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Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Justin Trudeau said in his debut campaign foreign policy speech he will rebuild mutual political...
Jasjeet Sekhon
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
New statistical approaches are improving surveys on issues of public importance.
Lucy Song
Monday, October 19, 2015
Compared to my life at Berkeley, life in DC feels a lot more exciting.

IGS in the News

Irene Bloemraad was a featured guest on KQED Forum on October 21, speaking on Liberal leader Justin Trudeau's election as Canadian prime minister. Bloemraad, chair of the Canadian Studies department, is an IGS affiliated faculty.

October 22, 2015

Former UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau, honored at the IGS Salon with the 2015 Darius and Susan Anderson Distinguished Service Award, was the subject of an article in MIT News.

October 22, 2015

Jasjeet Sekhon and Josh Kalla's research on political persuasion campaigns was the subject of a major article on berkeley.edu. Sekhon is director of the Center for Causal Inference and Program Evaluation at IGS; Kalla is an IGS graduate student. 

October 20, 2015

New in the IGS Library

Europe's Contending Identities

Europe's Contending Identities edited by Andrew C. Gould and Anthony M. Messina (Cambridge), presents candid, in-depth assessments by 13 leading European and North American scholars covering the political processes that shape European identity formation. IGS Director Jack Citrin contributes a chapter entitled "E Pluribus Europa?" with Matthew Wright, Assistant Professor at the Department of Government School of Public Affairs, at the American University in Washington D.C.

Rep. Doris Matsui on supporting IGS

Rep. Doris Matsui is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 6th district, and a champion of the Robert T. Matsui Center at IGS. Named for her late husband, the Matsui Center promotes political participation by young people, and endows several student fellowships in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. Learn how you can make a gift to support IGS and the Matsui Center.

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