Affiliated Centers

Robert T. Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service

The Center on Politics brings together students, faculty, politicians, activists, and policymakers on a nonpartisan basis to stimulate and nurture their interest and participation in politics and public service and to promote better understanding and cooperation between the campus and the world of politics, government, and public affairs.

Center for Globalization and Information Technology (BCGIT)

The Berkeley Center for Globalization and Information Technology comprises an interdisciplinary group of faculty and students that seeks to promote the study of the social ramifications of the globalization process and information technology. The Center is engaged in developing theories that enhance our understanding of how globalization via information technology is reshaping the identity of the networked world. Furthermore, it serves as a research training ground for undergraduate and graduate students and a forum for public policy debate on the transformative role of the internet in society.

Center for the Study of Representation (CSR)

The Center for the Study of Representation (CSR) brings together faculty and students from a broad range of disciplines to facilitate learning about issues of representation broadly construed. Through our sponsorship of seminar series, conferences, public keynotes speakers, workshops to hone research skills, and research fellowships for both undergraduate and graduate students, we hope to create a community of scholars who share knowledge and collaborate on research projects relating to such issues as citizen participation in the political process, the representative nature of the Congress, presidency and the bureaucracy, and the impact of public policies on our polity.

Center on Race, Immigration and Ethnicity (CIRE)

The Center on Immigration, Race and Ethnicity brings together a community of scholars with research interests in the politics of race, ethnicity, and immigration in the United States and beyond. It aims to foster an environment for critical inquiry into the social, political, economic, and historical factors that shape the processes of identity formation, intergroup relations, and collective mobilization around race, ethnicity, and immigration. The Center sponsors a regular colloquium series, occasional conferences, and other activities to support and coordinate scholarly activities on these topics.