing crisis with academics, practitioners, and nationally acclaimed journalists. Senior researcher Samuel Trachtman reflects on key takeaways.