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During my final year at UC Berkeley, I started, for the first time in my college experience, to explore global environmental governance; through my thesis where I conducted a comparative political study of Chinese and U.S. solar development policy, through classes about multilateral environmental governance mechanisms, and more. Since my major concentration was U.S. Environmental Policy and Management, much of my study had been insularly focused on policy reform and environmental challenges plaguing the United States. But it struck me that climate change is a global issue,...

This week the Institute of Governmental Studies will be conducting another of its periodic polls of the California public about major political and public policy issues facing the state. It is a legitimate non-partisan poll sponsored by the University that is carried out by distributing email invitations via Qualtrics to a carefully constructed random sample of the state’s registered voters. Data collection will continue through Monday, August 10.

The opinions of all survey participants will remain confidential and not be...

The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute published a report co-authored by IGS Co-Director and UC Berkeley sociology professor G. Cristina Mora examining the economic impact of the June 2025 ICE enforcement surge on Latino-owned businesses across Los Angeles County. Pairing mobility data from 989 formal-sector businesses near nine enforcement sites with surveys and focus groups of 75 Latino entrepreneurs, the study found 46,000 fewer customer visits and an estimated $3.16 million in accumulated revenue losses within the first two weeks following enforcement activity. Nearly a year...

The Institute of Governmental Studies is searching for a motivated, passionate, positive, student assistant to support content creation, and video production highlighting our programs, events, and student opportunities. The Event and Media Student Assistant reports to the IGS Event and Communications Coordinator...