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Fall 2016 at IGS

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Greetings! It has been a busy and rewarding Fall here at the Institute of Governmental Studies. As the semester comes to a close I’d like to take a moment to look back and share some highlights with you. Of Note We began the semester with big news: Senator Barbara Boxer announced that she was...

Danny Murillo, Gardner Fellow 2015, Featured in the New Yorker

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Danny Murillo ('15), a John Gardner Fellow in 2015, is featured in the December 12 New Yorker . "The Ex-Con Scholars of Berkeley," by Larissa MacFarquhar, recounts Murillo's transition from prison to UC Berkeley, and his work to support other formerly incarcerated students. While at Berkeley, Murillo founded a group for...

IGS Goes to Washington

Monday, December 5, 2016

Bringing the analytical power of the world’s best public research university to the nation’s capital, the Institute of Governmental Studies hosted a conference in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Nov. 29, entitled “Election 2016: California and the Country.” The event, which drew a large crowd to the Grand Ballroom at the...

New Field/IGS Poll on Election Issues

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

IGS is proud to release new results of the Field/IGS Poll on measures that will go before voters in November. The polling, which was conducted using online surveys, examines the beliefs of likely voters in California on the presidential race, the U.S. Senate race, and several pending ballot measures. IGS and the Field Poll...

Niall Ferguson Sees Similarities in Brexit and U.S. Elections

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Delivering the Institute's annual Underhill Lecture, renowned British historian Niall Ferguson cautioned that critical mistakes in the campaign to defeat Brexit in the United Kingdom may be reflected in the United States' presidential election in 2016, which he dubbed "The Year of the Improbable." Ferguson spoke to a...

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New CJPP Issue Focuses on California

Friday, October 14, 2016

IGS is proud to publish the newest issue of the California Journal of Politics and Policy , our online peer-reviewed journal. Volume 8, Issue 4 of CJPP features eight research articles on various aspects of California public policy and politics, including public opinion, governance structure, transportation, and other...

November 8 CA Ballot Measure Resources from the IGS Library

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

The IGS Library has released guides to the seventeen ballot measures on the November 8 general election ballot on the California Choices website . In addition to voter resources and in-depth analyses of the proposition, the site features a View Endorsements and Share Your Vote page where you can compare endorsements from...

IGS Research Brief Reviews Implementation of Sustainable Communities Act

Friday, September 30, 2016

In 2008, the California Legislature passed SB 375, the Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act. The goal was to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through coordinated transportation and land use planning which would create more sustainable communities. However, SB 375 provides little guidance on how cities and...

Experts Try to Untangle an Unusual Presidential Campaign

Monday, September 12, 2016

Four experts on American politics assembled Thursday at the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies to try to make sense of one of the wackiest presidential contests in United States history. How did we get here? Terri Bimes , assistant research director at IGS, a lecturer in political...

Award Winning Research by IGS Student Scholars

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Three new award-winning papers have been posted on the IGS escholarship site. The authors of the papers were awarded the prestigious Charles H. Percy Grant for Public Affairs Research in 2016. Along with the recognition for their excellent research, recipients received a $500 grant to help defray their research expenses...